Transforming Anxiety and Stress
by Integrating the Embodied Brain

Apply the principles of Interpersonal Neurobiology (“IPNB”) to help your clients transform their stress and anxiety into resilience and well-being.

Anxiety and stress are prevalent

Whether you are a mental health practitioner, physician, or parent, you have undoubtedly experienced heightened levels of anxiety and stress in your professional or personal life in the last two years. In fact, anxiety has become the most common mental health challenge in the United States, affecting 40 million people annually.

Traditional approaches focus on just managing anxiety and stress

While traditional methods provide essential tools for coping with anxiety and stress, they often only scratch the surface by focusing solely on managing symptoms. Techniques like breathing exercises, cognitive restructuring, and mindfulness are commonly employed to mitigate the immediate effects of stress and anxiety. Although these methods are beneficial and necessary, they do not explore the deeper, transformative potential that stress and anxiety hold.

True mastery over these complex emotional states comes not just from managing them but from fundamentally understanding and harnessing them. Our course, “Transforming Anxiety and Stress by Integrating the Embodied Brain,” goes a step further. We delve into the science of the mind, exploring how to convert what are often seen as negative experiences into opportunities for resilience, personal growth, and enhanced therapeutic effectiveness.

The IPNB approach to transforming stress and anxiety

Through the lens of IPNB, anxiety is understood as an outcome of an individual’s state of mind based on their subjective experience and the ways that the human brain functions as an “anticipation machine” as it gets ready for what might happen next.  When the stress of getting ready for something meaningful to happen arises, this predictive tendency of the brain can then narrate panic as we inadvertently construct our own mental images of a threatening future of our own imagination. By cultivating the mental functions of attention, intention, and awareness, we strengthen our ability to identify the source of anxiety and then harness the capacity to promote integration, transforming the energy of threat and alarm into the drive toward resilience and harmony.

Course Overview

Although many therapeutic techniques look to eliminate stress and anxiety as a source of suffering, few describe how the experience can be utilized as a catalyst for transformation. In this program, we will take a closer look at the difference between anxiety and stress, and how these two experiences are fundamental components to the process of resilience and healing. By understanding the mind as an emergent, fully embodied, self-organizing process, you will be able to harness the power of the mind to process and integrate stress in an empowered way.

Through the lens of interpersonal neurobiology (IPNB), anxiety is understood as an outcome of an individual’s state of mind based on their subjective experience. By analyzing attention, intention, and awareness, we can not only identify the source of anxiety, but how to combine these properties to promote integration and resolution.

In this program, you will learn how to incorporate teachings from neuroscience, psychology, quantum physics, and contemplative practices, to discover an integrative approach for helping individuals transform their brain by building the capacity to integrate energy and information.

 Here are some highlights of what you will learn:

Course Details

9

Hours of Course Video

9

Homestudy CE Credits

Scientific Foundations of Anxiety and Stress

Cutting-edge science and insights into the dynamics of anxiety and stress and how to transform them.

Practical Exercises
and Tools

Collection of practical tools and exercises to transform stress and anxiety

Online Learning Community
and Study Groups

The option to join an online learning community or study groups with your peers to share and collaborate

Our Students

Who Takes this Course?

This course was designed for mental health practitioners but it can broadly benefit any professional who is helping others manage their stress and anxiety.

Meet Your Teacher

Dr. Dan Siegel

Dan Siegel is the executive director of the Mindsight Institute and founding co-director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center at UCLA, where he was also co-principal investigator of the Center for Culture, Brain, and Development and a clinical professor at the School of Medicine.

An award-winning educator, Dan is the author of five New York Times bestsellers and other books which have been translated into over forty languages. He is the founding editor of the Norton Professional Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology, and has overseen the publication of over one hundred textbooks in this transdisciplinary framework focusing on the mind and mental health.

A graduate of Harvard Medical School, Dan completed his postgraduate training at UCLA specializing in pediatrics, adult, adolescent, and child psychiatry.  He was trained in attachment research and narrative analysis through a National Institute of Mental Health research training fellowship focusing on how relationships shape our autobiographical ways of making sense of our lives and influence our development across the lifespan.

