EBT Professional Certification

Course 2: Brain-based Behavior Change

6. Long-term Potentiation and

Missing Feeling Technique

Objectives

Describe the brain regions and cellular changes of long term potentiation.

Describe the “orphan feeling” technique and role play instructing a participant on this technique.

Emotions

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Brain Regions

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Threat System

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Threat System

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Amygdala Activated

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The Hijack

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On a Cellular Level

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Long-term Potentiation

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Strong Counter-memories

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Survival Circuits

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The Missing Feeling Technique

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Unlock the circuit

with emotional fluidity

Cycle Tool

Natural Flow of Feelings

Any “missing feeling” derails

the technique

The orphan feeling technique.

• Identify the missing feeling.• Strengthen implicit memory systems of

emotional expression and feeling the feeling.• Strengthen explicit memory systems of affect

labeling.• Includes practicing 10 – 20 expressions daily for

5 days with an EBT Connection Buddy.• 10 X 10 to rewire allostatic circuits that blocked

emotional expression and feeling the feeling.

“Hostility Buddies”

Provider demonstration: A+ Anger (primitive, sub-cortical, body activation, effective) vs. C- anger (non-primitive, neocortical, no body activation, ineffective).

Voluntary. Hostility Buddy. Instruct to stop if not safe. After 1 – 2 weeks, continue with 10 X 10 on circuits that blocked anger expression.

Model humor, delight, warmth and gritty joy!

Application

Experiential Activities:

Lab, Seminar & Practice

• Describe long-term potentiation based on brain region and cellular changes to your lab partner.

• Complete a role play in which you instruct a participant on the Missing Feeling Technique and document that experience on the Missing Feeling Technique Checklist.