About the Event
Cognitive Behavior Institute is excited to welcome Alexander Antonucci, LPC, CGT, ACS for a live interactive webinar on: Mindfulness Based Psychotherapy: What, Why, and How.
Date: June 13th, 2024
Time: 11:50am - 3:00pm EST
Location: Online via Zoom Webinars
*Participants will not have access to their cameras/microphones
Cost: $19.99
Level: Introductory
Credit Hours: 3 Clinical CEs
Description:
Jon Kabat-Zinn defines mindfulness as "awareness that arises through paying attention, on purpose, in the present moment, non-judgmentally." Mindfulness has received an exorbitant amount of attention over the last several decades, and for good reason. It has shown to directly impact immune system function (Davidson, R. J. et al 2003), activation of brain regions responsible for the experience of positive emotions (Davidson, R. J. et al 2003), cortical growth (Lazar et. al. 2005), and decreases in reported symptom severity in mental health diagnoses including binge eating disorder (Kristeller and Hallett 1999), Fibromyalgia (Lush et al. 2009), GAD and Panic disorder (Kabat-Zinn et al. 1992), among others.
Mindfulness has become a buzzword in the self help arena and this has led to misunderstandings about its definition and origin. The speaker will argue that these misunderstandings can directly impact the potency of mindfulness based interventions in a clinical setting. The course aims to clear up these discrepancies and provide education and support for how clinicians can utilize mindfulness based interventions with their clients in the most effective manner.
Importantly, mindfulness practice has been shown to directly impact neural structures of brain regions important to the field of mental health including the Cingulate Cortex (Grant, J.A., et al. 2010) and Amygdala (Desbordes, et al. 2012). Both brain regions are implicated in complicated cognitive process such as emotion regulation, decision making, empathy, and impulse control. The course will contain a review of such important studies. The course will also contain application of mindfulness principals in the therapy context.
Agenda:
11:50am-12:10pm Introduction & Course Overview (Conflicts of interest, learning objectives, limitations) | |
| 12:10-1:10pm Mindfulness (Definition, history, principals, pain vs. suffering, contraindications) | |
| 1:10-2:20pm The Brain (Stress response in central nervous system, Neurochemistry of learning and memory, brain changes with mindfulness practice) | |
| 2:20-2:45pm Overview of 5 mindfulness practices in therapy | |
| 2:45-3:00pm Q&A |
Learning Objectives:
1- Participants will define mindfulness and discuss its origins
2- Participants will describe research related to the neurological and emotional impact of mindfulness practice
3- Participants will use mindfulness practice in the context of psychotherapy
Instructor Bio:
Alexander is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Approved Clinical Supervisor. Certified by the Gottman Institute, he specializes in working with couples providing, both, regular appointments and Marathon Intensive Couples Therapy. He also works with individuals and families dealing with a range of challenges. Conferred an MA degree in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology from Naropa University, Alexander has trained with some of the world’s leading mindfulness and meditation teachers. Alexander also provides training, supervision, and consultation to other psychotherapists.Course bibliography:
Bhikkhu, T. (2008). Mindfulness defined: Street smarts for the path. Insight Journal, 11-15.
Boyd, J. E., Lanius, R. A., & Mckinnon, M. C. (2018). Mindfulness-based treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder: A review of the treatment literature and
neurobiological evidence. Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience, 43(1), 7-25.
doi:10.1503/jpn.170021
Desbordes, G., Negi, L. T., Pace, T. W., Wallace, B. A., Raison, C. L., & Schwartz, E. L. (2012). Effects of mindful-attention and compassion meditation training on
amygdala response to emotional stimuli in an ordinary, non-meditative state.
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 6. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2012.00292
Farias, M., & Wikholm, C. (2016). Has the science of mindfulness lost its mind?.
BJPsych bulletin, 40(6), 329–332. https://doi.org/10.1192/pb.bp.116.053686
Goldberg, S., Tucker, R. P., Greene, P. A., Davidson, R. J., Wampold, B. E., Kearney, D. J., Kearney, D. (2019). Mindfulness-based interventions for psychiatric disorders: A
systematic review and meta-analysis. doi:10.31231/osf.io/etghn
Grant, J. A., Courtemanche, J., Duerden, E. G., Duncan, G. H., & Rainville, P. (2010). Cortical thickness and pain sensitivity in zen meditators. Emotion, 10(1), 43-53. doi:10.1037/a0018334
Hanson, R. (2011). Buddhas brain: The practical neuroscience of happiness, love, and
wisdom.
Hofmann, S. G., & Gómez, A. F. (2017). Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Anxiety and Depression. Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 40(4), 739-749.
doi:10.1016/j.psc.2017.08.008
Hölzel, B. K., Carmody, J., Vangel, M., Congleton, C., Yerramsetti, S. M., Gard, T., & Lazar, S. W. (2011). Mindfulness practice leads to increases in regional brain gray matter density. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 191(1), 36-43. doi:10.1016/j.pscychresns.2010.08.006
Hölzel, B. K., Carmody, J., Evans, K. C., Hoge, E. A., Dusek, J. A., Morgan, L., . . . Lazar, S. W. (2009). Stress reduction correlates with structural changes in the amygdala. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 5(1), 11-17. doi:10.1093/scan/nsp034
Kabat-Zinn, J., Ph.D., Massion, A. O., M.D., Kristeller, J., Ph.D., Peterson, L. G., M.D., Fletcher, K. E., Ph.D., Pbert, L., Ph.D., . . . Santorelli, S. F., Ed. D. (1992). Effectiveness of a meditation-based stress reduction program in the treatment of anxiety disorders. American Journal of Psychiatry, 149(7), 936-943. doi:10.1176/ajp.149.7.936
Kandel, E. R. (2001). The molecular biology of memory storage: A dialogue between genes and synapses. Science, 294(5544), 1030–1038. https://doi.org/10.1126/
Kristeller, J. L., & Hallett, C. B. (1999). An Exploratory Study of a Meditation-based Intervention for Binge Eating Disorder. Journal of Health Psychology, 4(3), 357-363. doi:10.1177/135910539900400305
Lazar, S. W., Kerr, C. E., Wasserman, R. H., Gray, J. R., Greve, D. N., Treadway, M. T., . . .Fischl, B. (2005). Meditation experience is associated with increased cortical
thickness. NeuroReport, 16(17), 1893-1897. doi:10.1097/01.wnr.0000186598.66243.19
Lush, E., Salmon, P., Floyd, A., Studts, J. L., Weissbecker, I., & Sephton, S. E. (2009). Mindfulness Meditation for Symptom Reduction in Fibromyalgia: Psychophysiological Correlates. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 16(2), 200-207. doi:10.1007/s10880-009-9153-z
Levenson, R. W., Ekman, P., Campos, J. J., Davidson, R. J., & de Waal, F. B. M. (2003). Blood, sweat, and fears: the autonomic architecture of emotion. Emotions inside out: 130 years after Darwin's: The expression of the emotions in man and animals.
Marchand, W. R. (2014). Neural mechanisms of mindfulness and meditation:
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Mei-Kei Leung, Way K.W. Lau, Chetwyn C.H. Chan, Samuel S.Y. Wong, Annis L.C. Fung & Tatia M.C. Lee (2018) Meditation-induced neuroplastic changes in amygdala activity during negative affective processing, Social Neuroscience, 13:3, 277-288, DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2017.1311939
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