Janene M. Donarski, PhD, LP, CCATP, ECDCS is a fully licensed clinical psychologist who works in counseling therapy as well as psychological testing for mental health issues. Dr. Donarski specializes in neuropsychological assessment of children, adolescents, adults and geriatric populations including head injury, organic issues, emotional and complex behavior disorders. She also assists in testing within the academic areas including ADHD, visual deficits, learning disabilities and autism for IEPs and/or 504 plans/behavior plans. Dr. Donarski has specialized training in anxiety and trauma treatment, working with individuals with disabilities, Veterans and Military families, dementia care, and has also worked with multiple attorneys in forensic psychological forums to assist individuals in legal matters. Dr. Donarski works extensively with anxiety issues including panic, hypervigilance and PTSD. She trains others in techniques of relaxation, reduction of fear, and exposure therapies to reduce triggers and symptoms in daily life. She is on the board and supervises for Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professionals and is an Evergreen Certified Dementia Care Specialist. She has been engaged for over 10 years as a professional speaker and presenter training mental health and medical specialists in aspects of mental health care. She is the published author of “Anxiety & Trauma Recovery Book: Using a Neuroscience-Informed Treatment Response to Healing”.
Dr. Donarski works with all population counseling/therapy, including individual, marital/couple, family, LGBTQ, and group counseling. She is a certified EMDR Level II counselor as well as a certified hypnotherapist and practitioner for Neuro-Linguistic Programming and Time Line Therapy®.
Dr. Donarski is also experienced in working with victims of violence, foster care/adoption issues, sexual issues, as well as those who are seeking sex offender treatment. She often works with attorneys for forensic criminal cases. Dr. Donarski has spoken on a variety of mental health issues, including somatic ailments, behavioral disorders and mental health concerns in the geriatric population.
Anxiety and Trauma Recovery: Using a Neuroscience-Informed Treatment Response
Clinicians often struggle with how to use neuroscience in the treatment of anxiety. We know more about anxiety-based disorders than any other mental health disorders. Science has now provided us with the proven explanations, evidence, and authority to implement neuroscience approaches. In this seminar, you will learn about neuroplasticity, and how to define neuroplasticity in everyday language for your clients. Understanding how to use a neuroscience approach in therapy will provide your clients the opportunity to create a new self, one without debilitating anxiety. You will be able to identif...Read morey the two neural pathways that lead to the creation of anxiety and how to explain them to clients. You will learn how anxiety is initiated in each pathway and how the pathways influence each other. The dreaded fight/flight/freeze response is reviewed to reveal how it is meant to be your best friend. You will learn the essential language of the core area of the brain which creates anxiety and how to diffuse it using neuroplasticity. Learn how to strengthen or weaken specific neurocircuitry in order to create the brain and self that is desired. These techniques are essential in the treatment of all anxiety disorders, PTSD, OCD, GAD, SAD, and even Depression. Learn how sleep as well as exercise influences anxiety production. Learn proven breathing techniques to reduce anxiety activation. And feel more proficient in using exposure techniques in your treatment of anxiety while combatting avoidance. Less...
Learning Objectives
- Ascertain the underlying neurological processes that impact anxious symptoms for clients.
- Evaluate the differences between amygdala-based and cortex-based anxiety symptoms and identify how these symptoms inform treatment interventions.
- Communicate strategies for calming and training the amygdala in order to alleviate symptoms of anxiety.
- Implement methods for teaching clients to retrain the cortex so that anxiety is resisted rather than exacerbated
Target Audience
This live interactive webinar is intended for behavioral health professionals, including Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, MFT's and Addiction Professionals.
Learning Levels
- All Levels
Saturday, November 11, 2023
Live Interactive Webinar
11:00 AM EST - 02:15 PM EST
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EARN 3 CE Credit Hours
About the speaker
Janene M. Donarski, PhD, LP, CCATP, ECDCS
Agenda
11:00-11:05 – Introduction
11:05-11:30 – Review the science behind neuroplasticity
11:30-12:00- What are the two neural pathways of anxiety
12:00-12:30- How do these two pathways influence each other
12:30-12:45 – Break
12:45-1:15 – Your new friendship with the Fight/Flight/Freeze response
1:15-1:45 – How to create specific neurocircuitry
1:45-2:05 – The impact of sleep, exercise, and breathing techniques on anxiety
2:05-2:15 – Q&A
CE Information - Earn 3 CE Credit Hours
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