by Sarah Steenblock EMDR therapy allows clients to release beliefs that have been holding them back from reaching their potential and connects them with who they are, underneath the pain and confusion of past trauma and a misattuned childhood. I am inspired by the work my clients do everyday. When we do EMDR therapy, I…

2013 Relationships and Neuroplasticity in Psychotherapy, UCLA : Siegel, conference note Takeaway points on neuroplasticity from Dan Siegel, Day 3: Dan Siegel’s home page: http://drdansiegel.com/ {compiled from notes taken by Andy Rose, mistakes and misinterpretations are his, not Dan’s} Generation of new neurons and reconnecting existing neurons defines neuroplasticity. There are around 100,000,000,000 neurons and…

“In an Unspoken Voice: The Nonverbal Narrative in Transforming Traumatic Experience” Lecture by Peter Levine, PhD, founder Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute, http://www.traumahealing.com/ Author of “In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness” Levine described treatment for birth trauma and adult trauma and offered videos of treatments, based in a somatic/sensory approach…

“The Spinoza Problem and Its Relevance to Modern Psychiatry” A Lecture by Irvin Yalom, MD Yalom described his evolution as a psychotherapist, referencing the predominance of psychanalysis in his training, and how the field has changed towards biochemists and psychoneurobiologists. He mentioned several books influential for him: How People Change, The Way Things Are, Search…

We (Andy Rose and Sarah Steenblock) will blog from “How People Change, Relationships and Neuroplasticity in Psychotherapy” at UCLA. Conference Objectives: Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this conference participants will be able to: • Define intersubjectivity and how it impacts the right brain • Describe 5 properties of healing relationships • Apply 2 treatment modifications…

Crescendos and Descrescendos:  A review of Allan Schore’s “Clinical Implications of a Psychoneurobiological Model of Projective Identification,” which explains a mechanism of change in Synergetic Play Therapy Introduction “The therapist turns his own unconscious like a receptive organ towards the transmitting unconscious of the patient so the doctor’s unconscious is able to reconstruct the patient’s…