Drs. Pat Ogden & Stan Tatkin Sunday, July 19, 9:00-4:00 
Mind, Brain and Body in Individual and Couples Therapy
Beverly Hills Country Club

Come join us for an exciting day of dialogue and exploration of two treatment models, each examining the direct effect of body, brain and mind on clinical work.  Dr. Pat Ogden's innovative work with individuals and Dr. Stan Tatkin's integrative work with couples will be viewed through the lens of a psychobiological approach to treatment. Drs. Ogden and Tatkin will show tapes of their work and explore the areas of convergence and divergence in the ways they have developed their models.  

The morning will start with Dr. Stan Tatkin presenting his theoretical overview and clinical material of taped cases, followed by discussion by Dr. Ogden and the audience.  Dr. Ogden will then present an overview of her work, followed by clinical material via. taped cases, discussion by Dr. Tatkin, and the audience.  The program will conclude by allowing ample time for question and answers to both presenters.

We will focus on a range of topics including: the principles and effects of a neurobiological, “bottom-up,” experience-driven approach to couple therapy; the use of therapeutic enactment to access implicit, somatoaffective processes; the power of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy to effect change; the practices and principles of transforming difficult emotions at their root.

Objectives

Participants attending this workshop will learn:

1. Reasons for utilizing an experience-driven, bottom-up approach in therapy.

2. The role of the autonomic nervous system in carrying out non-conscious attachment directives.

3. How early brain development can affect skillful interactive regulation throughout the lifespan and what to do about it therapeutically. 

4. The overlap of parent-child attachment, adult relational trauma, proximity-seeking and contact maintenance, and libido.

5. The therapist’s use of his/her own body for countertransference cues.

6. The differences between attachment organization and arousal bias in individuals and couples.

CEU: 6 Hours  
Enroll for this program here    (further information below)

Pat Ogden, Ph.D., 
Dr Ogden is the founder and director of the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute, an internationally recognized school that specializes in training psychotherapists in somatic/cognitive approaches for the treatment of trauma, developmental and attachment issues. She is a co-founder of the Hakomi Institute, served on the Faculty of The Naropa University in the Somatic Psychology and Contemplative Psychology departments from 1985 to 2005, and lectures internationally. Dr. Ogden is trained in a wide variety of somatic and psychotherapeutic approaches and has worked with a diversity of populations, including prison inmates, psychiatric inpatients and survivors of trauma. As a pioneer in somatic psychotherapy and the treatment of trauma, she has 34 years experience working with individuals and groups. She is the first author of the groundbreaking book, Trauma and the Body: A Sensorimotor Approach to Psychotherapy, which was published in the fall of 2006 in the interpersonal neurobiology series of W.W.Norton and is in its second printing.

Stan Tatkin, Psy.D., MFT
Dr. Tatkin, is an assistant clinical professor at UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine. He is a contributing editor to A Reader's Guide to Intersubjective Neurobiology, and is the co-author of an upcoming book entitled The Loving-Warring Brain: How Romance Starts and Ends. He has developed a unique approach to couples therapy using attachment theory, neuroscience and principles of arousal and affect regulation. His model integrates principles of early mother-infant attachment with adult romantic relationships. He has become a popular presenter, teaching therapists his innovative approach. His private practice is in Calabassas (www.ahealthymind.org/csg). Dr. Tatkin,  founder of A Psychobiological Approach To Couples Therapy™  maintains a practice in Calabasas, California

Fee $120.00 early enrollment $130.00 after June 15. 

MCEP: Lifespan Learning Institute is approved to offer mandatory continuing education for psychologists only. This conference has been approved for 6 hours of credit.

BRN: UCLA Extension is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, provider # CEP 11952. This conference is approved for 6 contact hours.

NBCC: The Lifespan Learning Institute is an approved provider for the National Board of Certified Counselors. This course meets the qualifications for 6 hours of continuing education credits.

IMQ/CMA: The Lifespan Learning Institute is accredited by the Institute for Medical Quality/California Medical Association (IMQ/CMA) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Lifespan Learning Institute takes responsibility for the content, 
quality, and scientific integrity of this CME activity. Physicians attending  this conference may report up to 6 hours of category 1 credit.

APA: The Lifespan Learning Institute is approved by the American Psychological Association to provide continuing education for psychologists. This conference has been approved for up to 6 hours of continuing education credit hours. The Lifespan Learning Institute maintains sole responsibility for this course. The Ethical Principles of Psychologists will be upheld.

MFT/LCSW: UCLA Extension is approved by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) to provide continuing education for MFTs and LCSWs. This conference meets the qualifications for up to 6 hours of CE as required by the California Board of Behavioral Science.

 

Enroll for this program here

Co-Coordinated by Dr. Bonnie Goldstein and Dr. Marion Solomon, these one-day and weekend immersions aim to give clinicians access to new directions in treatment. These are designed to be an adjunct to current training and supervision of various treatment approaches.