2024 National Program_LR

SPECIALIZATION INTENSIVES whole person. Participants will engage in hands-on activities to enhance coaching capabilities and explore relevant neuroscience research, enriching their coaching practices by understanding brain-based functioning. The workshop will discuss the importance of overcoming coaching challenges through innovative problem-solving processes and include reflective practice exercises to enhance coach and coachee development. A significant aspect of the training will involve practicing coach supervision and integrating coaching techniques with character-building principles—attachment, separation, integration, and adulthood. Moreover, the curriculum thoughtfully weaves in elements of the Christian faith, ensuring a holistic integration of spiritual dimensions with the Townsend Coaching Model. Overall, the workshop will empower attendees to embody and deploy a comprehensive and empathic coaching style. Learning Objectives Participants will: 1. Outline the unique, relationally-based Townsend Coach ing Model 2. Develop a proficient coaching approach using the Townsend Coaching Model 3. Apply the Townsend Coaching Model to develop the whole person—professional, personal, and relational 4. Experiment with fundamental group and team coaching skills 5. Investigate neuroscience research to coach people ac cording to the way their brains were designed to function 6. Describe processes to solve challenging obstacles in the coaching context 7. Experience reflective practice for the coach and the coachee 8. Practice coach supervision using the Townsend Coach ing Model 9. Exhibit the competencies to build character structure of attachment, separation, integration, and adulthood into whom they coach 10. Integrate the previously listed principles with the Townsend Coaching Model and the Christian faith 050. Practical Neurotheology: Treating the Mind, Body, and Spirit Approved for 12 CEs for Psychologists, Licensed Professionals Counselors, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, Licensed Clinical Social Workers, and Chemical Dependency Counselors Approved for 12 CMEs for Medical Doctors, Osteopathic Physi cians, and Physician Assistants Approved for 12 CEUs for Nurses and Nurse Practitioners Approved for 12 IBCC CEs for Pastors, Pastoral Counselors, Teach

Karl Benzio, M.D. AACC

Timothy R. Jennings, M.D. Honey Lake Clinic

Summary: Integration of cutting-edge psychiatric science and biblical truths is the foundation of Practical NeuroTheology—the practical understanding of why we do what we do and how to heal it. Neuroplasticity is the healing principle God de signed into our brains, allowing our pliable and adaptable brains to change based on our decisions. Our non-stop life experiences require 200-400,000 decisions daily; thus, our brains are constantly in flux. Moment by moment, new connections form, idle tracks are pruned back, and brain circuits change. The presenters explore how life experi ences—transgenerationally, prenatally, and throughout childhood and adulthood—impact brain development, structure, function, and, ultimately, our BioPsychoSpiri tual well-being. We will examine how thoughts, beliefs, emotions/feelings, decisions, relationships, and lifestyle impact our neurobiology, psychological growth, and spiri tual transformation while demonstrating only harmony with, or evidenced belief in, God’s design for life (laws of health) and result in healthy, flourishing outcomes. These techniques can be used by psychologists, licensed mental health professionals, medical professionals, and ministry leaders. 1. Discuss environmental influences on brain development and examine the research showing the value of Practical NeuroTheology 2. Identify testable design parameters (laws of health) which life and health are built to operate upon and how deviations contribute to disease 3. Recognize the significance of transgenerational epigen etic influences on human DNA and brain function 4. Identify specific interventions that promote healthy brain function and research that demonstrate the value of these interventions 5. Identify the relationship between belief and physical and mental health 6. Identify the six elements, with their correct sequence, in every decision their patients make and teach it to them 7. Integrate key aspects of various evidence-based psycho therapeutic modalities—mindfulness, CBT, DBT, Motiva tional Interviewing, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Emo- Learning Objectives Participants will:

ers, and Coaches Level: Advanced

2024 AACC

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