Janina Fisher – Mindfulness and Neuroplasticity in the Treatment of Trauma

Janina Fisher – Mindfulness and Neuroplasticity in the Treatment of TraumaOutlineHOW TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES ARE REMEMBEREDResults of the brain scan researchNarrative memory centers are inhibitedActivated implicit memory: Intense emotions, body sensations, impulses, intrusive imagesIMPLICIT AND PROCEDURAL MEMORY SYSTEMSHow do we know we are remembering without a story?State-specific memory and traumatic triggersNeuroplasticity and survival under threatAUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM AND ADAPTATION TO TRAUMA“Neurons that fire together wire together”Trauma symptoms: Kindling and sensitization“Stuck’ casesTreatment-resistant depressionShame and self-loathing, numbing and shutdownClients who go from crisis to crisisMINDFULNESS-BASED TREATMENTSThe symptoms tell the story better than the storyIntroduction to SensorimotorPsychotherapyVideo: Working with the body in treatmentMINDFULNESS IN CLINICAL PRACTICEIngredients of mindfulnessAvoid attachment or aversionImplicit and procedural memoryREGULATING TRAUMA-RELATED EMOTIONS, REACTIVITY AND AUTONOMIC AROUSALCognitive resourcesSomatic resourcesInterpersonal neurobiological resourcesPRINCIPLES OF NEUROPLASTIC CHANGEInhibit problematic pattern of responseMindfully notice rather than reactExperiment with new action or reactionPractice new pattern until it becomes automaticNEUROPLASTIC PRINCIPLES TO TALK THERAPYPractice, practice, practice!Notice, notice, notice the resultsEncode change as it occursFacultyJanina Fisher, Ph.D. Related seminars and products: 63Janina Fisher, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist and former instructor at The Trauma Center, a research and treatment center founded by Bessel van der Kolk. Known as an expert on the treatment of trauma, Dr. Fisher has also been treating individuals, couples and families since 1980.She is past president of the New England Society for the Treatment of Trauma and Dissociation, an EMDR International Association Credit Provider, Assistant Educational Director of the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute, and a former Instructor, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Fisher lectures and teaches nationally and internationally on topics related to the integration of the neurobiological research and newer trauma treatment paradigms into traditional therapeutic modalities.She is co-author with Pat Ogden of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Interventions for Attachment and Trauma (2015) and author of Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Overcoming Internal Self-Alienation (2017) and the forthcoming book, Working with the Neurobiological Legacy of Trauma (in press).Speaker Disclosures:Financial: Janina Fisher is in private practice. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.Non-financial: Janina Fisher has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.