The Power of The Brain-First Approach in Recovery Coaching
A Recorded Webinar
Recorded on Wednesday, February 28, 2024
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Description
Your brain is the center of your being. It controls everything you think, do, and feel. When your brain experiences physical or emotional distress or trauma, it causes your autonomic nervous system to react and can create imbalances in how your brain functions. This can lead to self-destructive behavior, substance use, overwhelm, and chaos. This presentation will help attendees gain deep knowledge and understanding of how the brain drives behavior. Self-destructive choices, substance use, and drifting in life are not about a moral failing or character defect. It is not a lack of willpower—it is all about brain power. We will lead you through a practical journey with easy to implement skills that you can apply to your coaching or peer support efforts to create deep and lasting impact.
Learning Objectives
- Participants will be able to explain how the brain drives behavior.
- Participants will be able to summarize how a brain-first approach to recovery is critical to create transformational change leading people to thrive in their recovery.
- Participants will be able to apply ten skills that will lead to positive, lasting change in the clients.
Presenters
Dave Kenney, PhD (cand.)
Dave Kenney, PhD Candidate, has enjoyed over 30 years in human performance and development, serving as an educator, sports coach, life coach and mentor. He is currently the Co-Founder of Emergo Academy. He holds a Master's degree in Education from Northwestern State University and is a Doctoral candidate in philosophy at Canterbury University, focusing on neuroscience and psychology. Kenney is also a certified brain health coach (Amen University), a member of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM), a member of the Association of Addiction Professionals (NAADAC), a life coach (Coachville), a certified recovery coach (CCAR), has been trained in self-management for addiction recovery (SMART Recovery), and is a certified BrainEcho neuro-technician (Brain State Technologies). Kenney is also the Chair of Humber College’s post-graduate health and wellness program.
Dave Kenney, PhD Candidate, has enjoyed over 30 years in human performance and development, serving as an educator, sports coach, life coach and mentor. He is currently the Co-Founder of Emergo Academy. He holds a Master's degree in Education from Northwestern State University and is a Doctoral candidate in philosophy at Canterbury University, focusing on neuroscience and psychology. Kenney is also a certified brain health coach (Amen University), a member of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM), a member of the Association of Addiction Professionals (NAADAC), a life coach (Coachville), a certified recovery coach (CCAR), has been trained in self-management for addiction recovery (SMART Recovery), and is a certified BrainEcho neuro-technician (Brain State Technologies). Kenney is also the Chair of Humber College’s post-graduate health and wellness program.
Susan Kenney, CHWC
Susan Kenney, CHWC, has always been deeply curious about the workings of the human body, supplemented by her knack for rigorous reading and researching. She is currently the Co-Founder of Emergo Academy. Kenney is also a certified health and wellness coach (Wellcoaches), a brain health coach (Amen University), a life coach (Coachville), holds a certification in positive psychology (Wholebeing Institute), a certified BrainEcho neuro-technician (Brain State Technologies), is a certified sports nutritionist (BodyMind Institute), and has studied functional medicine (Kresser Institute) and nutritional psychiatry with Dr. Drew Ramsey.Currently, Kenney is completing her practitioner training program in functional medicine at the Kresser Institute.
Susan Kenney, CHWC, has always been deeply curious about the workings of the human body, supplemented by her knack for rigorous reading and researching. She is currently the Co-Founder of Emergo Academy. Kenney is also a certified health and wellness coach (Wellcoaches), a brain health coach (Amen University), a life coach (Coachville), holds a certification in positive psychology (Wholebeing Institute), a certified BrainEcho neuro-technician (Brain State Technologies), is a certified sports nutritionist (BodyMind Institute), and has studied functional medicine (Kresser Institute) and nutritional psychiatry with Dr. Drew Ramsey.Currently, Kenney is completing her practitioner training program in functional medicine at the Kresser Institute.
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Beginning level courses introduce learners to a content area; include information about a condition, treatment method, or issue; and involve learning and comprehending content.
Intermediate level courses provide information that builds on knowledge practitioners with some experience already have. These courses focus on skill-building or adding knowledge, possibly following a brief overview of basic information, and involve using information in concrete situations and understanding the underlying structure of the material.
Advanced level courses provide content for participants who have been working in the content area and have a clear understanding of the issues. These courses cover and address the complexities involved in the work and involve synthesizing material to create new patterns or structures or evaluating material for a specific purpose.
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Addiction professionals, employee assistance professionals, social workers, mental health counselors, professional counselors, psychologists, and other helping professionals that are interested in learning about addiction-related matters.
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