Full Course Description

Dan Siegel’s Interpersonal Neurobiology and Mindsight Comprehensive Certificate Course

OUTLINE:

 

  • Introduction
     
  • Mind
    1. An Emergent Property of Energy Flow
    2. Self-organization and Integration
    3. Consciousness
    4. Subjective Experience
    5. Information Processing
    6. Awareness of Breath Practice
    7. The Interrogatives: The Who, What, When, Where, Why and How of the Mind     
    8. Mindsight
    9. Triception and the Window of Tolerance
    10. Integrative Movement I: Warm up, Step 1 and 2
       
  • The Embodied Brain 
    1. The Brain: Developmental Neurobiology
    2. How the Brain Grows and Changes
    3. Clinical Conceptualization, Assessment, and Treatment: Neuronal Growth and Development
    4. Dr. Siegel’s Hand Model of the Brain: The Brain in the Palm of Your Hand
    5. Clinical Conceptualization, Assessment, and Treatment: The Brain
       
  • Relationships
    1. Connection Across the Lifespan
    2. Presence, Attunement, Resonance, and Trust (PART): Verbal and Nonverbal Communication      
    3. Integrative Movement II: Steps 3 and 4        
    4. PART:
      1. Presence
      2. Attunement
      3. Resonance            
      4. Trust         
    5. Relationships:
      1. Rupture and Repair
      2. Kindness, Compassion, and Empathy
      3. Forgiveness
      4. Reflective Dialogues
         
  • Attachment
    1. The 4 Ss of Attachment
    2. The Field of Attachment Research
    3. Strategies of Attachment
    4. Secure Attachment
      1. The Infant Strange Situation
      2. The Adult Attachment Interview
    5. Avoidant Attachment
    6. Ambivalent Attachment
    7. Disorganized Attachment      
    8. Clinical Conceptualization, Assessment, and Treatment: Relationships, Attachment, and Interpersonal Connection
                 
  • Domains of Integration
    1. The 9 Domains of Integration

 

  1. Consciousness
    1. Integration of Consciousness
    2. Integrative Movement III: Step 5 and Step 6
    3. Awareness of Breath: Mindsight Lens
    4. Introduction to Dr. Siegel’s Wheel of Awareness Practice
    5. Integration of Consciousness: The Science of the Wheel of Awareness Practice
    6. The Plane of Possibility
    7. Clinical Conceptualization, Assessment, and Treatment: The Integration of Consciousness
       
  2. Bilateral
    1. Bilateral Integration
    2. Asymmetry of Structure and Function
    3. Bilateral Development
    4. Bilaterality and Learning
    5. Attachment and Bilaterality
    6. Integrative Movement IV: Step 7
    7. Case Example
       
  3. Vertical 
    1. Vertical Integration
    2. Clinical Conceptualization, Assessment, and Treatment: Vertical Integration
       
  4. Memory
    1. Memory Integration
    2. Implicit Memory
    3. Memory and Forgetting
    4. Learning and Unlearning
    5. Forgetting and Remembering
    6. Memory: Emotion, Anticipation, and States
    7. Clinical Conceptualization, Assessment, and Treatment: Memory
    8. Case Example
    9. Integrative Movement V: Step 8
       
  5. Narrative
    1. Narrative Integration
    2. Trauma and Narrative Resolution
    3. Self and Evolving Narrative
    4. Narrative: Reframing Stress, Grit, and Mindset
    5. Clinical Conceptualization, Assessment, and Treatment: Narrative Integration
    6. Case Example
       
  6. State
    1. State Integration
    2. Qualities of State of Mind
    3. State Integration: Layers, Aspects, and Parts
    4. State Integration: Dissociation
    5. Clinical Conceptualization, Assessment, and Treatment: State Integration
    6. Case Example

 

  1. Interpersonal 
    1. Interpersonal Integration
    2. Romantic Relationships
    3. Interlocking States           
    4. Clinical Conceptualization, Assessment, and Treatment: Interpersonal Integration     
    5. Case Example
    6. Integrative Movement VI: Steps 9 and 10
           
