In-Person

Frontiers of Trauma Treatment:: Neurofeedback and Psychedelics

Presented by Bessel van Der Kolk, M.D.
1.5 CE Hours Clinical Introductory
Frontiers of Trauma Treatment:: Neurofeedback and Psychedelics

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Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

  • Identify at least 2 ways in which trauma affects brain chemistry.

  • Identify at least 2 ways neurofeedback can be used as an effective treatment for traumatized patients.

  • Describe at least 2 benefits and 2 barriers to using psychedelic assisted therapy in trauma treatment.

  • Using current research, describe at least 2 potential futures of psychedelics and neurofeedback. Describe at least 2 pieces of current research regarding the future of psychedelics and neurofeedback.

Description

Trauma directly affects the developing brain, and specific brain functions responsible for attention, concentration, regulating emotions, and engaging in satisfying relationships. Even after receiving years of dedicated therapy, many traumatized individuals continue to feel chronically on edge, scared, agitated, collapsed, and helpless.


This lecture will review the ways in which trauma impacts brain chemistry and will address two promising methods for rewiring the damage done: neurofeedback and psychedelic assisted therapy. Participants will be presented with case studies and latest research to explore how these treatments address the neuroscience behind trauma in order to succeed where talk therapy has not. By focusing less on the story of what happened and instead treating the brain and body first, therapists can help their patients to process past trauma and attachment disruptions and live fuller, more fulfilled lives.

Target Audience

  • Counselor
  • Marriage & Family Therapist
  • Psychologist
  • Social Worker
  • Substance Use Disorder Professionals

Presenters

Bessel van Der Kolk, M.D.

Bessel A. van der Kolk M.D. is a pioneer clinician, researcher and teacher in the area of posttraumatic stress. His work uniquely integrates developmental, neurobiological, psychodynamic, somatic and interpersonal aspects of the impact of trauma and its treatment. His #1 New York Times Science best seller, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Treatment of Trauma (translated in 38 languages), transforms our understanding of traumatic stress, revealing how it literally rearranges the brain’s wiring—specifically areas dedicated to pleasure, engagement, control, and trust. He shows how these areas can be reactivated through innovative treatments including neurofeedback, psychedelic therapy, psychodrama, mindfulness techniques, parts work, yoga, and body work. Dr. van der Kolk and his various collaborators have published extensively on the impact of trauma on development, such as dissociative problems, borderline personality and self-mutilation, cognitive development, memory, and the psychobiology of trauma. He has published over 150 peer reviewed scientific articles on such diverse topics as neuroimaging, self-injury, memory, neurofeedback, Developmental Trauma, yoga, theater and EMDR. He is founder of the Trauma Center (now the Trauma Research Foundation) in Boston, MA; past President of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Professor of Psychiatry at Boston University Medical School and Principal Investigator Boston site of MAPS sponsored MDMA assisted psychotherapy study. He regularly teaches at universities and hospitals around the world. Visit besselvanderkolk.com for more information.

Financially Sponsored By

  • The Global Exchange Conference - Exchange Events