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Buddha's Brain: the Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love and Wisdom

Note: This live webcast (audio & video) will be broadcast LIVE over the internet on Monday, October 25, 2010, starting 8:00 AM Eastern Time. You may access this event from anywhere with an established internet connection.

Speaker:
Rick Hanson, Ph.D.
Price:
$169.99
Course №:
PLW77853
Duration:
380
Original Program Date:
Monday, October 25, 2010
Have additional participants that need credit? Click here for additional CE for this webcast!

· 4 steps to internalize positive experiences and heal pain and dysfunction
· Learn from the “Olympic athletes” of brain training (lessons from 2,500 years of contemplative practice)
· Understand the brain’s negativity bias, the greatest challenge in psychotherapy
· Work with the brain’s 3 motivational systems (Approach, Attach, Avoid)
· Strengthen the neural circuits of contentment, belonging and peace
· Teach clients self-directed neuroplasticity

Today’s unprecedented meeting of modern brain science and ancient contemplative wisdom offers you powerful new tools for changing the neural wiring and neurochemistry of the brain.

In this seminar, learn how to use contemplative neuroscience in down-to-earth ways to...

· Weave positive experiences into the fabric of the brain and self
· Stimulate and strengthen the neural circuits of empathy
· Help clients become more mindful

OUTLINE

The Promise of Self-Directed Neuroplasticity

· How the mind changes the brain
· Lessons from 2,500 years of meditative practice
· Neural circuits of self-compassion
· Getting on your own side
· Virtue, mindfulness, and wisdom—resting on the neural functions of regulating, learning and selecting

The Challenge of Evolution

· Chasing carrots and dodging sticks
· The negativity bias of the brain
· How that bias undermines psychotherapy

The Power of Implicit Memory

· Memory systems, explicit and implicit
· The importance of inner resources
· Factors of neuroplasticity

Taking in the Good

· Turning good facts into good experiences
· Savoring positive emotions and perspectives
· Priming implicit memory systems
· Working with children
· Why it’s good to feel good
· Living gratefully

Clearing Old Pain

· Exploiting the “weak link” in memory consolidation
· Pairing positive experiences with old pain
· Special considerations for trauma

Natural Happiness

· The resting state of the brain: calm, contented, caring
· The brain’s three motivational systems: Approach, Attach, Avoid
· The reactive mode of greed, heartache and hatred (broadly defined)
· How to build up the neural circuits of the responsive mode of gladness, love and peace

OBJECTIVES

· Describe major mechanisms of neuroplasticity.
· Explain how to build self-compassion into the brain.
· Describe the evolutionary basis of the brain’s negativity bias.
· Summarize the three basic steps of “taking in the good” (TIG).
· Integrate the fourth step of TIG to heal painful experiences.
· Explain how to activate contentment, belonging and peace.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Rick Hanson, Ph.D. is a neuropsychologist with 25 years of experience in outpatient mental health. A summa cum laude graduate of UCLA, he founded the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom and teaches at universities and meditation centers in Europe, Australia and North America. His work has been featured on the BBC and in Consumer Reports Health, U.S. News and World Report and other major magazines.

Rick’s most recent book is Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom (with Rick Mendius, M.D.; foreword by Dan Siegel, M.D. and preface by Jack Kornfield, Ph.D.), which has been praised by numerous therapists and teachers, including Tara Brach, Ph.D.; Roger Walsh, Ph.D.; Sharon Salzberg and Fred Luskin, Ph.D. Considered an expert on self-directed neuroplasticity, his articles have appeared in Tricycle Magazine, Insight Journal and Inquiring Mind, and his Your Wise Brain blog is on PsychologyToday.com and other major websites. He has a chapter—”7 Facts about the Brain That Incline the Mind to Joy”—in Measuring the Immeasurable, as well as several audio programs with Sounds True. His first book is Mother Nurture: A Mother’s Guide to Health in Body, Mind, and Intimate Relationships (Penguin, 2002). Rick is currently a trustee of Saybrook University, after serving on the board of Spirit Rock Meditation Center for nine years; he was also president of the Board of FamilyWorks, a community agency

