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Collaborating with Our Brain's Natural Healing Process
Presented by Bonnie Badenoch, PhD, LMFT
Web Conference Description
Even though we are still at the beginning of what we will eventually know about our brains and minds, certain inherent healing processes have made themselves known. We will focus on two of our genetic endowments:
1. From before our first breath until our last, we are reaching toward the most warm, supportive attachments we can imagine.
2. Our brains are always moving in the direction of greater coherence, hindered only by the obstacles--mostly in the form of painful relational experiences--that block the way.
In this presentation we will explore how these two allies in the healing process--active in both our clients and ourselves--can point the way toward a therapeutic process that can truly collaborate with the brain's natural movement toward healing.
This web conference is designed to help clinicians:
1) Identify two genetic endowments that support the healing process;
2) State the two ways in which becoming aware of our own attachment tendencies can help us be more present with our clients;
3) Describe one practice that helps expand our capacity for nonjudgmental awareness;
4) Identify the relationship between brain, mind, and relationships and how they can mutually modify each other.
If you have any questions about this web conference, or would like more information, please contact us here.
About Bonnie Badenoch, PhD, LMFT
Bonnie Badenoch, PhD, LMFT
Bonnie Badenoch, PhD, LMFT is the author of Being a Brain-Wise Therapist: A Practical Guide to Interpersonal Neurobiology and The Brain-Savvy Therapist’s Workbook. She co-edited and contributed to The Interpersonal Neurobiology of Group Psychotherapy and Group Process with Susan Grant. Bonnie has spent nine years integrating neuroscience into her practice as a therapist, supervisor, and teacher. In 2008 she co-founded Nurturing the Heart with the Brain in Mind which is a non-profit organization located in Portland, OR. She was also the former director and founder of the Center for Hope and Healing for seventeen years. Bonnie teaches a certification program at Portland State University for interpersonal neurobiology. She co-edits for the Global Association for Interpersonal Neurobiology Studies (GAINS) and currently is on their advisory board. She takes particular joy in offering longer-term immersion trainings for therapists and others in the healthcare professions at her home in the Pacific Northwest.
For more information about Bonnie, please visit: http://brainwisetherapist.com/
Date and Time of Presentation
This 90-minute presentation will begin at 9:00 AM PACIFIC on 07-12-2013
Continuing Education (CE) Information
1.5 CE credits will be provided by GoodTherapy.org for attending this web conference in its entirety. GoodTherapy.org is approved as a continuing education provider by the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) and the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS). GoodTherapy.org is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. GoodTherapy.org maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
How the Web Conference Works
In short, participants will be able to listen to the event by calling in to our teleconference center. Prior to the event, all participants will be sent an email with instructions on how to login to the teleconference center. This event will include lecture and question and answer periods.
Registration Information
This Web Conference is available for free to GoodTherapy.org members.
