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Brain to Brain: Soothing the Traumatized Adolescent
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Find out about an approach based on therapeutic co-regulation in which the clinician “loans” young clients his or her brain to help them re-regulate emotion. You’ll learn:
- Alternatives to the “timeout” as a disciplinary practice for out-of-control adolescents
- How to use modeling and mirroring techniques to help teens calm and soothe themselves
- Specific down-regulating techniques to teach kids how to manage their volatile emotions
- Up-regulating techniques to help emotionally suppressed teens express and embrace feelings
OBJECTIVES
- Discuss why using “time-out” as a disciplinary tactic with kids is not always effective.
OUTLINE
- Negative Sides of the "Time Out"
- Teens and Handking Stress
- Using Humor to Become Regulated
- "Up-Regulation"
- Adult Attachment Figures in Kid's Lives
- Problems of Isolation
Richard Simon, Ph.D.
Richard Simon, PhD, was a clinical psychologist and the late editor of Psychotherapy Networker, the most topical, timely, and widely read publication in the psychotherapy field. During his career, he received every major magazine industry honor, including the National Magazine Award.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Rich Simon is the President of Psychotherapy Networker, Inc. and the editor of Psychotherapy Networker magazine. He is a published author and receives royalties. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Rich Simon has no relevant non-financial relationships.
Martha Straus, PhD
Martha B. Straus, PhD, is an international trainer and speaker on topics related to child, adolescent, and family development, attachment, trauma, and psychotherapy. Straus’s postdoctoral years were spent in the department of psychiatry at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. She’s the author of seven books including the highly acclaimed No-Talk Therapy for Children and Adolescents.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Martha Straus maintains a private practice and is an instructor at Antioch University New England Graduate School and Smith College. She receives royalties as a published author. Dr. Straus receives a speaking honorarium, recording royalties, and book royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Martha Straus has no relevant non-financial relationships.
