MDFT 6649: The Brain-Savvy Therapist (2024-2025)

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Review basic brain structure, human neural development within relationships, with emphasis on the processes of attachment and psychotherapy. Touches on basic neurodiversity symptoms and professions to refer to for assessment and treatment (e.g., autistic spectrum and sensory integration). Learn about brain development in the first twenty years of life, including memory, the shaping the nervous system, left and right brain functions, emotional regulation other benefits of promoting metacognition skills and an integrated brain. Graduate students outside MFT and MDFT, and CE professionals, may register with permission of the Medical Family Therapy program director or class instructor. Typically offered: Winter.