Daniel Siegel – The Mindsight Approach to Well-Being: A Comprehensive Course in Interpersonal Neurobiology

What you’ll learn in The Mindsight Approach to Well-Being

Segment 1: Mind, Brain and Relationships in the Cultivation of Well-Being

• Define what the mind is from an interpersonal neurobiology perspective
• Outline how integration—the linkage of differentiated parts of a system—leads to optimal self-organization experienced as flexibility, adaptability, coherence (resilience across time), energy, and stability
• Identify the role that mindsight – insight, empathy, and integration – plays in well-being and rewarding relationships
• Highlight how the brain develops and changes through relationships, consciousness, and neuroplasticity

Segment 2: Attachment and How Close Relationships Shape Who We Are

• Outline how relational connection influences the growth of connections in the brain
• Identify the role self-compassion plays in integration and well-being
• Outline how relational integration is the basis of neural integration, which is crucial for healthy relationships
• Differentiate among secure, ambivalent, avoidant, and disorganized attachment categories

Segment 3: The 1st Domain of Integration: Consciousness and Dr. Siegel’s Reflective Practice, “The Wheel of Awareness”

• Outline the scientific underpinnings of the view that integration is the basis of health and resilience
• Define nine domains of integration
• Reframe mental health challenges as impediments to integration in the form of chaos and rigidity
• Identify the process of change toward well-being as opportunities for growth of integration

Segment 4: The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Domains of Integration: Linking the Two Sides of the Brain, the Embodied Brain and Memory

• Implement Bilateral, Vertical and Memory Domains of Integration into self-understanding (and for diagnosis, treatment planning, and intervention, if you are a clinician)
• Identify the roles of and relationship between the left and right sides of the brain
• Recognize impediments to bilateral integration which can lead to chaos or rigidity, and use practical techniques to support the growth of bilateral integration
• Evaluate impairment of integration in memory processes in everyday life and in traumatic experiences
• Explain the role of implicit and explicit memory in trauma resolution and health

Segment 5: The 5th and 6th Domains of Integration: Making Sense of Life through Our Narratives and States of Mind

• Assess the “coherency of narrative”—how we have come to make sense of our lives—and identify how to cultivate mental adaptability
• Reframe “stress” from an IPNB lens in order to build resilience, grit, and a growth mindset
• Develop a coherent narrative and the sense-making process of self-reflection
• Outline how to identify unresolved trauma or loss within the narrative process
• Explore how an incoherence of narratives impacts the integration of states of mind

Segment 6: The 7th, 8th and 9th Domains of Integration: Interpersonal Relationships, Dimensions of Time, and Facets of Identity

• Identify the key components of feeling felt that highlight interpersonal integration
• Outline how relational integration leads to neural integration
• Evaluate issues of mortality, uncertainty, and transience and the experience of the Arrow of Time in support of temporal integration
• Reframe the experience of identity from an IPNB lens
• Discover how to support identity integration to bring more compassion and kindness into the world

Who Takes The Mindsight Approach to Well-Being Course?

We designed this course for mental health practitioners, coaches, educators, executives, and others interested in mastering IPNB to enhance resilience and promote professional and personal well-being. No prerequisites needed!

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