Brain Care-Applying the Neuroscience of Well-Being to Help Clients – Linda Graham

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Even as we look to the latest brain research for techniques to apply in our therapeutic work, we too often neglect the damaging impacts of stress, poor lifestyle choices, and overstimulation from digital devices on our brains and bodies. In this recording, you’ll learn empirically-validated techniques to calm your client’s nervous system, help your client come to clarity in decision-making, heal toxic shame, and cultivate your client’s courage to take growth-enhancing risks.

1. Implement lifestyle choices that protect the physical brain as our clients age, and extend the “health span” portion of our lifespan
2. Apply the tools of self-directed neuroplasticity in therapy that help reverse the impact of stress and trauma on emotional regulation, learning and memory, and empathy
3. Engage clients with practices such as guided visualizations and process journaling that can enhance the higher brain’s capacity for response flexibility, discernment, planning, creativity, and imagination
4. Apply interventions that help prevent/reverse addiction to digital technology and recover capacities for focused attention and concentration, relational intimacy, introspection, and self-reflection
5. Employ valuable resources in the latest findings about the brain and the mind-body connection

• Brain structure, overlapping areas of physical pain, emotional pain and temperature
• Modalities impacting brain structure

Multiple approaches, experiences change the brain

Consciousness remains unexplained

Mindfulness, compassion

• Burnout and compassion fatigue
• Macro and micro approaches to self-care
• The impact of exercise on brain chemistry and development

Telomeres, longevity, types of movement

• The impact of sleep and rest on brain chemistry and development

Cognitive impairment, depression

Sleep improvement strategies

Brief restorative strategies

• Nutrition supports for brain function

MIND diet

Neurotoxins

Impact of obesity

• The role of play in sustaining healthy brain function
• Social relationships and well being
• The four intelligences of well being
• Body based tools for healing trauma

Reactivity and healing

Emotional regulation

• Priming the neuroplasticity of the brain
• Relational intelligence
• Mindful awareness

Modifying perceptions and reactions

• Exercise: Increasing somatic intelligence
• Exercises: Breath, posture and movement
• Positive psychology and neuroscience research

Contraction and reactivity

Resilience and health

Ability to shift perspective

Mindful self-compassion and acceptance

• Exercise: Hand movement, mindfulness and emotion
• Exercise: Visualization and self-compassion
• Exercise: Moments of kindness
• Exercise: Guided visualization toward self-acceptance
• Exercise: Playing Parts and self-integration
• Exercise: Integrating the inner critic