The Mindful Therapist

IPNB Online Course 104

Psychotherapy from the Inside Out

Or
IPNB for Psychotherapists

Daniel J. Siegel
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 The Mindful Therapist
• What PART do we play as therapists?
• John Norcross’ findings: The Presence,
Empathy, and Openness to Feedback of the
Therapist are crucial elements in therapeutic
outcome in meta-analyses of psychotherapy
research.
• What is the Neurobiology of Presence?

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 Presence and the Social Brain

• What does it mean to be “present”?

• Why is presence one of the most important
aspects of the therapeutic relationship?
• What is the connection between presence,
attunement and resonance?

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 The Part we play as therapists:
• Presence • Tracking
• Attunement • Traits
• Resonance • Trauma
• Trust • Transition
• Truth • Training
• Tripod • Transformation
• Triception • Tranquility
• Transpiration

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PRESENCE

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The Plane of Possibility

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ATTUNEMENT

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Mindsight and Neural Integration

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RESONANCE

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 Attachment and Feeling Felt
• The Power of Mindsight to See the Sea Inside
• Mindful Listening and the power of resonance
• Presence and the Healing Relationship

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 TRUST

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 TRUTH

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Embracing Uncertainty
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 TRIPOD

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TRICEPTION

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 A TRIANGLE OF WELL-BEING & RESILIENCE

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RELATIONSHIPS
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TRACKING

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The Wheel of Awareness

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 TRAITS

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 Chess and Thomas’ Nine Aspects of Parental
Report of Temperament: Matching

• Activity Level (the motor • Intensity of Reaction (the

activity) general energy level of a
• Rhythmicity (regularity of response)
functions) • Quality of Mood (the
• Approach (positive intensity and nature of
response to new stimuli emotional
vs. withdrawal) responsiveness)
• Adaptability (ease with • Distractablity
which responses are (responsiveness to
modified) extraneous stimuli
altering ongoing behavior)
• Threshold of • Attention
Responsiveness span/persistence
(sensitivity level) (vigilance in attending to
task)
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TRAUMA

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The River of Integration

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TRANSITION

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TRAINING

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 Dancing With Your Brain:
How To Become a More Mindful Therapist

Daniel J. Siegel, M.D.

Mindsight Institute
Los Angeles, California

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 Ways to Change a Brain
• Mechanisms of Change:
– Synaptogenesis
– Neurogenesis
– Myelinogenesis
– Epigenesis

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 Principles of Neuroplasticity
• 1. Relationships
• 2. Sleep
• 3. Nutrition
• 4. Aerobic Exercise
• 5. Novelty
• 6. Close Paying of Attention

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TRANSFORMATION

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Middle Prefrontal Functions

• Bodily Regulation
• Attuned
Communication
• Emotional Balance
• Flexibility
• Fear Extinction

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 The Nine Domains of Integration
• Consciousness • State
• Bilateral • Interpersonal
• Vertical • Temporal
• Memory • Transpirational
• Narrative

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TRANQUILITY

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Inspire to Rewire

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Mindsight,
Relationships and
the Brain

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 Integration and Neuroplasticity
• Integration creates Harmony

• Impairments to Integration lead to Chaos and/or

Rigidity

• The Nine Domains of Integration

• Strategies for Enhancing Neuroplasticity

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TRANSPIRATION

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The Triangle of Health:
Integration and
& the Cultivation
of Well-Being
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