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URL:https://isnr.org/events/webinar-brain-heart-interactions-and-optimizin
 g-psychotherapy
SUMMARY:Webinar: Brain-Heart Interactions and Optimizing Psychotherapy
DESCRIPTION:90-Minute Webinar: Brain-Heart Interactions and Optimizing Psyc
 hotherapy\n\nPresented by: Donald Moss\, PhD\n\nFriday\, October 18\, 2024
  at 12:00pm Eastern time zone\n\n CLICK HERE for more information and to 
 register\n\n1.5 CE credits are available for this 90-minute webinar if you
  attend the complete live session. To purchase CE credits\, CLICK HERE.\n\
 nDESCRIPTION: Current neuroscience and psychophysiological research docume
 nt autonomic and central nervous system processes that underlie compassion
 \, social affiliation\, cognitive flexibility\, perspective-taking\, and o
 verall cognitive function. Each of these variables are among the goals of 
 psychotherapy. Effective psychotherapy optimizes human caring and connecti
 on and enables patients to gain understanding and perspective on their liv
 es.\n\nAutonomic processes and brain processes interact here. Julia Wendt 
 and Julian Thayer (20024) proposed that heart rate variability (HRV) is an
  index of pre-frontal cortical functionality. Autonomic regulation enhance
 s the function in our brain's control center and facilitates regulation of
  emotional brain centers such as the amygdala. Wendt and Thayer also state
  that lower HRV is a "transdiagnostic marker for psychopathology". The les
 s HRV is present\, the more psychological problems mount. Social engagemen
 t is also affected here. Paul Gilbert described the critical role of the h
 ormone oxytocin and vagal/parasympathetic input in human caring\, connecte
 dness\, and compassion. Stephen Porges (2011\, 2022) emphasized that the v
 entral vagal system provides the evolutionary foundation for attachment pr
 ocesses\, social bonds\, and the critical feelings of safety necessary for
  health human development. Bornemann et al. (2019\, p4) summarized extensi
 ve research in this area: "Previous research has established that vagal re
 gulation underpins social engagement\, particularly\, caregiving\, and alt
 ruistic behaviours."\n\nThis presentation proposes that adding psychophysi
 ological interventions\, such as breath training and heart rate variabilit
 y training\, to psychotherapy\, moves the process of psychotherapeutic tra
 nsformation forward\, in: 1) facilitating human caring and compassion\, 2)
  optimizing emotional regulation\, and 3) enhancing cognitive flexibility\
 , perspective taking\, and executive functioning.
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