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Clinicians at Pine River have been offering psychotherapy training for over 30 years. In 2003, we formalized our commitment to teaching, learning, and continuous growth as therapists by es-tablishing the Pine River Psychotherapy Training Institute (PRPTI).
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Thrills vs. Chills: Clinical Work with High-Sensation Seeking Patients
PRESENTER
Dr. Kenneth Carter
Dr. Carter is Charles Howard Candler Professor of Psychology at Oxford College of Emory University. He has published in both academic and lay publications, translating psychology research into engaging everyday language. His articles have been published in magazines such as Psychology Today and Women’s Health, and he has appeared on news programs such as CNN Tonight, NPR’s: ShortWave, and NBC’s Today show.
His most recent book is Buzz!: Inside the Minds of Thrill-Seekers, Daredevils, and Adrenaline Junkies (Cambridge University Press).
April 22, 2022
8:30am - 12:00 noon
Virtual (live, online) Workshop
Registration
Early Bird: $100 through March, 15, 2022
Regular Rate: $120 from March 16-April 21, 2022
Current students/trainees in mental health: $50 with letter from training/clinical director confirming current enrollment status.
Is it ADHD, PTSD, antisocial personality disorder, bipolar disorder, or just a high sensation seeking (HSS) personality that is creating challenges for your client? This training will equip you with knowledge and application strategies that you can use immediately in your practice. Sensation seeking is a trait we all have in varying levels. It includes the search for complex and new experiences. People with HSS personalities crave exotic and intense experiences, even when physical or social risks are involved. There are four types of sensation seeking: thrill-seeking, disinhibition, boredom susceptibility, and experience-seeking. Drug addictions, gambling, dangerous driving, and relationship dissatisfaction have all been linked to overly high sensation seeking tendencies (high scores in all four domains). In addition, HSS can interact with mental health conditions and impact mood, finances, and relationships. For many with HSS personalities, being unable to participate in the desired HSS activities can create symptoms of depression. Individuals who have limited financial resources may turn to inexpensive but unhealthy forms of HSS activities such as drug use, sexual promiscuity, stealing, fast driving, etc. Other HSS personalities may find it difficult to be empathetic in a relationship with someone who is uncomfortable or distressed by their behavior (“chill-seeker”); the HSS individual simply does not understand why their partner or family member is frightened by their behavior.
You will be introduced to assessment tools to identify HSS traits in your clients and discuss the related psychology and neuroscience. Direction will be provided on empowering and nonjudgmental ways to discuss high sensation seeking with your client. Techniques for grounding, healthy activities and ways to help HSS personalities improve empathy for those in their lives will be presented.