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2-Day Anxiety Certification Masterclass: Brain-Based Strategies for Panic, Agoraphobia, Social Anxiety, GAD, OCD & PTSD

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If you want to be successful at helping your clients manage anxiety, understanding the emotional responses of the amygdala and the cognitive processes in the cortex is crucial.

Watch the esteemed neuroscience and anxiety expert, Catherine M. Pittman, PhD, HSPP, in this intensive Anxiety Certification Masterclass. With clear and accessible language, Dr. Pittman will guide you through the complex neuroscience underpinning anxiety, emphasizing the pivotal role of the amygdala in perpetuating anxiety symptoms.

You’ll learn practical applications to therapy that will not only alleviate your client’s anxiety but also induce positive, lasting changes in the way their brain responds to anxiety and fear. Through engaging case examples, experiential activities, and reproducible handouts, you’ll discover first-hand how to:

  • Target amygdala and cortex to provide maximum relief from anxiety symptoms
  • Identify client’s origin of anxiety and help them understand their fight/flight/ freeze response
  • Accurately diagnose anxiety disorders and anxiety-based disorders, including Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia, Social Anxiety Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, OCD, & PTSD
  • Quiet the vagus nerve using breathing and meditation exercises
  • Increase tolerance to anxiety and retrain the amygdala through exposure techniques
  • Establish healthy levels of amygdala activation using sleep and yoga exercises
  • Reduce cognitions that produce anxiousness with cognitive restructuring techniques

Purchase today to embark on a transformative journey with our Anxiety Certification Masterclass! Upon completion, you’ll qualify for certification as a Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional (CCATP) through Evergreen Certifications. Certification signals to colleagues, employers, and clients that you’ve dedicated additional time and effort to comprehend the intricacies of anxiety counseling. Professional standards apply. Visit www.evergreencertifications.com/CCATP for details.

Don’t miss this opportunity to demystify the brain and help your clients conquer their anxiety!

CERTIFICATION MADE SIMPLE!

  • No hidden fees – PESI pays for your application fee (a $99.99 USD value)*!
  • Simply complete this training and the post-event evaluation included in this training, and your application to be a Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional (CCATP) through Evergreen Certifications is complete.*

Attendees will receive documentation of CCATP certification from Evergreen Certifications 4 to 6 weeks following completion.
*Professional and clinical experience standards apply. Visit www.evergreencertifications.com/CCATP for professional requirements.

Here's What You'll Learn

THE NEUROSCIENCE OF THE AMYGDALA’S ROLE IN GENERATING FEAR AND ANXIETY

Amygdala’s Role in Defending Us from Danger & Creating Anxiety-Producing Memories

  • How the Amygdala:
    • Perceives threat and triggers the body’s fear response
    • Learns and contributes to the formation of emotional memories and behaviors
    • Communicates, processes, and regulates emotions

Teach Clients How the Brain Creates Their Anxiety

  • Two Brain Pathways that Produce Anxiety:
    • How the amygdala triggers emotion with fight, flight, freeze response
    • How the cortex activates the amygdala
    • Why it’s essential to target both for maximum relief
    • Help clients recognize where their physical symptoms are coming from: Anxiety survey and examples
    • Promote mindfulness

Diagnose Anxiety Disorders and Anxiety-Based Disorders

  • Accurately use DSM-5-TR ™ to Diagnose:
    • Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia, Social Anxiety Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, OCD, & PTSD
    • Tips for differential diagnosis
    • Comorbidity of Major Depressive Disorder
    • Case examples throughout

Psychoeducation that Promotes Motivation and Engagement in Anxiety Treatment

  • Teach Clients How:
    • The brain creates anxiety, worry, and panic
    • To connect the amygdala to their anxiety concerns: Worksheets on where anxiety begins, explanations, examples
    • The amygdala needs vivid experiences to learn
    • To train their amygdala to be less reactive
    • Avoiding anxiety is dangerous
    • Limitations of research and potential risks
    • Case examples throughout

CLINICAL GUIDE TO EFFECTIVELY REDUCE FEAR AND ANXIETY RESPONSES IN TREATMENT:

Connect Client’s Amygdala to Goal Setting: Examples

  • Address client’s complaints about their lives
  • How clients label their anxiety-related experiences can focus interventions
  • Help clients see how anxiety is blocking goals: Worksheets
  • Why goal setting is essential
  • Guidelines to draw out and identify goals
  • How/where anxiety interferes with client goals

How to Calm the Amygdala

  • Amygdala-focused Interventions:
    • Breathing exercises that calm amygdala and activate vagus nerve
    • Exercise that establish healthy levels of amygdala activation
    • Tips to engage clients in exercises and activities
    • Case examples provided throughout

Increase Tolerance to Anxiety: Exposure Techniques

  • Teach clients to communicate in the language of the amygdala
  • Importance of SUDS ratings for communicating with clients
  • Developeing a hierarchy
  • Seven general guidelines for exposure
  • Six tips for exposure effectiveness
  • Case examples provided throughout

How to Fight Anticipation and Worry

  • Cortex-Focused Interventions:
    • Cognitive approaches to target the cortex
    • Identify amygdala-activating cognitions with surveys
    • Remember “survival of the busiest” rule
    • You can’t erase, you must replace
    • The amygdala watches cortex television
    • Change the channel in the cortex
    • Case examples provided throughout

Incorporate Medication into Anxiety Treatment

  • Indications for medications
  • How to refer to physician, psychiatrist
  • Impact of SSRIs, SNRIs on cortex, amygdala
  • Impact of benzodiazepines on cortex, amygdala
  • Client education about medication use, effects

Everything You're Getting

  • More than 12 hours of video content
  • Up to 12.0 CE credits
  • Certificate of completion
  • Handouts and resources
  • Certification through Evergreen Certification

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Catherine Pittman, PhD, HSPP

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Catherine M. Pittman, PhD, HSPP, is a professor of psychology at Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN. Dr. Pittman is the author of the popular book, Rewire Your Anxious Brain: How to Use the Neuroscience of Fear to End Anxiety, Panic, and Worry. She has a background in cognitive behavioral therapy, neuropsychology, fear-conditioning research, and treated anxiety-based disorders in clinical practice for over 25 years. Catherine’s experience makes her uniquely qualified to provide a clear understanding of neuroscience and how that informs the selection and application of successful anxiety treatment strategies. She regularly presents workshops at national conferences and national webinars on anxiety treatment and is an active member of the public education committee of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Catherine Pittman maintains a private practice and has an employment relationship with Saint Mary's College. She is an author with New Harbinger, Foliadeux Press, and PESI Publishing and receives royalties. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Catherine Pittman is a member of the Benzodiazepine Information Coalition and the Anxiety and Depression Association of America.

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Media Type:
Digital Seminar
Product Code:
POS059668
Duration:
12 hours, 2 minutes
Copyright:
Apr 04, 2024
Closed Captions:
Available
Format:
Audio and Video

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