Presence, Integration, & the Cultivation of Well-Being in Relationships and Family Systems

Presence, Integration, & the Cultivation of Well-Being in Relationships and Family Systems

Full Course Description

The Neuroscience of Relationships: Building a Foundation for Well-Being

Program Information

Objectives

1. Identify how integration–honoring differences and promoting linkages–relates to mindfulness, the brain, and health  
2. Distinguish between mindsight and physical sight  
3. Examine how presence, attunement, and resonance are a foundation for creating trust in relationships  
4. Identify the 4 S’s of creating secure attachment  
5. Distinguish between resolved and unresolved trauma  
6. Determine how implicit and explicit memory relate to actively authoring one’s own life story  
7. Describe the process, purpose, and effects of neural pruning and myelination that occur in adolescence  
8. Identify the purpose of the Adult Attachment Interview 
9. Determine the impact of mindfulness on well-being 
10. Distinguish between mindfulness and other forms of meditation 

Outline

Lecture 1: Mindful Awareness and Neuroplasticity 

• In the first lecture, we’ll build a foundational understanding of the brain’s incredible ability to change through focused attention. 

Lecture 2: Presence, Attunement, and Resonance in our Relationships 

• Dr. Siegel explains how mindfulness and a state of presence can help us build mindsight. 

Lecture 3: Trauma and Attachment 

• Explore how stressful environments can affect neural development, the ability to maintain healthy relationships, and internal beliefs and feelings about the self. 

Lecture 4: Connecting to our Parents Across the Lifespan 

• Dr. Siegel explains how self-reflection and presence can help us build stronger, more rewarding relationships with our parents at any age. 

Lecture 5: Thinking, Deciding, and Behaving 

• Dr. Siegel illustrates how a deep understanding of feelings, sensations, and intuition empowers us to shift energy flow and support more empathic, connected, and rewarding relationships. 

Lecture 6: The Adolescent Mind and the Journey into Adulthood 

• Dive deeply into the new science of adolescence, exploring the important and challenging ways that the brain changes between the ages of 12 and 24. 

Lecture 7: Cultural Evolution and Mindsight 

• In the final lecture, Dr. Siegel invites us to reflect on how the self is important, larger than the individual, and connected in so many ways to others and our larger world. 

Target Audience

• Counselors 
• Marriage and Family Therapists 
• Social Workers 
• Psychologists 
• Physicians