Healing Mysticism: Deep Psychotherapy and Unitive States (SKU: AH-W2-307)
Futurehealth WinterBrain 2 hour workshop by Thomas Brod
Research into psychotherapy with psychedelic drugs was in its infancy when federally supported research into such drugs was essentially halted in 1965. Competing models of ?psychedelic vs psycholytic? therapy were left with unfilled promise, and the dominant model of psychoanalysis at the time, ego psychology, had little to contribute to the discourse. In this workshop, the present-day work of Toronto-based Professor of Religious Studies and psychoanalyst Dan Merkur will be the springboard for a new consideration of the potential therapeutic application of drug-enduced mystical states.
Healing Mysticism: New Approaches to the Study of Psychedelic Drugs (SKU: AH-P-294)
Futurehealth Plenary Talk by Thomas Brod
With the recent fMRI study of mystical states in nuns (Beauregard) and ground-breaking study of positive effects of psilocybin-induced mystical states (Griffiths), consciousness study has taken a new turn into the empiric, Although psilocybin has been used for centuries for religious purposes, relatively little is known scientifically about its acute and persisting effects. In response to the epidemic of hallucinogen abuse that occurred in the 1960s, clinical research largely ceased and has resumed only recently. This presentation will review present-day research into mystical states and end-of-life experiences with psilocybin and introduce leading-edge psychoanalytic theory of unitive states.
Mysteries of NF Success: What's Happening When "Nothing's Happening"? (SKU: AG-W2-014)
Futurehealth Workshop by Thomas Brod and William Scott
In this two-hour workshop, T. Brod and Wm Scott will review non-linear dynamic theory and its successful application in NeuroCare Pro and the new BrainPaint application of Bill Scott. We will consider the relationship of neurofeedback to subjectivity in cases of patient recovery. Is the process de-humanized when the computer is the Analyst and the patient's "brain? is being trained? Emphasis in the workshop will be on enhancing therapist effectiveness when it appears on the surface that "nothing is happening."
Non-Linear Dynamic Neurofeedback: Wrangling Information For the Brain-Computer Interchange (SKU: AG-P-099)
Futurehealth Plenary Talk by Thomas Brod
We will consider cases of dramatic recovery with NeuroCare Pro and BrainPaint biofeedback to illustrate the general phenomenon of patient recovery when it appears on the surface that "nothing is happening." To go deeper, we will look at the "scientific" creation-myth of brain and self-regulation training.
