Neurofeedback Instituut Nederland presents; Synapse Alpha Theta Neurofeedback Workshop

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- This workshop is BCIA approved ! -

Richard Soutar, Ph.D . & Barbara Soutar, R.N. and Bill Scott

Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands
Contact us at info@neurofeedback.nl

This course from Synapse Neurofeedback Institute is presented to avail clinicians the opportunity to learn in depth the complexities of alpha theta training. Our goal is to ensure that practitioners feel well informed and competent enough to begin utilizing this most valuable and underused technique in Neurofeedback upon completion of the workshop. We will offer hands on experience as well as the opportunity to engage in an ongoing mentoring process to support what attendees have learned.

Educational Objectives: The educational objectives of this course follow the outline of BCIA's core requirements that can be viewed at the BCIA website http://www.bcia.org .

* Learn to select appropriate candidates for alpha theta training
* Select and implement appropriate pre-treatment training.
* Be able to guide sessions based on a sound understanding of theory.
* Understand crossovers and how to manage them.
* Be able to construct effective pre-session visualizations.
* Effectively interpret and integrate hypnogogic images.
* Effectively cope with abreactions.

It satisfies the requirement for 16 CE hours as outlined below:

1   I         Introduction to EEG Biofeedback- History

1   III       Basic Neurophysiology and Anatomy

1   I         EEG & Electrophysiology

2   V        Instrumentation

5   VII     Treatment Planning

4   VIII    Other Therapeutic Techniques

2    IX      Professional Conduct


Prerequisite for Participation

Participants seeking CE hours to be applied toward BCIA for this workshop should already be certified and have clinical experience. This workshop will be at an intermediate to advanced level. Prior experience in counseling or coaching will be very helpful toward understanding this special modality of neurofeedback.

Participants not seeking certification may participate if they have an interest in EEG Biofeedback as a practitioner, staff, or student with an interest in expanding their knowledge of EEG Biofeedback.


Cancellation Policy

Cancellation Policy:- No returns, refunds, exchanges after October 1, 2004.

Data: 6 and 7 November
Location: Utrecht (The Netherlands )
Price: EUR 500
Language: English

If you are interested in participating, please send an e-mail to info@neurofeedback.nl. We will contact you in the beginning of September.


The content of the workshop will be;

Day One

1. History of Alpha Theta: Key Players

* Elmer Green: Theta Training
* Penniston & Kulkosky: Using Alpha To Get To Theta
* Nancy White & Dale Walters: The Refinement of The Technique
* Bill Scott: Reducing Abreactions & Recent Research

2. Theory Behind Alpha Theta

* Liminal States & Arousal Theory
* Mental Rehearsal: Programming The Unconscious
* Rescripting
* Memory Encoding Frequencies: State & Context Dependent Memory
* Reducing Internal Chatter: Profound Attention
* Crossovers: Fact or Fiction
* Hypnogogic Images vs Visualizations
* Using Alpha to Generate Theta
* Systematic Desensitization
* Transpersonal Psychology: Insight Training

3. The Nature of Trauma

* The Neurophysiology of Trauma
* Neurochemistry & Trauma
* Electrophysiology of Trauma
* Networks of Trauma

4. Choosing Candidates For Alpha Theta

* Anxiety & PTSD Best
* Problems With ADD
* Problems With Depression
* Practicum: Setting up Your Computer For Alpha Theta
* Visualization Techniques

Day Two

1. The Training Progression

* Implementing the Protocol
* Peripheral Pre-Training
* Cognitive Preparation
* Implementing Visualizations
* Managing Crossovers
* Post Session Integration
* Typical Progression of Sessions
* Number of Sessions Required

2. Abreactions & Other Complications

* The Nature of Abreaction: Memory Networks
* Retraumatization or Resolution
* The Issue of Suffering
* The Role of The Therapist's Issues
* 3. The Development of the Traumatized Self
* The Factors of Culture, Myth & Mimes
* The Family Context
* The Cycle of Social Accuracy, Attention, Reward, & Security
* The Automatic Self

4. The Journey of Integration and Healing

* The COEX System
* A Bardo Surgeon's Guide

5. When it Doesn't Work: The Importance of Social Context

* Practicum: A Typical Alpha Theta Session
* Visualization Techniques
* Post Session Interview Techniques

Faculty

Bill Scott

Bill Scott is the principal investigator and first author of an addiction research project that yielded a 79% success rate with Native American alcoholics. This study was with Dr. Eugene Peniston (in press). An interview with Bill by the Psychiatric Times was published as a feature article. Bill Scott has also presented research at the American Association for the Advancement of Science with Dr. David Kaiser. Bill trained the researchers Dr. John Gruzelier and Dr. Tobias Egner (members of Department of Cognitive Neuroscience and Behaviour, Imperial College Medical School) in the use of alpha-theta protocols. The results of this research project so improved music abilities among Royal Conservatoire of Music students that the Conservatoire has made these protocols a
mandatory part of the schools curriculum.

