Austin in (interpersonal neurobiology) Connection

is a multidisciplinary group of professionals dedicated to promoting healthy attachments and positive emotional development in individuals, families and the community

"If we find a way to facilitate neural integration within the minds of individuals across the lifespan, we may be able to promote a more compassionate world of human connection."

-Daniel Siegel, MD

 

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CURRENT ARTICLES & VIDEOS ON THE NEUROSCIENCE OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE

Recent studies have shown that moving our body in certain ways can improve our ability to think.

(Scientific American Podcast 6/1/09)

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Forget about erasing bad memories. Researchers have located the receptor that enables our brain to override or "unlearn" traumatic past experiences.

(SEED Magazine 4/1/09)

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Brain scans show how the brain's organization changes from childhood to adulthood.

(Video on LIVE SCIENCE)

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A long-term study of cognitive development in lower- and middle-class students found strong links between childhood poverty, physiological stress and adult memory.

The findings support a neurobiological hypothesis for why impoverished children consistently fare worse than their middle-class counterparts in school, and eventually in life.

(WiredMag 3/30/09)       

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Abuse in early childhood permanently alters how the brain reacts to stress, a Canadian study suggests. Analysis of brain tissue from adults who had committed suicide found key genetic changes in those who had suffered abuse as a child. It affects the production of a receptor known to be involved in stress responses. (BBC2/23/09)                      

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Study in mice suggests that a mother's childhood may affect the brain function of her offspring. Researchers found that mouse moms who were physically active, stimulated and changed their living arrangements often as youngsters gave birth to babies with better memory than those with mothers raised in dull environments.

(SciAm 2/3/09)       

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Study gives new insights into the relationship between pain and empathy.  Pain-insensitive people probably rely on emotional regions of the brain for empathy.

(SciNews 1/28/09)          

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WHO ARE

AUSTIN in CONNECTION MEMBERS?

 

AinC members are a diverse group of mental health and health care professionals, teachers, professors,

researchers, policy makers, parents and families brought together by a shared interest in further understanding and applying attachment theory and concepts from interpersonal neurobiology to enhance all human relationships.

 

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The Global Association for Interpersonal Neurobiology Studies

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MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

STAN TATKIN, PsyD, MFT

IS COMING TO AUSTIN TO HOST

A THREE-DAY SERIES ON SUCCESSFUL RELATIONSHIPS

Love & War in Intimate Relationships

Friday, September 25, 2009

The Psychobiology of Attachment & Its Application to Individual & Couples Therapy

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Case Consultation

Sunday, September 27, 2009

 

To get a taste of Takin's work,

check out the two articles below.

The Avoidantly Attached Partner

Addiction to Alone Time

 

SCHORE STUDY GROUP

  

June 14 & August 23, 2009

3.0 CEUs per group

Openings are available for the group on Sunday, August 23, 2009 in either the morning (9am-12:30pm) or afternoon (1:30am-5:00pm) sections.  

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CLINICAL APPLICATION GROUP

Friday, August 28, 2009

1.5 CEUs

Shannon Huggins, LCSW &

Christine Winston, LCSW

"Disorganized Attachment,

Borderline Personality Disorder &

Mentalization-Based Treatment." 

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YEAR OF CONVERSATIONS

September 11, 2009

2.0 CEUs

Seja Rachel, MA, LPC

"Intimate Couples Therapy:

The Danger of Needs and Wants"

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STUDY GROUPS

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NATIONAL CONFERENCES

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