The Brain in the Soul
Saturday 14 June 2008 10am - 5pm Full Price: £80 (Early Booking price available until 9 May 2008 - see booking form) Trainers: Peter Afford

 

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"Soul and spirit… are now complex and unique states of an organism. The difficult job… is to move the spirit from its nowhere pedestal to a somewhere place, while preserving its dignity and importance" Antonio Damasio

Can we preserve the dignity of soul and spirit as our scientific understanding of mind and brain grows? Might science even refine our sense of these phenomena in therapy?

Both the brain and nervous system on one hand, and soul and spirit on the other, can suffer from apparent invisibility. The aim of this seminar is to show not only that the one need not conflict with the other, but also that biological revelation can be enlightening.

This one day seminar will include presentations and discussions on:-
the key things for therapists to understand about the brain (development, architecture, forestry, chemistry, how the brain works)
the biology behind consciousness, memory, perception, emotion & feeling, mindfulness, & the mind-body connection
revisioning mental health & psychopathology in the light of neurobiology
how the brain enables us to experience the transpersonal

Participants are invited to bring a clinical issue to examine in a neurobiological light.

 

Peter Afford, is a counsellor and therapist and Focusing teacher who enjoyrs playing with scientific ideas. He graduated from the Trust in 1993 and with an MA in 1997. He has pioneered the teaching of seminars on the subject at the Trust.
 
 
This workshop / seminar will be held at:

The Psychosynthesis & Education Trust,
92-94 Tooley Street, London Bridge,
London SE1 2TH

There are often limited spaces - so book early to avoid disappointment.