What Our Students Have to Say

Testimonials

"The immense depth and breadth of [Dr. Siegel’s] expertise and insights, and his engaging, clear, and measured communication style quickly drew me in. Taking [Transforming Anxiety and Stress] was just such a wonderfully rich, insightful, and challenging journey, encouraging deep transformation of my understanding of myself, the people around me, the world we live in, and the challenges we face today. Dan's teaching style is so accessible, supportive, and clear, even when topics are complex and challenging—a truly wonderful teacher. I look forward to continuing my learning journey with Dan and would heartily recommend his courses to others."
Antony
Energy Advisor
Cumbria, UK
"[This course] exceeded my expectations. Dan has a unique ability to translate complex scientific concepts into simple, clear language that allows immediate application in both personal and professional life. Meeting him in the courses and particularly in the Q and A sessions marked a turning point in my understanding of the field. [It was] as if a missing piece of a spherical puzzle emerged, harmonizing and giving coherence to concepts that, until then, were unconnected. [Dr. Siegel’s work] has influenced not only the way I teach courses and give advice and conferences to parents and teachers, but also my existential philosophical framework: how I see myself in my environment, connected [to] other human beings, my family, my colleagues, my country, and nature."
Ana María Serrano
Parenting Support Center Founder
Mexico City, Mexico

Sample Course Lecture

Join Today

On-Demand Option

  • 9 hours of Course Video

  • 9 Homestudy CE Credits

  • Lifetime Access to the Content

Eight payments of

$59 / week

Continuing Education Credit (CEC) Information

This course is designed for mental health practitioners.

This program offers 9 homestudy CE credits for psychologists and California licensed MFTs, LCSWs, LEPs, LPCCs, nurses, and chiropractors.

  • Please visit our Continuing Education Credit information page for full CEC Provider information, including license applicability, attendance requirements, and cancellation and grievance policies.
  • For those licensed by a different board, please contact your licensing board directly to verify that the credits offered by the Mindsight Institute will be accepted. The Mindsight Institute does not confirm the applicability of credit for those with licenses different than those listed on our CEC information page.
  • Credit is awarded for recorded instructional time only and does not include optional live Q&A sessions, if available.
  • The SCA is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP16887 for 9 contact hours.

To review this program’s learning objectives, please click here.

Additional Benefits

Satisfaction Guaranteed

If you are not completely satisfied, we will promptly issue you a refund within 7 days from the start of the course

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Group Program

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Have Questions?

The “Live” model enables you to participate in three Live Q & A sessions with Dr. Dan Siegel, and it also grants you access to our Online Learning Community, where you’ll be able to join study groups and discuss the course content with your peers. Please note that Q & A sessions represent the workshop’s only real-time events, as all lecture content is pre-recorded and asynchronous.

On Monday, May 20th, “Live” students will gain access to the first batch of lecture materials, and further content will be published incrementally over the following three weeks–on Monday, May 27th and Friday, May 31st. Participants will be able to work through this content at their leisure: The course is self-paced, and registration ensures lifetime access to all lectures and study materials.

The “On-demand” model contains all of the same pre-recorded lecture content, but it does not include access to Live Q & A sessions with Dr. Siegel or our Online Learning Community. Upon registration, “On-demand” students gain immediate access to all course segments. Afterwards, they will be able to work through the content at their leisure: The course is self-paced, and registration ensures lifetime access to all lectures and study materials.

This course officially begins on Monday, May 20th, 2024, and its Live Q&As will be held at the following times:

  1. Thursday, May 23rd, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., Pacific Time
  2. Thursday, May 30th, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., Pacific Time
  3. Tuesday, June 4th, 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m., Pacific Time

Not a problem! We record each Live Q & A, and course participants are encouraged to view these tapings at their convenience if they cannot join us for any given Live session. Like all of our other course materials, you will enjoy lifetime access to this content.

If you know that you will be unable to attend an upcoming Q & A session, you’re welcome to submit a question in advance. Following the event, you’ll be free to review Dr. Siegel’s recorded responses.

