From Stress to Psychosis New insights into the causes of mental illness, including severe conditions like schizophrenia, are explaining distressing symptoms and reducing suffering...
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'From Stress to Psychosis: how to prevent mental illness' gives you the answers – and much more..
Over the last two decades, course tutor Ivan Tyrrell has played an influential role in integrating psychotherapy and counselling with the latest findings about brain functioning and human behaviour. On his enlightening course, you will find out how this knowledge – and the many insights derived from it – can be easily applied to improve the mental health of people suffering from a wide range of conditions, including the more serious.
He explains, among other things, what happens to us when the brain is put under stress; why stress is associated with mental illness; why some people experience psychotic episodes and others don't; what the difference is between being 'stressed' – which doesn't feel good – and being 'stretched', which does. And why people on the autistic spectrum experience stress so intensely.
You will also discover what people need to lead mentally and emotionally healthy lives – and what the best type of help is for anyone requiring psychotherapeutic interventions in order to recover quickly from stress overload, depression and anxiety disorders (including PTSD).
And you will learn about a revolutionary new theory – described by some psychiatrists as "the only model on the table that explains the symptoms of schizophrenia" – which throws much-needed light on this distressing illness and explains why it has been virtually eliminated in communities where the correct approach to dealing with early onset of psychosis exists.
The resulting psychotherapeutic human givens guidelines are already improving treatment – bringing important new hope to sufferers and those working with or caring for them.
Course Delivery
Outline
How everyday life affects the mind/body system
We look at what recent scientific findings tell us about brain functioning and behaviour – and the essence of the processes involved. This essential overview includes:
- the evolution of human brains
- the importance of developmental templates (illustrated with a filmed discussion with someone with Asperger's syndrome)
- how emotions lock attention
- how the brain deals with unresolved emotional arousal
- perception
- pattern-matching
- different levels of awareness and consciousness
The APET™ model explored: its application with stress and depression
- The connection between the environment, emotions and thought
- Stress burnout and stress overload are so common in the workplace
- Why cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) often takes longer than it needs to
- What happens when patterns in the brain seek completion
- Why some types of therapy and counselling are more effective than others
- How the APET™ model connects up effective therapeutic approaches
- Why depression gives us a wonderful way in to understanding the brain and human behaviour in ways everyone can grasp
- How to treat depression
Psychosis: what is going on?
- A remarkable filmed session with someone experiencing psychotic episodes that shows why stress overload and depression can lead to schizophrenia in the small percentage of the population with the genetic pre-disposition for it
- This film inspired a new explanation for what is happening in psychosis and points to some clear guidelines to follow when working with schizophrenic patients
- These guidelines are proving remarkably successful when applied both in the counselling and HR professions
Treating psychological trauma quickly
- How and why panic attacks, trauma, phobias, OCD and other problems can be dealt with much faster when knowledge about the pattern-matching properties of the brain are applied through this approach
- Summary – how to promote emotional health and wellbeing
Speaker/s
Ivan Tyrrellis Director of HG College, and an English writer, lecturer and psychologist, who worked for many years as a psychotherapist (specialising in brief therapy for depression, trauma and anxiety). His frustration at the poor state of psychotherapeutic practice in the UK in the 1990s led him to found the European Therapy Studies Institute and to the publication of new research and information about depression, psychosis, hypnosis, addiction and trauma treatment in a series of best-selling books written with his co-founder of the human givens approach, Joe Griffin. As well as his life-long interest in psychology, he has also always been interested in the nature of perception and consciousness.
Schedules
| Total Hours: | 6 |
Human Givens College* has been providing training in the best ways to treat mental health and behavioural problems for over twenty years. Our tutors are experts in their field, and provide practical, evidence-based training in clear, jargon-free language.
As well as giving you essential psychological knowledge and proven practical skills, our down-to-earth, accredited training has introduced new research and insights into the causes and drivers of common conditions such as depression, addiction, anxiety disorders, trauma and psychosis which, when combined with the human givens framework for mental health and wellbeing, are revolutionising effective treatment.
We care passionately about improving mental health and reducing suffering – our aim is to support improvements in mental and physical healthcare, education and social services, by giving you the psychological knowledge and proven therapeutic skills that make it easier for you to reduce the considerable emotional distress and behavioural problems that increasing numbers of adults and children are experiencing. Our approach is holistic, and enables you to tailor therapeutic interventions to each individual. ...
