Introduction
Date Course Created: February 2025
The stress response is a primitive response system designed to protect us from danger. But some people experience various life events that can reprogram this system to turn on at the wrong time, resulting in recurring stress-based “false alarms” that result in anxiety disorders that can be extremely difficult to treat. A special approach that integrates an understanding of neuroscience, psychotherapy research, and proven therapy techniques can vastly improve treatment outcomes and bring lasting relief for clients stuck in “false alarm” purgatory.
Recent advances in neuroscience have increased our knowledge of how and why people change. Brain-based therapy synthesizes neuroscience, evidence-based treatment, psychotherapy research, and attachment theory into a hybrid therapeutic model. This seminar will examine how outcomes are enhanced by using brain-based therapy approaches with people who have been plagued by autostress disorders. Just as people with autoimmune disorders suffer from attacks on their bodies by their own immune system, people with anxiety suffer attacks by their stress system on their mind/brain/body. Their anxiety becomes an autostress disorder wherein their own stress system no longer protects them from danger, but alerts them to danger when there is none. Clients with anxiety disorders are confused by the symptoms, as well as by different therapists they encounter who ascribe to the various brand name therapies.
This is a 3.5-CE noninteractive, self-paced online video course delivered in home study format via an industry-standard online learning platform.
Agenda
00:00 – 00:35 → Introduction, Limitations, Nature of the Mind, Obesity and Mental Health
00:35 – 01:04 → Diet and Exercise, Adaptability, Complexity of Epigenetics in Mental Health
01:04 – 01:34 → Nutrition and Mental Health, Applied Neuroscience, Neuroplasticity
01:34 – 02:01 → Social Intelligence and Emotional Awareness, Exploring Memory Networks
02:01 – 02:31 → Therapeutic Approaches to Anxiety, Allostatic Load, The Long-Term Effects of Early Life Stress
02:31 – 03:01 → Sleep and Immune Function, Tolerating Ambiguity in Anxiety, Worry Loop, Panic Disorder Symptoms
03:01 – 03:42 → Challenges of Interpersonal Trauma, Exposure Therapy, Trauma and PTSD, Memory Integration
Objectives
This training will provide participants clinical knowledge and tools to:
After completing this training, participants will be able to explain how the memory systems can be dysregulated.- After completing this training, participants will be able to explain how anxiety disorders ramp up the stress system.
- After completing this training, participants will be able to explain the common factors to evidence-based practices for PTSD.
- After completing this training, participants will be able to describe ways to help people suffering from trauma.
- After completing this training, participants will be able to describe how to help people with generalized anxiety disorder and panic.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this event includes psychologists, social workers, counselors, MFT’s, psychiatrists, and other clinical mental health professionals.
Instructional Level: Intermediate
Instructor(s): John Arden, PhD, ABPP
Material Author(s): John Arden, PhD, ABPP
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Course Materials & Delivery Method:
- Course Materials – The course is composed of a recorded presentation and written materials (e.g. a slide deck and/or other worksheets, manuals, or handouts as provided by the instructor). The slide deck and any additional worksheets or handouts (as provided by the instructor) are made available inside the Lesson module after a course is purchased.
- Delivery Method – This course is a recorded asynchronous, self-paced webinar training, and there is no access time limit or due date to complete it once enrolled. The enrolled learner will stream the recorded presentation and view the materials from their internet connected device via an industry-standard online learning platform.
CE Approvals:
National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)
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Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
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