All of our Q & As are hosted on Crowdcast, and their access-links will be provided for “Live” participants in the course’s Online Learning Community. In the days prior to each event, students will also receive a reminder and an invitation via both email and our online messaging platform.

A largely student-driven portion of our platform, the Online Learning Community is a gathering place for those enrolled in the “Live” course model. There, you’ll be able to create study groups and connect with your peers around the world–exchanging ideas, asking and answering questions, and sharing resources throughout the workshop.

The Community also serves as the location where all notices, reminders, and additional information will be shared from the Mindsight Institute and Dr. Dan Siegel. Once you enroll in the “Live” training, you will receive an email invitation with all of the instructions you’ll need to participate in this feature.

Yes. This course offers 9 Homestudy CE Credits, which are available to you at no additional cost.

To obtain credits, you are required to complete a final exam and a course evaluation, which will appear as the last steps in the workshop’s progression. You’ll be able to submit all of your answers online at your convenience. There is no deadline by which your exam must be received.

Upon passing your quiz (with a score of 75% or higher), a digital CE Certificate will be generated and immediately available for download on our platform.

Continuing Education Credit (CEC) is co-sponsored by the Spiritual Competency Academy (SCA) and the Mindsight Institute. 

CECs are available for psychologists and California licensed MFTs, LCSWs, LEPs, LPCCs, Nurses, and Chiropractors, and may be applicable for other licenses. It is the responsibility of the participant to determine if their accreditation board will accept the credits offered by the Mindsight Institute. To learn more, please visit our CEC Information Page.

Absolutely! Once you have worked your way through all of the course materials, a digital Certificate of Completion will be generated for you automatically.

Yes! Dr. Siegel has a unique ability to make complex scientific concepts accessible, and our courses are designed to resonate with wide audiences. This workshop has no prerequisites, and a scientific background is not necessary to find value in its teachings: We’re confident that you’ll walk away with plenty of knowledge to be applied in your personal and professional life.

You will retain access to the course content for as long as it remains available on our platform.

Our video-content cannot be downloaded, but it can be streamed and viewed on any device at your convenience. All notes, handouts, and study materials associated with the course, however, are downloadable and printable.

Upon your enrollment, a “Welcome” letter will be delivered to you via email. It contains all of the course-access instructions and logistical details that you’ll need moving forward, and you’re always encouraged to reach out to us at info@mindsightinstitute.com with any further questions.

If you have not previously registered for a Mindsight course, you will also receive an email notifying you of your login credentials, which you’ll use to enter your profile and view your online library.

You can either: (1) pay for the course up front (using a credit card or Paypal), or (2) enroll in one of our weekly payment plans. This option is compatible only with credit cards, and it is designed to make the training more financially accessible by offering lower weekly fees. After you’ve fulfilled all of your plan’s invoices, you will not be charged any further–and you will maintain lifetime access to your course materials.

Our payment plans vary by course model:

  1. The plan for the “Live” course spans 8 weeks, and it divides the fixed tuition cost into incremental fees of $69. You will be billed every week for the duration of your plan. (If you enroll prior to May 1st and claim our Early Bird discount, you will pay 8 weekly installments of $57.)
  2. The plan for the “On-demand” course spans 8 weeks, and it divides the fixed tuition cost into incremental fees of $59. You will be billed every week for the duration of your plan. (If you enroll prior to May 1st and claim our Early Bird discount, you will pay 8 weekly installments of $47.)

We offer a 7-day money-back guarantee, which begins on the course’s launch date: May 20th, 2024. If you determine that the workshop won’t be an appropriate fit, please contact us within the first week of your participation. We’ll gladly accommodate your request.

Yes, all of our pricing is listed in US dollars.

If you have any additional questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to the Mindsight Team at info@mindsightinstitute.com. We’re always happy to help! 🙂

Join Today

On-Demand Option

  • 9 hours of Course Video

  • 9 Homestudy CE Credits

  • Lifetime Access to the Content

Eight payments of

$59 / week

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