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MFT / LCSW

Brain-Based Therapy: Evidence-Based Treatment for Everyday Practice

4.00 - CE credit hours training

$25.00 - Cost of course

This page contains important information about the course, including training details, a comprehensive course description, learning objectives, and source references. We encourage you to review each section to gain a clear understanding of the course content, educational goals, and supporting materials before beginning your training and taking the POST TEST below.

Target audience and instructional level of this course: foundational
There is no known conflict of interest or commercial support related to this CE program.

Brain-Based Therapy: Evidence-Based Treatment for Everyday Practice

Follow the link below, read the material and then take the 36 question post test

Read the Course Material:
Brain-Based Therapy: Evidence-Based Treatment for Everyday Practice

36 Questions

1. From "Sea Change in Psychotherapy": According to the author, the published studies on SSRIs appear to have been "cherry-picked" (many more positive result outcome studies have been published than negative result outcome studies).
2. From "Sea Change in Psychotherapy": According to the author insecure therapists tend to:
3. From "Sea Change in Psychotherapy": From the brain-based perspective:
4. From "Neuroscience": When the meta-awareness that arises from the _____________is compromised, it may contribute to schizophrenia and depression.
5. From "Neuroscience": Which of the following factors decrease neurogenesis?
6. From "Neuroscience": At the end of the Neuroscience section, the author summarizes key aspects of brain-based therapy. Which of the following is a key aspect?
7. From "Developmental Neurobiology": The following are examples of what? Pruning; changes to the behavior of a single ion channel; dendritic outgrowth; changes to the shape and number of sprouting new axons; modifying dendritic surfaces:
8. From "Developmental Neurobiology": Relative to adults, adolescents\' brain exhibit:
9. From "Developmental Neurobiology": After retirement married _____ live longer than married ______.
10. From "Memory": Which is a proper match regarding memory systems?
11. From "Memory": The article addresses "flashbulb memories". What neurobiological event is associated with such memories?
12. From "Memory": Which is true regarding memory and sleep?
13. From "Nutrition": Which is the correct match?
14. From "Nutrition": The author expresses concern over the effects of stress on fatty acids. Which of the following is/are cited?
15. From "Nutrition": Which nutritional substance is cited as doing the following? Act as anti-oxidants; help regulate phosphoatase enzymes; interact with proteins integral to brain structures.
16. From "Gender Differences": Which is the correct match?
17. From "Gender Differences": Which is the correct match?
18. From "Gender Differences": Regarding language and gender, it is reported that women use ___________ words per day and men use______________.
19. From "Overview": Brain-based therapy evidence supports some facets of psychodynamic therapy and does not support others. What is/are the correct matches?
20. From "Overview": Brain-based therapy evidence supports some facets of cognitive behavioral therapy and does not support others. What is/are the correct matches?
21. From "Overview": The author cites problems/disorders for which there is strong evidence that specific methods are indicated. Which problem/disorder does he include?
22. From "Stress": In the __________________ hypothesis long term or traumatic stress leads to excessive cortisol, which shrinks hippocampal dendrites, which heightens amygdalar reactivity.
23. From "Stress": The author cites allostatic load as a linkage between stress and diabetes risk.
24. From "Stress": From the Adverse Childhood Events study, which of the following have been shown to be positively correlated with ACEs.
25. From "Anxiety": Labeling thoughts, externalizing, distance and humor are all examples of:
26. From "PTSD": Regarding PTSD, the author concludes that both the vulnerability hypothesis and the cortisol cascade hypothesis both seem to occur.
27. From "PTSD": Regarding PTSD, memory, and treatment the author notes a potential shortcoming in Foa's "fear network" concept. The shortcoming is:
28. From "PTSD": In regard to converting traumatic memories into narrative memories, the conversion is achieved through more accurate information. Which kind of accurate information?
29. From "PTSD": Which of the following PTSD treatments did the Institute of Medicine report find to have clear empirical support?
30. From "OCD": With the OCD treatment approach known as ORDER, what is the "D"?
31. From "Depression": Regarding gender differences in depression females are twice as likely to experience depression as males. However this appears to be true only when considering post-pubescent women.
32. From "Depression": The author recommends that when there is comorbid depression and anxiety, treat the ____________ first.
33. From "Depression": Brain-base therapy for depression recommends up regulating some factors and down regulating others. Which is/are the correct matches?
34. From "SEEDS": Sleep is cited as being involved in important brain functions including:
35. From "SEEDS": Which of the following is NOT recommended for sleep?
36. From "SEEDS": Exercise is known to enhance neuroplasticity through:
For many of the problems that our clients present we might wonder what role the brain plays. Recent knowledge tells us that a full understanding includes many feedback loops: the brain shaping behavior, health, and emotional health AND behavior, experiences, relationships and cognition affecting brain function, physiology, and structure.



The brain-based therapy approach reveals and utilizes these important reciprocal factors to provide guideposts for rich evidence-based treatment.


Table of Contents

  1. Foundations


  1. Sea Change in Psychotherapy

  2. Neuroscience

  3. Developmental Neurobiology

  4. Memory

  5. Nutrition

  6. Gender Differences


  • Applications


    1. Overview

    2. Stress, Trauma, and Change

    3. Anxiety, Panic and GAD

    4. PTSD

    5. OCD

    6. Depression

    7. SEEDS and Summary

    • Summarize the many reciprocal relationships between brain and behavior.
    • Describe key reciprocal relationships of brain, behavior, and experience in life span development.
    • Outline reciprocal relationships of brain, behavior, and experience regarding memory, nutrition, and gender differences.
    • Apply reciprocal relationships of brain, behavior, and experience to commonly presented emotional/behavioral/interpersonal/mental health problems.