  2. Temporal 
    1. Temporal Integration
    2. Time: Newtonian and Quantum Levels 
    3. Clinical Conceptualization, Assessment, and Treatment: Temporal Integration            
    4. Case Example
       
  3. Identity 
    1. Identity Integration
    2. Personal Identity  
    3. Identity Integration: Belonging to a We
    4. Clinical Conceptualization, Assessment, and Treatment: Identity Integration
    5. Case Example
    6. Bringing Your Interpersonal Neurobiology Framework and Mindsight Approach Into Life and Clinical Practice

OBJECTIVES:

 

  1. Analyze what the mind is from an interpersonal neurobiology perspective
  2. Consider how energy and information flow is regulated and forms the complex system of the mind
  3. Breakdown the concepts of consciousness, subjective experience, and information processing
  4. Communicate the role that mindsight – insight, empathy, and integration – plays in well-being and rewarding relationships
  5. Assess and expand a client’s window of tolerance for certain emotions 
  6. Explore the ways in which the brain develops and changes through relationships, consciousness, and neuroplasticity
  7. Present for colleagues and clients Dr. Siegel’s Hand Model of the Brain to support emotional regulation
  8. Evaluate the seven nonverbal aspects of communication and their role in connecting with others
  9. Analyze how Presence, Attunement, and Resonance foster Trusting relationships – the PART we play in psychotherapy
  10. Model reflective dialogues for clients
  11. Consider the science of kindness, empathy, compassion, and forgiveness
  12. Analyze the role self-compassion plays in integration and well-being
  13. Connect how relational integration is the basis to neural integration
  14. Evaluate secure, ambivalent, avoidant, and disorganized attachment categories
  15. Implement findings from the Adult Attachment Interview into clinical assessment and treatment
  16. Support client’s ability to create a coherent narrative and earned secure attachment pattern
  17. Reframe mental health challenges as opportunities for growth
  18. Implement conceptualizations of the 9 domains of integration into diagnosis, treatment planning, and intervention  
  19. Model the 9 domains of integration by engaging in and teaching clients the integrative movement series
  20. Present to clients Dr. Siegel’s Wheel of Awareness practice to integrate consciousness and support well-being
  21. Explore integration of consciousness through Dr. Siegel’s model of the plane of possibility
  22. Analyze the roles of and relationship between the left and right sides of the brain
  23. Specify impediments to bilateral integration and use clinical techniques to support the growth of bilateral integration
  24. Employ methods to support neuroplasticity to achieve greater neural integration and well-being when a client has challenges in vertical differentiation and/or linkage within the nervous system
  25. Evaluate impairment of integration in memory processes in everyday life and in trauma
  26. Analyze the role of both implicit and explicit memory in trauma resolution and health
  27. Assess coherency of narrative and identify how to cultivate coherence
  28. Reframe “stress” from an interpersonal neurobiology lens to help clients build resilience, grit, and a growth mindset
  29. Separate layers, aspects, and parts in the context of the sense of self
  30. Explore the adaptive strategy of dissociation and ways to work with clients to integrate differentiated states
  31. Evaluate the neurobiological processes, attachment patterns, and innate drives that relate to romantic relationships
  32. Develop interpersonal integration and resolve interlocking states through increased resonance and attunement
  33. Breakdown the quantum and Newtonian aspects of experience from a physics perspective
  34. Evaluate issues of mortality, uncertainty, and transience and the experience of the Arrow of Time in support of temporal integration
  35. Reframe the experience of identity from an interpersonal neurobiology lens
  36. Assess the evolutionary, cultural, and familial aspects of identity
  37. Formulate how to support integration of identity to bring more compassion and kindness into the world 

Program Information

Target Audience

Addiction Counselors, Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants, Psychologists, Social Workers

Copyright : 02/19/2016