MD Personality Disorders: The Challenge of the Hidden Agenda Seminar

When: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 at 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Seminar Location

TURF VALLEY RESORT & CONFERENCE CENTER2700 TURF VALLEY RDELLICOTT CITY, MD 21042View Map Alternate Locations
Beltsville, MD on 10/21/2010
Alexandria, VA on 10/22/2010

MD Visually Enhanced Therapy Seminar

http://www.pesi.com/search/detail/index.asp?eventid=78894

When: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 at 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM

Seminar Location

FOUR POINTS SHERATON AT BWI AIRPORT7032 ELM ROADBALTIMORE, MD 21240View Map Alternate Locations
Richmond, VA on 11/19/2010

MD Communication Intervention for Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Learning to Interact and Interacting to Learn Seminar
http://www.pesi.com/search/detail/index.asp?eventid=78827When: Thursday, October 28, 2010 at 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM

Seminar Location

SHERATON COLUMBIA HOTEL10207 WINCOPIN CIRCLECOLUMBIA, MD 21044View Map Alternate Locations
Fairfax, VA on 10/29/2010

MD Six Practical and Powerful Steps for Taking Charge of Anger Seminar When: Friday, October 29, 2010 at 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Seminar LocationTURF VALLEY RESORT & CONFERENCE CENTER2700 TURF VALLEY RDELLICOTT CITY, MD 21042View Map Alternate Locations
Fairfax, VA on 10/27/2010

MD Mindsight: A New Approach to Psychotherapy with Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. Seminar When: Friday, November 19, 2010 at 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Seminar Location

TURF VALLEY RESORT & CONFERENCE CENTER2700 TURF VALLEY RDELLICOTT CITY, MD 21042View Map

NEW DCASTD DIVERSITY/CULTURAL COMPETENCE SIG: LAUNCH RECEPTION & INAUGURAL PROGRAM:
“DIVERSITY PATHWAYS: WHICH ROAD ARE WE ON?”
with Patti DeRosa, President, ChangeWorks Consulting
Wednesday, October 27th, 6:30-8:30pm
Hosted by the University of Phoenix, Arlington Learning Center at Crystal City, 1800 South Bell Street, Arlington, Virginia
What do we think of when we hear “diversity training”? Some people expect it’s learning about discrimination law; others think it’s sessions on cultural sensitivity; and still others want social change approaches. How can we make any real or measurable progress with our diversity and inclusion programs when we have so many different definitions, ends, and means in mind?
Ms. DeRosa will share her six-part model to help HR, training and development professionals to more easily identify and articulate the differences between (1) Intercultural, (2) Legal Compliance, (3) Managing Diversity, (4) Prejudice Reduction, (5) Valuing Differences, and (6) Anti-Isms. This model will be used as a starting point for the new monthly DC ASTD Diversity SIG in exploring the breadth of experience and tools that have evolved in the field of diversity and inclusion.
About Ms. DeRosa: She has worked for over 25 years in the diversity field. 
Her roles have included Manager of Affirmative
Action Education and Training for the Boston Department of 
Health and Hospitals, and Education Coordinator for the 
Cambridge Multicultural Project. She has taught on the subject at 
Simmons College, Lesley University, and Boston University.
6:30-7:15: Reception

7:15-8:30: Program
$15 for DC ASTD members by Friday, October 22nd.
$20 for all others by Friday, October 22nd.
Registration Fees increase by $10 after 10/22
Click here to Register
Questions? Contact Veronica Adams: dir_membership_outreach@dcastd.org or 202-340-0488.
Please follow this link to learn more about the new Diversity/Cultural Competence SIG and its other upcoming programs!

Maryland Association for Counseling and Development Presents
http://data.memberclicks.com/site/mcd/MACD_African_American_Males.pdf

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