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Brain Based: Discover the Neurobiology of Self-Care

CE Hours 2

About this course

Self-care is an essential element of survival in today's world where clinicians and clients alike face chronic stress, acute and complex trauma, burnout, compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma. This training focuses on the neurobiology of self-care and seeks to differentiate between coping, which is reactive, and regulation, which is pro-active. This training also breaks through cultural myths about self-care; like the idea that self-care is selfish, and the myth that self-care is only about caring for your physical body and has nothing to do with other aspects of the self, like our relationships. This training will empower clinicians to understand what holistic self-care is. And clinicians will walk-away with useful tools, activities, and interventions that can be implemented for personal self-care in addition to professional application with clients.

Learning Objectives

  • List risk factors that make self-care a necessity, and define chronic stress, acute and complex trauma, burnout, compassion fatigue, and vicarious trauma.
  • Identify the difference between coping and regulation, and why it is important to create self-care plans that address the whole person based on concepts in neuroscience.
  • List tools, interventions, and activities that can be used to develop therapists own self-care plan and/or applicable to work with those they serve.

Learning Levels

  • All Levels

Target Audience

This educational activity is intended for behavioral health professionals, including Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, and MFT's who are also mothers.

Course Instructor(s)

  • Libby Murdoch, LPCC, CCTP-II EMDRIA Certified Clinician and Trainer

    Libby Murdoch is a licensed professional clinical counselor and certified clinical trauma professional who facilitates Basic EMDR Trainings for clinicians on a monthly basis. She is the developer of Resilience Focused EMDR as well as Psychological CPR and owner of Brain Based EMDR Training, LLC. Libby has presented at various conferences across the US and internationally, specializing in neurobiology and related topics including resilience, relationships, self-care, trauma and addictions. Libby offers EMDR intensive therapy to clients through her private practice, Brain Based Counseling and Consulting, LLC. Libby is passionate about making neurobiology accessible to everyone!

Disclosure

DISCLOSURE OF RELEVANT FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIPS CE Learning Systems adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Medical Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity ― including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others ― are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (formerly known as commercial interests). The following relevant financial relationships have been disclosed by this activity’s planners, faculty, and the reviewer: PLANNERS AND REVIEWER The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships. FACULTY The faculty of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

References

  • Riegel, B., Dunbar, S. B., Fitzsimons, D., Freedland, K. E., Lee, C. S., Middleton, S., ... & Jaarsma, T. (2021). Self-care research: where are we now? Where are we going?. International journal of nursing studies, 116, 103402.
  • Ziede, J. S., & Norcross, J. C. (2020). Personal therapy and self-care in the making of psychologists. The Journal of psychology, 154(8), 585-618.
  • Butler, L. D., Mercer, K. A., McClain-Meeder, K., Horne, D. M., & Dudley, M. (2019). Six domains of self-care: Attending to the whole person. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 29(1), 107-124.
  • Shapiro, F. (2017). Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy: Basic principles, protocols, and procedures. Guilford Publications.
  • McCraty, R., & Shaffer, F. (2015). Heart rate variability: new perspectives on physiological mechanisms, assessment of self-regulatory capacity, and health risk. Global advances in health and medicine, 4(1), 46-61.
  • Bisson, J. I., Roberts, N. P., Andrew, M., Cooper, R., & Lewis, C. (2013). Psychological therapies for chronic post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adults. Cochrane database of systematic reviews, (12).
  • Afifi, T. O., Mota, N. P., Dasiewicz, P., MacMillan, H. L., & Sareen, J. (2012). Physical punishment and mental disorders: results from a nationally representative US sample. Pediatrics, 130(2), 184-192.
  • Hanson, R. (2009). Buddha's brain: The practical neuroscience of happiness, love, and wisdom. New Harbinger Publications.

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    2 parts
    • Brain Based: Discover the Neurobiology of Self-Care
    • EMDR Basic Training in STL March 3-7, 2025
Brain Based: Discover the Neurobiology of Self-Care
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  • Publication Date
    Jan 3rd, 2025
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