Module 1: Introduction (HS - SIEGEL - 052454)

Course overview

DESCRIPTION: This dynamic, comprehensive training course features a thorough exploration of the latest science in Interpersonal Neurobiology ("IPNB"), a trans-disciplinary, scientific framework, and the Mindsight approach. It is designed to enhance your practice and optimize the health of your patients, no matter what your clinical background or orientation may be. Enjoy focused lectures on how to integrate the IPNB framework into clinical conceptualization, assessment, and treatment, engage in guided practices and reflections, and explore detailed case examples. The 36 hours of comprehensive training covers the areas of: Mind: Explore the most recent science of what the mind is and how to optimize mental health. Master the foundational concepts of integration, energy flow, consciousness, and subjective experience to provide effective therapeutic interventions. Brain: Dive into the fascinating field of neuroplasticity as Dr. Siegel highlights the structure and function of the embodied brain and the bodily systems that shape our mental lives. Take away tools to help clients integrate their body and its nervous system to live with well-being and a happiness that includes meaning, connection, and emotional balance. Relationships: Explore all stages of development, from conception to adulthood, illuminating how our early life experiences and relationships shape who we become. Learn the science of relationships, from romantic to familial and friendships, and discover how to support healthy interpersonal connection. Attachment: Discover how early attachment experiences relate to patterns in adult relationships and clinical implications for life-long connections that impact our healthspan - how long we live with well-being. With a focus on the Adult Attachment Interview, explore how to help clients work through traumatic relationships, construct coherent narratives, and create secure attachment patterns throughout the lifespan. The 9 Domains of Integration: Enjoy the most thorough teachings in the key elements of integration, the differentiation and linkage of parts of a system, which includes domains of: consciousness, bilateral and vertical neurology, state, memory, narrative, interpersonal, time, and identity. With detailed explanations, case examples, and clinical summaries of each topic, you will be able to incorporate these elements into your practice immediately. OUTLINE: Introduction Mind An Emergent Property of Energy Flow Self-organization and Integration Consciousness Subjective Experience Information Processing Awareness of Breath Practice The Interrogatives: The Who, What, When, Where, Why and How of the Mind Mindsight Triception and the Window of Tolerance Integrative Movement I: Warm up, Step 1 and 2 The Embodied Brain The Brain: Developmental Neurobiology How the Brain Grows and Changes Clinical Conceptualization, Assessment, and Treatment: Neuronal Growth and Development Dr. Siegel's Hand Model of the Brain: The Brain in the Palm of Your Hand Clinical Conceptualization, Assessment, and Treatment: The Brain Relationships Connection Across the Lifespan Presence, Attunement, Resonance, and Trust (PART): Verbal and Nonverbal Communication Integrative Movement II: Steps 3 and 4 PART: Presence Attunement Resonance Trust Relationships: Rupture and Repair Kindness, Compassion, and Empathy Forgiveness Reflective Dialogues Attachment The 4 Ss of Attachment The Field of Attachment Research Strategies of Attachment Secure Attachment The Infant Strange Situation The Adult Attachment Interview Avoidant Attachment Ambivalent Attachment Disorganized Attachment Clinical Conceptualization, Assessment, and Treatment: Relationships, Attachment, and Interpersonal Connection Domains of Integration The 9 Domains of Integration Consciousness Integration of Consciousness Integrative Movement III: Step 5 and Step 6 Awareness of Bre