Rewire the Anxious Brain: Neuroscience-Informed Treatment of Anxiety, Panic and Worry (Pittman HS 051415)

Course overview

- Apply brain-based strategies for Panic, Social Anxiety, OCD, GAD, and PTSD - Understand the difference between cortex-based and amygdala-based anxiety - Motivate clients and calm the anxious brain using the power of neuroplasticity - Increase client engagement by focusing on changing the brain - not simply decreasing anxiety Join neuroscience and anxiety expert, Dr. Catherine Pittman, and learn her keys for successful anxiety treatment. Dr. Pittman integrates brain-based strategies for calming the anxious mind with client communication techniques that motivate change in your clients. Catherine’s approach promotes adherence to treatment and strengthens the therapeutic alliance - which is essential when working with anxious, worried, traumatized, or obsessive clients. Dr. Pittman will give you proven tools and techniques to: - Identify and treat the roots of anxiety in both the amygdala and the cortex - Explain “the language of the amygdala” in an accessible, straight forward way - Identify how the cortex contributes to anxiety, and empower clients with strategies to resist anxiety-igniting cognitions