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AAMFT Winter Institutes for Advanced Clinical Training
 March 4 - 8, 2009
 
Asheville, North Carolina

Anxiety and Depression: Integrating Neuroscience Discoveries Into Treatment
Glenn Veenstra, PhD

Because anxiety disorders and depression are the most prevalent psychiatric diagnoses, they have long been a focus in marital and family therapy.  In the last decade the rapidly developing field of affective neuroscience has been providing a clearer understanding of what is happening in the brain with these disorders.  This has provided a fresh perspective on some of the traditional approaches like cognitive-behavioral and interpersonal therapy.

This Institute will integrate the neuroscience discoveries into therapeutic techniques that provide clearer explanations for clients on what is happening to them, as well as revised procedures for dealing with these problems that improve the effectiveness of treatment. In the process of explaining relational responses that intensify or calm reactions, the importance of emotion in understanding the circular patterns of interaction that have long been core concepts for marriage and family therapists will be demonstrated. Participants will leave this Institute well equipped to manage the frequently-presented anxiety and depression problems that affect virtually every client population.

Participants will learn:

·        the latest neuroscience explanations of anxiety and depression.

·        how to explain symptoms to clients.

·        the pros and cons of using medications to treat anxiety and depression.

·        how emotional problems like anxiety and depression are learned.

·        common family interactions that compound these problems.

·        correspondence of problems with attachment styles.

·        to create constructive family responses to correct these problems.

·        to emotionally empower self-talk to revise destructive cognitions.

·        improving the effectiveness of exposure methods.

·        how to behaviorally activate depressed patients.

Course Schedule
Thursday, March 5 – Sunday, March 8, 2009
8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. each day
This course provides 20 hours of continuing education
.

Glenn Veenstra, PhD is an AAMFT Clinical Member and Approved Supervisor and a licensed psychologist who has taught medical students and psychiatry residents at the University of Kansas School of Medicine–Wichita for 29 years.  He has been practicing and teaching the integration of biological, psychological, and family systems approaches throughout his career. Dr. Veenstra was a cognitive-behavioral therapist on the NIMH sponsored STAR-D research project on depression. In the last 6 years he has been studying the neuroscience of emotion and has developed a model for integrating it into therapy.  He has presented at several AAMFT conferences and numerous training programs at regional and state conventions. Dr. Veenstra consistently receives excellent reviews for his enthusiastic and engaging style, clear and challenging ideas, and complete and useful handouts.

 



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