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EASNA Institute 2015

The New Brain

Science: A Clinical

Tool for EAP

Practitioners

Ina Bachman LICSW, CEAPBachman.Coaching@gmail.com

Why Brain, Why Now?

� How I got interested

� Finding a tool that would work FAST

� Daniel Siegel, MD

� Interpersonal Neurobiology

� Rudolph Tanzi, PhD – SuperBrain

� Rick Hanson, PhD – Hardwiring for Happiness

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Typical Cases

� Stress/Anxiety/Anger

�Depression

� Relationships

� Parenting

� Presentations

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A New Brain Model

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Our Evolving Understanding of

the Brain

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Old Brain Model New Brain Model

Is limited and shrivels up and

dies as we age.

Has the capacity to always

make new brain cells.

Is in charge, the “Captain of

our Ship.”

We are in charge of the brain

and can choose how to use

it.

Has a static structure. Is constantly changing and

malleable.

Controls our thoughts. Our thoughts control our

brain.

Is a product of our

DNA/Genetics.

Molecular epigenetics:

experiences can influence

and change our DNA.

What’s Important for Mental

Health

� Three Levels of the Brain

� Reptilian

� Limbic

� Pre-Frontal Cortex or

Neo Cortex

� Amygdala

� Fight or Flight

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Triune Brain

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Amygdala� Provides “Red Alert” to the rest of the system

• Directs the Fight/Flight/Freeze Response

� Skips the neocortex and goes straight to the reptilian

brain

� Cannot distinguish between real and perceived

threats

• Physical threats vs Social threats

� Learns and is shaped by experience

� Influenced powerfully by early experiences

� Non-verbal: needs a non-verbal response to calm

down

� Amygdala hijack – Daniel Goleman, Emotional

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Fight/Flight/ Freeze

Response

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Siegel: Handy Model

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Brain and

Mindfulness Practice

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Anxiety/ Anger

�Gaining a sense of control

� By understanding the Stress Reaction, what’s happening on a physiological level

� Know you’re trigger signs

� Taking a pause to calm down our reptilian

brain

� Engage our Pre-Frontal Cortex

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Tanzi Model: Achieving Mind

Balance

� Reptilian Brain: STOP

� Stop, Take 3 Breaths, Observe, Proceed

� Limbic Brain: GRRR (s)

� Grudges, Retaliation, Resentment, Reactivity, (Shame)

�Cortical Brain: BOLD

� Breath, Observe, Learn, Detach

� HALT-12 step model

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Relationships

�Mammalian brain

� Amygdala Hijack

� Jekyll and Hyde

� John Gottman, Phd – The Gottman Institute� Stonewalling

� Fight/Flight vs Vulnerability/Trust

� Name It to Tame It

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Depression� Rick Hanson PhD:

� Retraining the Brain for Happiness

� Velcro for the Negative/Teflon for the Positive

� Experience Dependent Neuroplasticity

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Rewiring the Brain for

Happiness: Gratitude Practice

� A. Cooling the Fires

� Use Breathing to activate the Para-Sympathetic Response

� B. Observe and Notice – The Survival Brain

� C. Choose To Wire-In the Positive

�Have a Positive Experience

� Enrich it

�Absorb it

� Link positive and negative (optional)

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Do We Change the Brain or

Does the Brain Change Us?

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Tools for Re-Wiring Our

Neuro-pathways

� Know your brain (handy model)

�Gratitude practice (wire-in the positive)

�Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

�Mindfulness practice

� Creating new neuro-firing patterns

� Shift the reactive to responsive

�Other mind-body techniques

� EFT-Tapping

� EMDR

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Mindfulness Practice:Developing Detachment With Self Awareness

SIFT

Sensations

Feelings/EmotionsThoughts/Images

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Take It Home

� Teach it to a colleague

� Learn Mindfulness

� Practice on yourself

� Share with your clients

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Bibliography� Begley, Sharon. Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain; How a New Science Reveals Our

Extraordinary Potential To transform Ourselves, Ballentine Books, 2007.

� Diorio J,Meaney MJ. “Maternal programming of defensive responses through sustained effects on gene expression”. J Psychiatric Neuroscience 32(4)p.275-284 2007.

� Fredrickson, Barbara. Love 2.0: How Our Supreme Emotion Affects Everything We Feel, Think, Do, and Become. Hudson Press, Barbara L., 2013.

� Goleman, Daniel. Emotional Intelligence, Random House,1995.

� Gottman, John. Seven Principles That Make Marriage Work, Harmony,2000.

� Hanson, Rick. Hard Wiring Happiness, Crown Publishing Group, 2013.

� Hurley, Dan.”Grandma's Experiences Leave a Mark on Your Genes”,Discovermagazine.com. N.p., 11 June 2013.

� MARC- Mindfulness Awareness Research Center, marc.edu.ucla .

� Pittman, Catherine M., PhD. "Explaining Anxiety in the Brain: Explanations for Children and Adults That Enhance Treatment Compliance in A Whole Brain Approach." ADAA 32 ndAnnual Conference No Disclosures. (2012): n. pag. Web.

� Kabat-Zinn, Jon. Full Catastrophe Living (Revised Edition): Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness,Bantam Books, New York, 2013.

� Schwartz, Jeffery. The Mind And The Brain: Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force, Regan Books, 2003.

� Siegel, Daniel. The Developing Mind, How Relationships and The Brain Interact to Shape Who we Are, 2nd Edition, Bantam 2012.

� Tanzi, Rudolph and Deepak Chopra. Superbrain: Unleashing the Power of Your Mind to Maximize Health, Happiness and Spiritual Well Being, Harmony,2012.

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