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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190930
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URL:https://isnr.org/events/penijean-gracefire
SUMMARY:Penijean Gracefire
DESCRIPTION:Presenter Bio:\nPenijean Gracefire  is a neural frequency analy
 st and published author who rides motorcycles\, drinks tea\, and designs t
 herapeutic interventions using 3D brain imaging technology. As a licensed 
 mental health clinician\, she integrates emotional experience with electro
 physiology to alter neural dynamics in real time\, helping people recover 
 from trauma or improve brain flexibility and resiliency. Penijean’s grou
 ndbreaking work has led to industry-wide changes in neurotherapy\, and is 
 the basis for current standards in international certification. Her passio
 ns include spectral analysis\, donuts\, and taking things apart to see how
  they work.\n\nCourse Description:\nIn this first case study of its kind\,
  we examine the neurophysiological underpinnings of romantic love and atta
 chment and discuss how emerging biomedical technology is changing the conv
 ersation around whether or not we can measure and interact with the more e
 lusive elements of human emotion. This project brought together an fMRI re
 searcher\, a mental health clinician\, and a professional rapper with the 
 intent to explore recent developments in real time 3D brain imaging and ne
 uromodulation techniques. Our question: is it possible to use science to f
 all out of love? The initial idea was inspired by Dr. Helen Fisher’s wor
 k using fMRI to identify the neural correlates of romantic rejection\, so 
 we replicated this study with our rapper as the subject\, and confirmed th
 at her fMRI scans registered activity in the same brain regions indicated 
 by Dr. Fisher as engaged when the subject was experiencing unrequited affe
 ction or the distressing end of a romantic relationship (Fisher\, 2006\, B
 aumeister\, 1993\;). Informed by both peer-reviewed publications\, and a q
 uantitative EEG analysis of our subject’s brain\, we constructed a neuro
 modulation design based on sLORETA Z-scored feedback. This protocol was in
 tended to support “romantic resiliency”\, the capacity to adapt to abr
 upt or painful changes in one’s emotional landscape in ways which optimi
 ze the possibility of experiencing healthy romantic connections. After nin
 e feedback sessions\, we scanned her brain using the Fisher protocol again
 \, and found significant reductions in activity in the brain areas previou
 sly identified. This talk will review the methods and technology used in t
 his initial case study\, show the pre and post fMRI and qEEG findings\, su
 mmarize findings from additional subjects in later case studies\, and disc
 uss the relevance of this data to the fields of EEG biofeedback and mental
  health.\n\nLevel: Intermediate\nAny provider working with children and yo
 uth with pain.\n\nWho Should Attend: Any provider working with children an
 d youth with pain.\n\nCE Credits: 1.5 credit\n\nPsychologists: The Associa
 tion for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback is approved by the Ameri
 can Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psycholo
 gists. AAPB maintains responsibility for the program and its content. This
  webinar offers a MAXIMUM of 1.5 hours.\n\nBCIA Recertification: Hour-for-
 hour attendance in breakout sessions/workshops may be used to fulfill the 
 continuing education requirements for recertification with certificate of 
 attendance.
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