ANZAP National Conference

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Richard Hill
Therapy and the Brain What has the brain got to
do with it?
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Two Communities
Right parallel present Pictures Learns
kinesthetically Sensorial reality creativity WE
Left Serial Linear Past future Attention to
detail assessments Language I
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Mindset

• A process that regulates the flow
• of energy and information

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Interpersonal Neurobiology
Global Association for Interpersonal Neurobiology
Studies www.mindgains.org
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Mirror Neurons
Inferior Parietal Lobule
Pre Motor Cortex
PF/PFG - macaque
Inferior Frontal Gyrus
Superior Temporal Sulcus - visual input
Iacoboni and Dapretto Redgrave Nature Reviews
Neuroscience 7, 942951 (December 2006)
doi10.1038/ nrn2024
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Self monitoringPre Frontal Cortex

• Body regulation
• Attuned communication
• Emotional balance
• Response flexibility
• Empathy
• Insight
• Fear modulation
• Intuition
• Morality

Daniel Siegel The Mindful Brain 42-44
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Imprinted Memoryamygdala
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Automatic SystemsBasal Ganglia
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Social Rejectionanterior cingulate
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Theories

• Attachment
• Stereotype threat
• Broaden and build
• Jaak Panksepp play
• Self Determination
• Self Efficacy
• Positive Psychology

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Psychosocial Genomics

• The deep psychobiological process of
  activity or experience-dependent gene
  expression and brain plasticity associated with
  creativity and psychotherapy.

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7 DEMONS

• Right Wrong
• Good Bad
• Expectation
• Fault Blame
• Criticism
• Isolation Separation
• Guilt

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7 BENEFITS

• Hugs
• Gentle talk
• Listening
• Laughter
• Co-operation
• Achievable tasks
• Love kindness

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The Purpose of Life
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The Purpose of Life
To creatively participate in the experience
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• www.richardhill.com.au
• richhill_at_iinet.net.au
• MindScience Institute