Course Date: Saturday, June 4th, 2011
Course Time: 9:00am - 4:30pm
Registration from 8:30am - 9:00am
Location: The Seacliff Inn, 7600 Old Dominion Road,
Aptos, CA 95003
CEs Approved: 6.0
Course Charges: $130.00 for members
$145.00 for non-members
Lunch is included
Course Description: Many psychiatric disorders are either caused by or result in neurobiological changes that create tremendous human suffering and complicate treatment. This workshop explores in detail the neurobiology of anxiety and depressive disorders and focuses on treatment implications. Additional topics include: the role of severe stress in altering brain functioning, the lasting impact of severe child abuse and neglect, and non-pharmacologic ways to alter brain functioning and thus reduce symptoms: exercise, sleep enhancement, diet, bright light therapy, chronotherapy (stabilizing biological clocks), and the growing body of research on how psychotherapy alters brain functioning.
The course covers theoretical issues, but also offers a number of concrete, practical approaches to enhance outcomes in therapy.
About the Presenter: John Preston, Psy.D., ABPP, is a professor of psychology with Alliant International University. He has also taught with the University of California at Davis, School of Medicine. Dr. Preston is the author of 21 books on various topics including: Integrative Brief Therapy: Cognitive, Psychodynamic, Humanistic and Neurobehavioral Approaches and Handbook of Clinical Psychopharmacology for Therapists. He has lectured in the United States, Europe, Canada, Africa, and Russia.
Course Date: Saturday, June 4th, 2011
Course Time: 9:00am - 4:30pm
Registration from 8:30am - 9:00am
Location: The Seacliff Inn, 7600 Old Dominion Road,
Aptos, CA 95003
CEs Approved: 6.0
Course Charges: $130.00 for members
$145.00 for non-members
$7.00 additional for CE credit
Lunch is included
Please make checks payable to the Monterey Bay Psychological Association, or MBPA, and send them to:
Dr. Andy Carman
550 Water Street, Suite E2
Santa Cruz, CA 95060-4130
For questions or further information call:
Art Anton
(831) 227-6446 
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