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Description: Science tells us we’re hard-wired for love. How could we better support the development of our innate capacity for empathy and compassion? In this presentation we review the essentials of the neuroscience of love and parenting. First, we will discuss brain circuits involved in the process of regulating emotions, developing trust, and feeling compassion. Then, we will discuss five brain circuits (systems) involved in parenting, the factors that create blockages to parenting processes, and how to mindfully foster a relationship with a child to grant sufficient neuroprotection and neurostimulation. We will also discuss strategies we could present to parents to help them become better companions in the process of socialization of the child.
CE Broker Tracking #20-681569
This event is sponsored by FMHCA, an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider. FMHCA NBCC Provider# 2058. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. FMHCA is solely responsible for all aspects of the program. This course is approved by the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling, LMHC, LMFT, LCSW – FMHCA CE Broker #: 50-748
Learning Objectives:
1. Review current knowledge on neuroscience of empathy and compassion.
2. Examine how parenting styles based on fear cause an environmental trauma in the child.
3. Increase awareness of the importance of responding empathically to child's emotional needs.
4. Explore the effects on the child of co-regulation of affection
About the Presenter: Dr. Silvia Casabianca, MA, LMHC
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