Dr. Sapolsky will guide you through physiological explanations for stress and depression, interconnect the fields of psychology and neurobiology, and strengthen the case for brain-based therapeutic treatments.
Robert Sapolsky – Learn from the Masters, The Neuroscience of Stress, Depression and Developmental Trauma
In this captivating recording, you’ll have the rare opportunity to learn from Dr. Robert Sapolsky, one of the world’s leading researchers on the physiology and psychology of stress.
Dubbed the “world’s funniest neuroscientist” (Salon.com), Dr. Sapolsky will guide you through physiological explanations for stress and depression, interconnect the fields of psychology and neurobiology, and strengthen the case for brain-based therapeutic treatments.
Two hours of an enlightening and entertaining lecture from Dr. Sapolsky are followed by a unique one-hour interview with clinical psychologist, international speaker, and author Dr. Jennifer Sweeton. In what is sure to be a lively, informative, and thought-provoking discussion, doctors Sapolsky and Sweeton will cover a variety of topics about stress, depression, and trauma, and tie it all back to the strategies and techniques that you can use in the office with your clients each day.
Key Benefits of Watching:
3-hour format gives you the chance to learn from a remarkable and memorable expert without a day-long commitment.
Dr. Sapolsky brings humor and humanity into his discussions of research and physiology, all while making the science of the brain-body connection to our psychological well-being accessible and useable.
Learn to apply neuroscientific principals to your practice to enhance clinical outcomes.
Integrate research findings into treatment with proven therapeutic methods based in mindfulness, positive psychology, and somatic psychologies.
Analyze the neurobiological mechanisms of how and why stress becomes depression, differentiate this from anxiety, and explain how this information impacts the clinician and their treatment plans.
Evaluate how childhood trauma changes the developmental trajectory of the brain, explore the clinical manifestations of these impacts, and apply clinical strategies to make your client’s brains less susceptible to traumatic stress-based damage.
Characterize how the stress pathway, stress response, and brain interact to produce the experience of stress, and communicate how stress can be managed using therapeutic techniques that impact these areas of the brain and body.
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What Does Biology Have to do With It?
The Nature of Stress and the Stress Response
The nature of stress
Homeostasis
The dichotomy between short-term and long-term stress exposure
The stress response
Hormones and autonomic pathways
How the long-term stress response impacts the brain and body
Clinical Manifestations of Chronic Stress in Your Clients
Impaired declarative memory
Vulnerability to anxiety and fear conditioning
Impaired executive functioning
Impaired empathy
The Interplay of Stress, Depression and
Developmental Trauma
The Neurochemistry and Neuroanatomy of Stress, Depression and Childhood Adversity
How and why stress becomes depression
Neurobiological mechanisms
The psychological components of stress
Learned helplessness as a model for depression
Stress as a bridge linking the biological and psychological features of depression
The genetics of affective resilience in the face of stress
Childhood adversity as a risk factor
How traumatic stress shifts the trajectory of brain development
Clinical implications
Connecting Biology to Psychology in Your Clinical Practice: An Interview with Dr. Jennifer Sweeton
When is stress good?
How can neurobiology help you to determine treatment methods and set goals?
Coping with stress – social isolation vs. social affiliation
Techniques that impact stress pathways, the stress response and the brains limbic regions
Strategies to create resilient brains that are less susceptible to stress-based damage
Gratitude interventions for stress and depression
