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EEG NeuroMeditation: September In Person Workshop


  • Alluvium 810 West 3rd Avenue Eugene, OR, 97402 United States (map)

EEG NeuroMeditation: September In Person Workshop

CEU's 22.5 CEU's are available through R. Cassidy Seminars and must be purchased separately ($40)

Evaluations and Certificates are available by email and online following course completion at

www.ceuregistration.com

Audience: Psychologists, Social Workers, MFTs, Counselors

Experience Level: Intermediate
Format: Live, In Person
Cost: $850
Dates: September 16-18th, 2022
Time: 9am - 5pm PST
Instructor: Jeff Tarrant, PhD

In this workshop, we will explore five different styles of meditation practices based on the role of attention, intention, brainwave states and brain regions involved; these styles include Focus, Mindfulness, Open Heart, Quiet Mind, and Deep States. This class includes hands on practice and instruction with BrainMaster EEG equipment.

Based on client goals and concerns, we can identify which practices might be best suited for each individual. For example: Focus practices impact the brain networks in ways that specifically encourage improved concentration and reduced distractibility. Mindfulness practices have the greatest impact on stress and anxiety. Open Heart targets mood concerns and empathy building. Quiet Mind strategies may be ideal for addictions, affect regulation, and personality-based concerns. Deep States can be helpful in relaxing defense mechanisms and integrating subconscious material. This workshop will help attendees learn how to select a meditation style based on client presenting concerns and provide a host of practical strategies to approach each of the meditative styles.

As part of this workshop, you will receive both 2-channel and sLORETA neuromeditation protocols for each meditation style and have multiple opportunities to practice with each one. The approaches to EEG NeuroMeditation taught in this workshop can be used immediately to achieve deeper states of meditation or as a treatment intervention for mental health conditions such as ADHD, anxiety, depression, or PTSD.

Please note: Registration is limited to 12 people to support deeper learning and practical application. Thank you for your understanding.

Frequently Asked Questions:

Which Neurofeedback Systems Can I Use? This class is specific to BrainMaster hardware and software for 2 channel amplitude and sLORETA training.

Can I attend if I have never done neurofeedback before? Yes. During the course of this workshop you will learn the basics of neurofeedback as applied to neuromeditation. We have specifically created a training format to accommodate both novice and experienced practitioners. Contact us for help in purchasing equipment.

Cost: $850

CEU's 22.5 CEU's are available through R. Cassidy Seminars and must be purchased separately ($40)

Evaluations and Certificates are available by email and online following course completion at

www.ceuregistration.com

Location: Alluvium, 810 W 3rd Ave Eugene, OR 97402

Cancellation Policy: Refunds requested more than a week before the course starts will receive a 100% refund. Those requested less than a week before the course starts will receive a 50% refund. No refunds will be given after the day the course begins.

Disclosure Statement: There is no conflict of interest or commercial support for this program.

Questions or Concerns? Contact us at info@neuromeditationinstitute.com

Keep Scrolling for an Overview of Agenda, Learning Objectives, more information on CEUs and Instructor Description

Dr. Jeff Tarrant is a licensed psychologist, board certified in neurofeedback. He is the founder and CEO of the NeuroMeditation Institute (NMI) and provides certification training for NMI therapist and instructors. Dr. Tarrant is the author of, “Meditation Interventions to Rewire the Brain.” Other recent works include the book chapter, "Neuromeditation: An Overview and Introduction" in The Handbook of Clinical Qeeg and Neurotherapy. He is a regular presenter at national and international conferences and has a private practice in Eugene, OR, USA where he specializes in the use of EEG NeuroMeditation


Learning Objectives:

-identify the 5 different styles of meditation

-explain how each meditation style fits with specific mental health concerns

-summarize current brain imaging findings for Focus styles of meditation

-practice tips, tools, and strategies to facilitate Focus meditation

-review the history of meditation with neurofeedback

-describe current research findings in the field of neuromeditation

-conduct a Focus neuromeditation session

-practice a Focus neuromeditation session

-explain the science behind Mindfulness practices

-demonstrate 3 tips, tools, and strategies to facilitate Mindfulness meditation

-summarize current brain imaging findings for Open Heart styles of meditation

-repeat 3 different techniques to facilitate Open Heart meditation

-formulate an Open Heart neuromeditation session

-analyze an Open Heart EEG neuromeditation session

-prepare a Mindfulness neuromeditation experience

-practice a Mindfulness EEG neuromeditation session

-appraise the research evidence behind Quiet Mind practices

-select 3 approaches to facilitate Quiet Mind meditations

-evaluate current brain imaging findings for Deep States styles of meditation

-utilize 3 strategies to facilitate Deep States meditation

-plan a Quiet Mind neuromeditation session

-design an EEG Quiet Mind neuromeditation session

-integrate an EEG Deep States neuromeditation session

-evaluate a Deep States neuromeditation session

-discuss future directions of neuromeditation hardware, software, and specific approaches

