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• Archive: Faculty:Daniel J. van IngenDuration:6 Hours 47 MinutesFormat:Audio and VideoCopyright:May 06, 2020 Description Join neuroscience and anxiety expert, Dr. Daniel van Ingen in this recording and learn his keys for successful anxiety treatment.
• Dr. van Ingen integrates brain-based strategies for calming the anxious mind with client communication techniques that motivate change in your clients.
• Daniel’s approach promotes adherence to treatment and strengthens the therapeutic alliance – which is essential when working with anxious, worried, traumatized, or obsessive clients.Dr.
• van Ingen will give you proven tools and techniques to:Identify and treat the roots of anxiety in both the amygdala and the cortexExplain “the language of the amygdala” in an accessible, straight forward wayIdentify how the cortex contributes to anxiety, and empower clients with strategies to resist anxiety-igniting cognitionsPurchase this transformational recording today and put the power of neuroplasticity to work for you and your anxious clients!
• Handouts Manual - Rewire the Anxious Brain (5.2 MB) 125 Pages Available after Purchase Illinois Educators Self-study Instructions (28.5 KB) Available after Purchase Illinois Educators Evaluation Form (1.2 MB) Available after Purchase Outline Use Neuroscience in the Treatment of Anxiety Positives: We know more about anxiety-based disorders than any other disordersScience gives explanations, evidence, authority, destigmatizes difficultiesConcerns: It can be difficult to explain, answer questionsClients may feel a lack of responsibilityOversimplification is inevitableEnhancing Engagement in Treatment Don’t neglect the therapeutic relationship!Address the challenges of anxious clientsRemember that strategies are effortfulGuide the process using client’s goalsMaintain motivationNeuroplasticity Define Neuroplasticity in everyday languageTherapy is about creating a new self”Rewiring” as an accessible concept for changeRe-consolidation: the modification of emotional memoriesIdentify Two Neural Pathways to Anxiety Amygdala – bottom-up triggering of emotion, physicality of anxietyCortex – top-down emotion generation based in cognitionExplain the two pathways to clientsHow anxiety is initiated in each pathway and how pathways influence each otherClient Friendly Explanations Use illustrations to create concrete understandingFight/flight/freeze responsesThe “language of the amygdala”Anxiety and the cortexHelp clients recognize the two pathways to anxietyNeuroplasticity in the Amygdala (Essential for all Anxiety Disorders, PTSD, OCD, Depression) Sleep and the amygdalaThe influence of anxietyBreathing techniques to reduce activationRelaxation, meditation, and yoga to modify responsesExposure as opportunities for the amygdala to learnCombatting avoidanceWhen anxiety indicates that the amygdala can learn new responsesPush through anxiety to change the amygdalaNeuroplasticity in the Cortex (Essential for GAD, SAD, OCD, PTSD, Depression) ”Survival of the busiest” principle – strengthen or weaken specific circuitryThe healthy (adaptive) use of worry in the cortex”You can’t erase: You must replace”Recognize and modify the impact of uncertaintyTraining correct uses of distractionLeft hemisphere techniques – cognitive defusion, coping thoughts, fighting anticipationRight hemisphere techniques – imagery, musicMindfulness and anxiety resistancesNeuroplasticity and Medications for Anxiety Disorders, OCD, PTSD, Depression Medication’s effects in the rewiring processThe myth of the chemical imbalanceThe danger of sedating the brain with benzodiazepinesPromoting neuroplasticity with SSRIs, SNRIsThe effectiveness of CBT and medsMove Beyond Diagnostic Categories to Focus on Anxiety Pathways Anxiety is a component of many diagnoses (depression, substance abuse, etc.)Amygdala- and cortex-based techniques help in other disordersTargeting brain-based symptoms rather than disordersWorry, obsessions, rumination respond to similar cortex-based techniquesPanic, phobic responses, and compulsions respond to amygdala-based techniquesResearch, Risks and Limitations Empirical versus clinical and anecdotal evidenceClinical considerations for specific clients and settingsEfficacy of particular interventions may vary Faculty Daniel J. van Ingen, Psy.D. Related seminars and products: 2 Licensed Psychologist The IMA Group Daniel van Ingen, Psy.D., is passionate about the treatment of anxiety and believes that his strategy of anxiety tolerance training requires non-medication treatment strategies.