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Neuroscience in the Consulting Room: Enhancing the Impact of Couples Therapy with Susan Johnson, Daniel Siegel

Understanding the neurobiology of the brain not only explains how change happens, it also translates into more effective psychotherapy. In this dynamic workshop, a psychotherapist and a neuropsychiatrist offer a dialogue demonstrating the relevance of neuroscience to the process of repairing couples’ relationships. Together, the presenters will review recorded couples therapy sessions to explore how neurobiological insights can inform and help shape a therapist’s moment-by-moment decision-making. You’ll discover how to:

• “Read” clients’ facial and body language as outward signs of their brain function and emotional processing
• Use this knowledge to select and time interventions more effectively
• Make your interventions more efficient by tapping into the processes of relational regulation
• Determine when clients can’t self-soothe or access higher brain functions and intervene accordingly

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