Agenda:

Day 1 – Friday

 

9:00am – 9:15am – Introduction & Orientation

  • Pragmatics for the Workshop

  • Introduction of Attendees

  • Introduction & Background of Instructor

 

9:15am --10:00am -- Your Brain on Meditation

  • Meditation as Mental Training

  • Meditation Defined

  • How Meditation Changes the Brain

  • The 4 (primary) types of Meditative Practices

    • Meditation Brainwave Basics

  • Matching Meditation with Goals and Needs

    • Mental Health Implications

  • Choosing a NeuroMeditation style

    • Self-Assessment: NeuroMeditation Style Inventory (NMSI)

 

10:00am – 11:00am – Introduction to Focus NeuroMeditation 

  • Focused Attention Basics

  • Tips and Strategies

  • Guided Practice

    11:00am – 11:15am – BREAK

    11:15am – 12:30pm- Introduction (continued)

  • Focus Meditation and ADHD

    • Research evidence: meditation improves attention and cognitive functions

    • Meditation changes theta/beta ratio

  • Brain Networks and Focus Meditation

    • Primary brain regions involved in Focus Practice

    • Focus NeuroMeditation protocols: 2 channel and sLORETA

 

  • Focus Meditation Coaching Strategies

 

12:30pm – 1:30pm – Lunch

 

1:30pm – 3:30pm – Hands-On Practicum 

  • Working with Focus Protocols

 3:30pm – 3:45pm – BREAK 

3:45pm – 4:30pm – Hands-On Practicum (continued)

4:30pm-5:00pm – Wrap-Up




Day 2 - Saturday

 

9:00am – 10:30am –Mindfulness & Anxiety

  • Anxiety and Stress: the Link

    • The Mind Creates Stress

    • Predicting the Future

  • Mindfulness Defined

    • Ways to Practice

    • Mindfulness Begins with the Body

    • Mindfulness & Grounding

  • The Story-Telling Mind

    • Thoughts are not facts!

    • Challenging the Storyteller

    • Daily Mindfulness

  • Mindfulness Meditation Basics

    • Mindfulness Tips: RAIN

  • What about PTSD?

    • Mindfulness as a Trigger

    • Relaxation as a Trigger

    • Trauma Informed NeuroMeditation

  • The Anxious Brain

    • Brain Regions

    • Research

  • Brain Networks and Mindfulness Meditation

    • Overlap with Focus

    • Salience Network

    • Mindfulness Brainwaves

    • The Research

  • Two Forms of Mindfulness

    • Thoughtless Awareness

    • Thoughtful Awareness

    • Mindfulness NeuroMeditation Protocols

  • Related Strategies to Quiet the Brain

    • Virtual Reality

    • RSA Breathing

 

10:30am - 10:45am BREAK

10:45am- 12:30pm –Open Heart & Depression 

  • The Depressed Brain

    • Frontal Asymmetry

  • Lovingkindness/Compassion Meditation and the Brain

    • The Research: Brain Regions

    • The Research: Brain Waves

    • Lovingkindness vs. Focus Meditation

  • Virtual Reality + Neurofeedback

  • Open Heart NeuroMeditation protocols

    • 2 channel

    • sLORETA

  • Accessing Positive Emotions

    • Appreciation

    • Gratitude

  • Deepen the Positive

    • Taking in the Good

 

12:30pm – 1:30pm – Lunch

 

1:30pm – 3:30pm – Hands-On Practicum 

  • Working with Mindfulness & Open Heart Protocols

3:30 – 3:45 – BREAK

3:45pm – 4:30pm – Hands-On Practicum  (continued)

4:30-5:00 – Wrap-Up

  

Day 3- Sunday

 

9:00am – 10:00am –Quiet Mind NeuroMeditation

  • Quiet Mind Basics

  • Quiet Mind Brainwaves

    • Zen

    • Transcendental Meditation

  • Quiet Mind Tips and Strategies

  • Open Focus

  • Audio Visual Entrainment

  • Quiet Mind Brain Regions

    • The Research

    • Quiet Mind NeuroMeditation Protocols

      • 2 channel

      • sLORETA

  • Additional Strategies

    • Supplements

    • Essential Oils

    • Music

    • Vibroacoustics

 

 

10:30am – 10:45am - BREAK

10:45am- 12:00pm – Altered States NeuroMeditation

  • Insights from Psychedelic Medicine research

  • Psychedelic medicine and mental health

  • Consistent brain patterns of the psychedelic state

  • Altered States Brain Waves

  • Altered States Brain Regions

  • The Entropic Brain

  • Altered States Neurofeedback

  • Preliminary Data

  • Applications

  • Adjunctive Strategies

 