Bill has been published in the January 2000 issue of Clinical Electroencephalography (EEG), an official journal of the EEG and Clinical Neuroscience Society (ECNS). He contributed a chapter on alpha-theta EEG biofeedback in Jim Robbins' Book, "A Symphony in the Brain." He was the Principal Investigator for a large controlled study (n=121) on poly drug abusers at CRI-Help in North Hollywood, which he presented May 23rd 2002 at the American Psychiatric Associations annual convention in Philadelphia. He also taught a workshop on anxiety disorders with Thomas
Brod, M.D. at this conference.

Bill has been training EEG biofeedback practitioners since 1996 and has taught over two thousand practitioners in the use of EEG biofeedback in clinical practice.

He is also co-authoring Dr. Eugene Peniston's 10-year follow-up to Peniston's first alcoholism study. This paper will include a summary of all previously published research on alpha-theta EEG biofeedback.

In association with Michael Hoffman, Bill is also currently involved with the Narcotics Division of the American Embassy in South America where they are teaching their protocols to other researchers in order to quickly replicate their work in Latin America. He participated in the 4th annual Meeting of Experts on Demand Reduction for the Organization of American States.

Bill is the co-investigator of a study on post traumatic Stress Disorder at U.C.L.A.’s Neuropsychiatric Institute with Dr. Lobsang Rapgay (Director of the UCLA Biobehavioral Medical Clinic).

Citing the work of Bill Scott and colleagues, Dr. Frank Duffy, editor of the journal Neurology, states, "The literature, which lacks any negative study of substance, suggests that EEG biofeedback should play a major therapeutic role in many difficult areas. In my opinion, if any medication had demonstrated such a wide spectrum of efficacy it would be universally accepted and widely used."

Staff Research Associate V
UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute
Biobehavioral Medicine Clinic
http://www.eegbiofeedback.com/


Richard Soutar , Ph.D.

Dr. Soutar is the Director of Neurofeedback Services for Synapse Neurofeedback Center in Atlanta, Georgia. Additionally he is the general manager of Neurosystems Consulting, and was an adjunct professor at Arizona State University where he taught psychology and sociology. Before his move to the Atlanta area he was on the Board of Directors for the Emotional Fitness Center in Phoenix. Dr. Soutar co-authored a book with the neurofeedback pioneer Adam Crane, entitled MindFitness: the Process as well as authoring the first textbook for the field entitled, “Doing Neurofeedback." He received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Oklahoma State University. His Masters Degree, which focused on Family Systems and Addictions, was from the University of Arkansas as was his Bachelors Degree in Psychology. He received his initial training in alpha-theta neurofeedback at the Arkansas Recovery Group in 1993. Since then he has trained at the Biofeedback Institute of Los Angeles, American Biotech, and attended workshops to learn the theories and protocols of Valdeen Brown, the Othmers, Joel & Judith Lubar, Margret Ayers, Les Femi, Jay Gunkleman, Bill Scott, and many others.

He is BCIA certified and a member of the SNR. He has served as adjunct faculty for Arizona State University and the Maricopa Community College System. He was also co-director of neuropsychological and neurofeedback services for Health South Rehabilitation Hospital in Glendale Arizona.

Dr. Soutar has worked with professional athletes, trainers, managers, medical practitioners, and psychologists to assist them in successfully achieving their performance goals. In addition he trains Md.'s, Counselors, and Professional Psychologists in neurofeedback and related technologies and does regular workshops for other professionals in his field in areas of human transformation technologies, neurofeedback, and audiovisual entrainment.


Barbara Soutar, R.N.

Mrs. Soutar has been an R.N. for 27 years. She has worked extensively as a psychiatric nurse in the hospital and outpatient settings. She has been a neurofeedback therapist for 8 years and was one of the first certified therapist in the field. She has been instrumental in developing several neurofeedback centers around the country.