Taming the Amygdala
Accessible Strategies for Calming the Anxious Brain
- Speaker:
- Catherine Pittman, PhD, HSPP
- Duration:
- 2 Hours
- Language:
- Presented in EN, subtitles in EN and FR, handouts in EN and FR
- Copyright:
-
Oct 14, 2023
- Product Code:
- POS059557
- Media Type:
- Digital Seminar
Description
Treatment of anxiety is more effective when it is rooted in an understanding of neuroscience. Therapists need clear neuroscience explanations that they can readily use with the diverse variety of clients suffering from anxiety. In this workshop, you will not only learn effective, brain-based strategies for calming the anxious brain, but also learn how to explain the strategies to clients in ways that motivate change.
Understand how to identify the roots of anxiety in the amygdala and provide effective interventions to tame the amygdala. Learn how “the language of the amygdala” can be explained in an accessible, straightforward way, empowering clients to change their brains to resist anxiety. Help clients identify how the cortex causes the amygdala to produce anxiety, and train them in strategies to resist anxiety-igniting cognitions.
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Handouts
| File type | File name | Number of pages | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manual - Taming the Amygdala (3.7 MB) | 21 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Taming the Amygdala - French (3.7 MB) | 21 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Taming the Amygdala - Italian (3.7 MB) | 21 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Taming the Amygdala - German (3.7 MB) | 21 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Taming the Amygdala - Spanish (3.7 MB) | 21 Pages | Available after Purchase |
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Program Information
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Objectives
- Demonstrate the role of the amygdala in maintaining anxiety disorders for purposes of client psychoeducation.
- Explain how clients who know the language of the amygdala have improved treatment engagement and mindfulness.
- Use neurologically informed strategies such as relaxation, exercise, exposure, and sleep interventions to produce changes in the amygdala.
Outline
Key Knowledge about the Amygdala and Anxiety
- Help clients understand the experience of stress, anxiety, and panic
- How the amygdala learns through experience
- Why vivid experiences in therapy are needed
Essential Steps to Using the Amygdala in Therapy
- Form a strong, empathic therapeutic alliance
- How does your client experience anxiety?
- Focus on client’s personal goals
- Connect amygdala to client concerns and questions
- Change the amygdala rather than avoid anxiety
- Acceptance of limits of control using Serenity Prayer
Teach Client’s Where Their Anxiety Comes From
- Amygdala pathway – bottom-up triggering of emotion
- Cortex pathway – top-down generation of emotion
- Both pathways require the amygdala for anxiety to be produced
- Help clients recognize their two pathways
- How anxiety is initiated in each pathway and how they influence each other
Target Audience
- Counsellors
- Marriage & Family Therapists
- Physicians
- Psychologists
- Speech-Language Pathologists
- Social Workers
- Other Mental Health Professionals
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