12:00pm – 1:00pm Lunch

 

1:00pm – 3:00pm – Hands – On Practicum

  • Working with  Quiet Mind and Altered States NeuroMeditation Protocols

3:00pm – 3:15pm – BREAK

 3:15pm – 4:00pm – Hands-On Practicum (continued)

4:00pm – 5:00pm – Final Comments 

  • Questions/Concerns

  • Wrap Up

  • Bringing this into your practice-next steps


CE Language Live In Person

EEG NeuroMeditation

9/16/22 – 9/18/22

Eugene, OR

Jeff Tarrant, Ph.D., BCN, DCEP

Cosponsored by R. Cassidy Seminars, P.O. Box 14473, Santa Rosa, CA 95402

Satisfactory Completion

Participants must have paid tuition fee, signed in and out each day, attended the entire seminar, and

completed an evaluation in order to receive a certificate. Failure to sign in or out each day will result in

forfeiture of credit for the entire course. No exceptions will be made. Partial credit is not available.

Links to Evaluations and Certificates will be emailed and also available following course completion at

www.ceuregistration.com

Psychologists

NY: R. Cassidy Seminars is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for

Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0018.

15.5 clock hours. Live in-person.

Psychoanalysts

NY: R. Cassidy Seminars is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for

Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed

psychoanalysts. #P-0005. 15.5 clock hours. Live in-person.

Social Workers

CA and Other States: Most states accept continuing education courses offered by either CE Sponsors

for APA, (which R. Cassidy Seminars is) or will accept the approval of other state licensing boards of

the same license type. Some states, either do not require pre-approval of courses, or will allow

licensees to retroactively file for course approval themselves. Check with your board to obtain a final

ruling.

IL-SWs: Illinois Dept of Professional Regulation, Approved Continuing Education Sponsor,

#159.000782.  15.5 hours.

NY: R. Cassidy Seminars is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for

Social Work as an approved provider (#0006) of continuing education for licensed social workers.

This program is approved 15.5 contact hours Live in-person.

OH: Provider approved by the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist

Board for 15.5 clock hours, #RCST110701

Counselors/Marriage and Family Therapists

CA and Other States: Most states accept continuing education courses offered by either CE Sponsors

for APA, (which R. Cassidy Seminars is) or will accept the approval of other state licensing boards of

the same license type. Some states, either do not require pre-approval of courses, or will allow

licensees to retroactively file for course approval themselves. Check with your board to obtain a final

ruling.

IL-MFTs: Illinois Dept of Professional Regulation, Approved Continuing Education Sponsor, #168-

000141. 15.5 hours.

NY-LMHCs: R. Cassidy Seminars is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State

Board of Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed

mental health counselors. #MHC-0015. 15.5 contact hours. Live in-person.

CE Language Live In Person

EEG NeuroMeditation

9/16/22 – 9/18/22

Eugene, OR

Jeff Tarrant, Ph.D., BCN, DCEP

NY-LMFTs: R. Cassidy Seminars is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State

Board of Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed

marriage and family therapists. #MFT-0011. 15.5 contact hours. Live in-person.

OH: Provider approved by the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist

Board for 15.5 clock hours, #RCST110701

TX: Approved CE Sponsor through the Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage & Family

Therapists. Provider #151 15.5 CE hours.

Creative Arts Therapists

NY: R. Cassidy Seminars is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board of

Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed creative arts

therapists, #CAT-0005. 15.5 contact hours. Live in-person.

Chemical Dependency Counselors

CA: Provider approved by CCAPP, Provider #4N-00-434-0224 for (XX) CEHs. CCAPP is an ICRC

member which has reciprocity with most ICRC member states.

TX: Provider approved by the TCBAP Standards Committee, Provider No. 1749-06, 15.5 hours

general. Expires 3/31/2021.  Complaints about provider or workshop content may be directed to the

TCBAP Standards Committee, 1005 Congress Avenue, Ste. 460, Austin, Texas 78701, Fax Number

(512) 476-7297.

Educators

TX: R. Cassidy Seminars is an approved provider with the Texas Education Agency CPE# 501456.

This course is 15.5 CE Hours.

Nurses

CA: Provider approved by the CA Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CeP12224, for 15.5 contact

hours

Disability Access - If you require ADA accommodations, please contact our office 30 days or more

before the event. We cannot ensure accommodations without adequate prior notification.

Please Note: Licensing Boards change regulations often and while we attempt to stay abreast of their

most recent changes, if you have questions or concerns about this course meeting your specific board’s

approval, we recommend you contact your board directly to obtain a ruling.