Workshop Name: |
Neuroscience and Social Work Practice |
Description: |
Advances in fields such as neuroscience, neuropsychology, and cognitive psychology have provided important new evidence about how we think, feel, learn, and change. Brain imaging and other technologies have begun to reveal how the brain works. Neuroscience offers a major new paradigm for human service professionals that promises to significantly impact how we see ourselves and how we work with clients. In this one-day workshop, you will learn - Fundamentals of the brain - The brain-body connection - The social brain - Thinking, feeling, and acting - Memory and emotion - Brain-based psychotherapy - Neuroscience and mindfulness A special focus will be on how we learn and teach from a brain-compatible perspective, incorporating recent research findings that relate to brain functioning. We will explore how this new knowledge is refining psychotherapy into forms such as neuropsychotherapy and interpersonal neurobiology. Other topics include: consciousness and the new unconscious, the profound impact of environment, and culture on the brain and human functioning, empathy and mirror neurons, attachment and the brain. mental health, and emotional regulation. No science background is required. This course would be appropriate for any human service professional interested in education and clinical practice. Participants are asked to bring their brains to class.
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Fee: |
$189 (HST included)
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Dates |
[NEUROF] Saturday, September 29, 2012, 9am to 4pm [NEUROW] Saturday, March 16, 2013, 9am to 4pm |
Instructor(s): |
Robert MacFadden |
