Dan Siegel on Attachment, Trauma & Psychotherapy

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Daniel J. Siegel, MD, is a graduate of Harvard Medical School and completed his postgraduate medical education at UCLA with training in pediatrics and child, adolescent, and adult psychiatry. He is currently a clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine, founding co-director of UCLA's Mindful Awareness Research Center, founding co-investigator at the UCLA Center for Culture, Brain and Development, and executive director of the Mindsight Institute, an educational center devoted to promoting insight, compassion, and empathy in individuals, families, institutions, and communities.

Dr. Siegel's psychotherapy practice spans thirty years, and he has published extensively for the professional audience. He serves as the Founding Editor for the Norton Professional Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology which includes over 70 textbooks. Dr. Siegel's books include his five New York Times bestsellers: Aware: The Science and Practice of Presence; Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain, Mind: A Journey to the Heart of Being Human, and two books with Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D, The Whole-Brain Child and No-Drama Discipline. His other books include:The Power of Showing Up also with Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D., The Developing Mind, The Pocket Guide to Interpersonal Neurobiology, Mindsight, The Mindful Brain, The Mindful Therapist, Parenting from the Inside Out (with Mary Hartzell, M.Ed.), and The Yes Brain (also with Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D). He has been invited to lecture for the King of Thailand, Pope John Paul II, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Google University, and TEDx.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Daniel Siegel is the clinical professor at the UCLA School of Medicine, the medical director of Lifespan Learning Institute, the executive director of Center for Human Development and Mindsight Institute, and the founding editor of Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology. He receives royalties as a published author. Dr. Daniel Siegel receives a speaking honorarium, recording royalties, and book royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Daniel Siegel serves on the advisory board for Gloo and Convergence in Washington, D.C.

Objectives

1. Determine the differences among secure, ambivalent, anxious, and disorganized attachment to improve accuracy of clinical assessment of trauma with clients.
2. Integrate findings from the Adult Attachment Interview into the assessment and treatment planning.
3. Analyze ways in which traumatic experiences impact neural development, structure, and function in the client’s brain.
4. Evaluate the clinical implications of impairment of integration in memory processes among clients.
5. Articulate the role that both implicit and explicit memory play in trauma resolution and health.
6. Illustrate the ways in which the brain develops and changes through relationships, consciousness, and neuroplasticity and how these changes inform clinical treatment interventions.
7. Analyze how presence, attunement, and resonance foster trusting relationships in clients.

Outline

• How attachment relationships shape the brain
• Neural integration and self-regulation
• Interpersonal communication and interneuronal linkages
• The categories of attachment

• Developmental trauma and its impact on brain growth
• Abuse, neglect, and attachment
• Disorganized attachment and unsolvable fear
• The biological paradox of attachment figures as a source of terror
• Dissociation as a development result of trauma

• The PART we play as therapists
• The healing power of presence
• Attunement to the sea inside
• Resonance and dyadic integration
• Trust and the social engagement system of the brain

• The framework of integration and health
• Chaos and rigidity as outcomes of impaired integration
• Harmony and coherence
• The recursive quality of integration

• Is the mind simply “brain activity” or something more?
• Using the mind to change the brain
• The central role of neuroplasticity in the mechanism of therapy
• The self-organizing aspect of mind in therapy
• Relationships and the brain

• Aiming for more than relief of symptoms
• Integration at the heart of kindness, compassion, and creativity
• The ease of well-being
• Relational and neural integration at the heart of resilience and health

Target Audience

• Counselors
• Social Workers
• Psychologists
• Psychotherapists
• Therapists
• Addiction Counselors
• Marriage & Family Therapists
• Case Managers
• Nurses
• Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants
• Other Mental Health Professionals