Alpha-Theta Online Course

Alpha-Theta can be a powerful tool to help release and reprocess the “psychological stuff” that has accumulated in our brains from a lifetime of events — even things we don’t remember. When used properly, it’s a very important part of neurofeedback. It helps us tap into our creativity, and helps us let go. Once clients get going with it, many really love it.

Mike Cohen, President and Director of Training at Center for Brain Training, is now offering an online Alpha-Theta course.

Alpha-Theta Course Dates – TBA

This six-hour course is spread over two dates to allow practice time between course sessions.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: Mental health professionals, health care providers and home users who already have some basic experience with neurofeedback and access to neurofeedback equipment.

COURSE LEVEL: Intermediate

APA Credits: 6

This program, when attended in its entirety, is available for 6 continuing education activities. The Center LLC, is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists and mental health professionals (see bottom of page for disciplines covered). The Center LLC maintains responsibility for the program and its content.

Register by Phone

If you prefer to register and pay by phone, please call 561-594-2062.

View the course outline.

Benefits of the Course

Alpha-Theta training uses EEG feedback to increase Alpha-Theta brainwaves.  It’s a great way to help clients, and when used properly, works well with standard neurofeedback.  It’s particularly valuable for PTSD and addiction recovery, but it is also useful for enhancing creativity and for achieving some of the deeper inner states that often take years of meditative practice.  It can be a fast track to inner consciousness and can help access forgotten memories.

Alpha-Theta training has been known to facilitate that state described as “being in the zone” or for creating a sense of essential well-being.

We will primarily be focused on using EEGer for running Alpha-Theta sessions, though the basic principles for training Alpha-Theta is similar across different systems.  If you do not use EEGer, you may still attend the course, but you will need to find the appropriate settings for running the Alpha-Theta protocol on whatever system you use.  If you don’t know, it is often as simple as contacting the primary tech support for your device.

By offering the Alpha-Theta course online, you’re able to share the instructor’s screen on your computer from the convenience of your home or office. All you need is a browser and internet connection. The schedule gives you a chance to practice Alpha-Theta between the two class dates.

Those attending live can ask questions and interact during the webinar. If you aren’t able to attend, you’ll have full access to the replay, as will all attendees. 

We assume attendees have access to neurofeedback equipment, basic knowledge and experience with neurofeedback, and that they’d like to learn how to implement Alpha-Theta and maximize its potential for their clients and themselves.

Attending a three-hour, valuable course online is an excellent teaching method. Our experience with other courses is that this format works very well, and attendees prefer the flexibility of an online course versus leaving their home and business environments and incurring the additional cost of traveling.

The class could go a bit past three hours, depending on questions asked, but the core course should be about three hours long.

Practicing what you learn in the course will take place in your office or home between the first and second class. There are two weeks in between the two course dates, so you’ll have plenty of time to practice running Alpha-Theta sessions on yourself and, hopefully, others.

Call 561-594-2062 or e-mail Liz@Centerforbrain.com to register or learn more.

Some key examples of issues discussed in the course:

• What Alpha-Theta training is and what to anticipate
• How to introduce Alpha-Theta to clients
• Setting up Alpha-Theta training
• Guiding and coaching the process
• Incorporating scripts
• Using graphs for assessing progress

First Session

During the first three-hour segment of the course, you will learn how to optimally set up EEGer for Alpha-Theta and learn the basics of explaining Alpha-Theta to your clients. What you say and what you don’t say makes much more of a difference in Alpha-Theta than the more standard “activation” training. We will also discuss how you determine the client’s response to the session, and how to talk about it with the client.

After the first class, your task will be to run several Alpha-Theta sessions on yourself and others. If you can get at least two or three sessions done on two or three people, it will be helpful. You should definitely run at least two on yourself. It is not too difficult to hook yourself up and run your own Alpha-Theta session, and we’ll talk about how to do that in the first part of the course.

Second Session

By the second part of the course, you will have run several sessions of Alpha-Theta in your office. Next, we will review in-depth what happens during Alpha-Theta and what to watch for with your clients. It is possible to “share your screen” or have you send in sessions in advance. We’ll review them in the class, and discuss how you would talk about them with clients. You will also learn how to deal with issues such as abreactions, falling asleep during sessions, and “bad alpha” events. It’s not my goal to get heavily into psycho-dynamic issues, but a lot of things do come up that you need to be prepared to discuss with your clients. We’ll discuss that as part of the process, and I am assuming anyone offering Alpha-Theta already has the necessary therapeutic skills to handle issues that may surface.

Please contact 561-594-2062 or e-mail Liz@Centerforbrain.com for questions or to register.

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POLICIES & ADDITIONAL APA CREDIT INFORMATION

Cancellations – $100 non-refundable deposit is required at registration. Deposits can be transferred to a future course or used as credit towards the recorded version of this course, should a cancellation become necessary.

Participants are asked to be aware of the need for privacy and confidentiality throughout the program. Center for Brain is committed to conducting all activities in conformity with the American Psychological Association’s Ethical Principles for Psychologists. If at any time during the program, participants find the content or experience stressful, they are encouraged to let us know.

Center for Brain is also committed to accessibility and non-discrimination in its continuing education activities. If a participant has a special need, please let us know and we will see what we can do to reasonably accommodate you.

Licensed health professionals are responsible for reviewing the scope of their practice, including activities that are defined in laws as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with their professional standards. Materials and information that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of mental health professionals and health care providers.

There is no commercial support for this program nor are there any relationships between the CE Sponsor, presenting organization, presenter, program content, research, grants, or other funding that could reasonably be construed as conflicts of interest.

This program, when attended in its entirety, is available for 6 continuing education activities. Many state licensing boards accept APA-approved credits. Please check with your board to see if they will accept the APA-approved credits for this course.

If any questions, concerns or complaints arise regarding this program, please address them to Dr. Liz Doyle at Liz@Centerforbrain.com or you can reach her on her direct line at 561-594-2062.