The Interpersonal Neurobiology of Clinical Change: From Clinical Relationship to Personal Capacity Presenter: Dr. Michael Changaris This interactive presentation will explore the neurobiology of clinical change, interpersonal relationships, and co-regulation as the anchor for developing clinical change. Clinicians will develop practical tools for assessing areas of patient emotion and social regulation system development, learning to speak the language of the brain systems that drive relationship, and developing clinical tools to grow the innate capacities of relational brain systems. Clinicians attending this training will develop basic tools for patient neuroscience education. Students will develop tools create address implicit bias in the clinical dyad, reduce the impact of implicit bias in the clinical dyad and, and support co-regulation. Clinicians in this workshop will understand poly-vagal theory, neuroception and ways to develop innate capacity for relational safety through a cultural humility and cultural responsive framework. Participants will develop skills in assessment, treatment and use of biopsychosocial strategies to support symptom reduction and increased regulatory capacity. Participants will develop evidence- based clinical tools for clinical change grounded in affective neuroscience for multiple mental health conditions. This training will explore somatic/body-based clinical tools as well as ACT, DBT and CBT tools to increase acceptance and healthy relational growth. Course Objectives: Participants will understand a four-part assessment strategy of interpersonal neurobiological (i.e. social & emotional regulation) system development and core clinical intervention strategies that promote enhanced functioning of these systems. Participants will recognize three components of poly-vagal theory and how they relate to state based cognitive and affective functioning. Participants will develop clinical co-regulation skills that support enhanced appropriate neuroception (e.g., subcortical threat assessment), increased resilience and biopsychosocial interventions to support reduction in toxic stress Participants will develop three skills to address implicit bias in clinical interactions and support culturally responsive co-regulation. Participants will understand three forms of emotion regulation (self-regulation, cognitive regulation, co-regulation). Participants will understand clinically effective use of emotion regulation neuroscience education (ER-NE). ER-NE strategies promote self-regulation capacity, capacity to engage self-guided neuroplasticity and strategies that support social-emotional growth. 8 CE credits will be offered for this course ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Dr. Changaris is the Chief Training Officer, health psychology groups program lead & Psychopharmacology Consultant for the Wright Institute Integrated Health Psychology Training Program, an APA accredited internship in health psychology. Dr. Changaris was a founding member of the High-Risk Pain Management clinics in Contra Cost Health and in 2016 he developed a one-year doctoral training rotation in pain management. He is an adjunct professor with John F. Kennedy University and The Wright Institute. Dr. Changaris is a clinical health psychologist with a specialty multicultural psychology, stress physiology, and the neuroanatomy of PTSD. *This workshop is under review by CPA for CE credit. If approved, CPA will co-sponsor this event with the Redwood Psychological Association. The California Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for Psychologists. CPA maintains responsibility for this program and its content. The BBS also recognizes CPA CE credit for their licenses.