Adolescence, and the Pre-Frontal Cortex - 5 April, 2025 10:00am-12:00pm AEST

This keynote presents information on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) can present challenges for adolescence with the maturation of the prefrontal cortex.  Therapy with adolescents requires engagement of and care for the adolescent’s prefrontal cortex.  Therapy with adolescents’ requires a mind brain changing process that transforms dysregulation to the re-regulation of mood, cognition, and behaviors.

Goals and Objectives:

·       Explain the effects of adverse childhood experiences

·       Identify how the prefrontal cortex develops during adolescence

·       Explain how these neurodevelopmental changes present challenges for therapy

Bio:

John Arden, PhD, ABPP, has spoken in over 30 countries and all US States.  He was Director of Training in Mental Health for Kaiser Permanente in the Northern California region, one of the largest training programs in the US. These training programs included 24 medical centers where now over 220 postdoctoral residents and interns are trained each year.  Dr. Arden is the author of 15 books (translated into over 20 languages) on the areas of brain-based psychological therapies, anxiety, PTSD, aging process, dementia, and pathways to enhancing brain health.  His books, Mind-Brain-Gene: Toward the integration of psychotherapy encompasses the fields of psychoneuroimmunology, Epigenetics, Neuroscience, Nutritional Neuroscience, and psychotherapy research.  And for the general public, Rewire Your Brain 2.0.

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