Due to COVID-19, several of our in-person courses have been cancelled. We will be monitoring the current crisis and postpone or cancel future courses as is necessary. 

We have online learning opportunities at www.eeglearn.com

April 19 – Join Sebern Fisher for a free Sunday evening discussion:  Trauma, Therapy, and Neuroscience

Sunday – 5:00pm EST   1/2 to 1 hour
https://www.eeglearn.com/ttn

For information, training@eeger.com or 1-800-789-3456 x1
Also, check www.EEGLearn.com for upcoming webinars

NEUROFEEDBACK IN A CLINICAL PRACTICE
Instructors: Ed Hamlin, PhD, BCN & Mary Ammerman, PsyD, BCN
May 12-15, 2020 – Asheville, NC  Cancelled
July 7-10, 2020 – Asheville, NC – TBD
Sept 14-17, 2020 – Hadley, MA – TBD
Oct 13-16, 2020 – Asheville, NC – TBD

Regional Neurofeedback in a Clinical Practice (developed by Dr. Hamlin)
Instructors: Mary Zaudtke, MA, LP, BCN & Chris Wheeler Doe, MA, LMFT BCN
Apr 30-May 3, 2020 – Minneapolis, MN  Cancelled
For this course, contact Mary Zaudtke – 651-503-2175  mszaudtke@gmail.com

ADVANCED BEGINNER SKILLS (Follow-up to the 4-day course)
Instructor: Mary Ammerman, PsyD, BCN
Jun 9-11, 2020 – Asheville, NC – TBD
Aug 14-16, 2020 – Asheville, NC – TBD
Sept 25-27, 2020 – Asheville, NC – TBD

DEMYSTIFYING NEUROFEEDBACK – 1-day course
Instructor: Leigh Povia, MSW, LCSW, RPT, BCN
May 1, 2020 – Hamilton, NJ  Cancelled
This course will help clarify what neurofeedback is and what it is not, and who it can help.

WEBINARS

FINDING THE PATH – CONVERSATIONS ON TRAUMA
Mentor: Sebern Fisher, MA, BCN

Summer “A” 2020 – Apr 29, May 6, 13, Jun 3, 10
Wednesdays 1-2pm Eastern
Summer “B” 2020 – Apr 26/27, May 3/4, 17/18, 24/25, May 31/Jun 1 Jun 7/8
Sunday evenings – 5-6pm Eastern
Goto: https://www.eeglearn.com/ftp to register
No NBCC, APA or NASW credit available for the Finding The Path series

 For more information or to register call 1-800-789-3456 ext. 1
or send us an email at training@eeger.com

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EEG Education & Research (EEGER) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. EEGER maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Join Sebern Fisher during COVID-19 for her free Sunday evening discussion

Sunday evening free discussion    5pm EST   1/2 to 1 hour
April 19

Read Sebern Fisher’s COVID-19 message below…

Sebern Fisher, author, therapist, and mentor, has been integrating neurofeedback and psychotherapy into the treatment of those with developmental trauma for the last twenty years.
Once you learn the neuroscience of neglect, dissociation, repression and trauma, your treatment approaches, including protocol selection will become more deeply informed.

FINDING THE PATH – CONVERSATIONS ON TRAUMA
Mentor: Sebern Fisher, MA, BCN

Summer “A” 2020 – Apr 29, May 6, 13, Jun 3, 10
Wednesdays 1-2pm Eastern
Summer “B” 2020 – Apr 26/27, May 3/4, 17/18, 24/25, May 31/Jun 1 Jun 7/8
Sunday evenings – 5-6pm Eastern
Goto: https://www.eeglearn.com/ftp to register
No NBCC, APA or NASW credit available for the Finding The Path series

A Message from Sebern Fisher during this COVID-19 pandemic

These are challenging times indeed. I just want to take a moment for all of us, trauma therapists and trauma patients together to breathe and to quiet the arousal that inevitably arises under the threat posed by the virus.

Let me first speak to those of you who are dealing with the aftermath of  histories of devastating childhoods. You know that your fear systems are going to go into high alert. This is the way this goes in your brain. Not your fault. Not a flaw in your character. It is the “isness” of developmental trauma.  You may even experience a return or heightening of symptoms. Don’t be discouraged. It’s your amygdala trying to activate you for what it “thinks” is for your survival. It is not to be believed! If there is an inner child, it’s your amygdala and it needs your best adult guidance. You know these patterns in yourself. You need to eat wisely, sleep well, exercise, stay in touch with good people, avoid alarming TV or anything alarming, monitor your news intake, in short do everything you can to enhance your immune system. This is the worst time to engage in risky behaviors of any kind, even when the pressure builds up to do so. I do understand what people with developmental trauma endure. I know how rough it is. Please be gentle with yourself and with all those around you and even if it’s the first time ever, practice self care.  And know that although you can feel so dreadfully alone, you’re not. There are millions of us.

Everything I’m reading suggests that early action is the best action to slow the spread of the virus. As a trauma therapist you are likely feeling a lot of mixed feelings and opposing instincts. We are in this field to help people who suffer terribly and of course these are times that will inflame the terror and disregulation our patients already try so desperately to manage. They will need you. But you yourselves must stay well to help them. Take every precaution -those that are becoming part of our daily litany-  and do as many of your therapy sessions as possible while observing social distancing. It hurts to even write much less to do it.

For those of you doing neurofeedback- which I certainly hope is most of you- you can’t do NF and observe social distance.  Let your patients know that if they’ve been training for awhile, their brains will remember. Even if regulating effects don’t completely hold, their brains remember. They won’t lose what they know. It will return. For many it can be helpful to visualize the screen and recall the beeps when they feel the stress rising.  As a colleague of mine once said, “The brain is devoted to its own regulation. It has to be.” If they are new, their brains could slip back into old patterns.  Help them remember during  the break that their brains were able to train, that the problem is this glitch in their brains and that you will both be back on this as soon as it is safe to do so.

Those of you who own your own systems can bring them home too. Train regularly. Lowering stress reduces inflammation and will enhance your immune system. This will help you and everyone around you!

Please stay healthy and stay sane. The world needs every one of us to do this well.

Blessings

Sebern

 Recorded versions of Sebern Fisher’s Trauma webinar course are now available.

To register, goto: www.trainingtrauma.org

For more information on Sebern go to: www.sebernfisher.com

Contact training@eeger.com for more information