Note from the Director
Judith Jordan, Ph.D.
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 Dear Friends,
Welcome to our first eConnections
newsletter. We are looking forward to staying in touch with all of you
in a more regular way and invite you to communicate your news with us
from around the country and world.
We hope that together we
will generate ideas, more connections and that all of us will be
energized by this contact ( that wonderful "zest" Jean talked about!)
We
plan to share fresh, new features in each issue. We also will
have some regular features: a note from me with an overview of what's
happening at JBMTI including new developments; a clinical vignette with
comments--Healing Connections; and a feature called Living Connections
which will focus on non-clinical relational-cultural applications. We
will also include a Research report and RCT community notes and updates
from RCT practitioners in different geographical areas...
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Clinical Vignette - Amy Banks, M.D.
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When Our Brains (Not Relationships) Betray Us
President George W. Bush designated the 1990's the "decade of the
brain" as part of a wide spread effort to "enhance public awareness of
the benefits to be derived from brain research." As the first decade
of the 21st century draws to a close neuroscience is everywhere.
Amazon.com lists over 2,000 new books addressing issues of the human
brain in the last 30 days alone.Many of these books are dedicated to
helping us improve and change our brains...through love, sex,
meditation, exercise, even Sudoku.The strategies for brain change
(neuroplasticity) appear to be endless...
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Living Connections - Maureen Walker, Ph.D.
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 The Truth about Empathy
(It's More than a Feeling)
Anyone who drives in urban traffic can probably understand why the
morning commute to my Cambridge office is not my favorite way to start
the day. Rituals help: I've found that a little retro R&B music and
a quick stop in Starbucks can temper my irritation with those "other"
drivers -- all of whom I imagine to be less considerate and less
courteous than myself. The one disruption to my own ill temper is my
near daily encounter with a gentleman who "works" a snarly intersection
where four major roadways converge. I'm not sure when I first noticed
him, or when I noticed that our exchange had become somewhat
ritualistic...
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Making Connections Around the World
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From Germany
Connie Gunderson reports that a  growing
number of universities are including Relational Cultural Theory in
their psychology programs in both German the English languages.
For example, at the University of Applied science in Bremen, Germany,
there are three courses: Introduction to Psychology: A Framework for
Relational Development; Gender Studies: Relational Cultural Theory as a
base for Understanding Women's and Men's Development; and Counseling
and communication: RCT as a Model for counseling in Social Work.
Other trainings included Women, Trauma, and Addiction, a workshop
presented at Hochschule Groningen, Holland, that used RCT as a theoretical base. At the University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic,
students from the European Union participated in a week long training
focusing on the relevance of RCT to clinical social work
practice.
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The Jean Baker Miller Training Institute is a program of:
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Join Our List
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2009 Intensive Training Institute
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 How Connections Heal:
Founding Concepts and recent developments in Relational-Cultural Theory and Practice
The
Jean Baker Miller Training Institute offers a unique opportunity for
the intensive study of Relational-Cultural Theory (RCT). This approach
rests on the premise that growth fostering connections are the central
human necessity and that chronic disconnection, whether on an
interpersonal or societal scale, is the primary source of human
suffering.
Clinicians and professionals in related fields, at all stages of their
professional lives, are encouraged to attend this Institute. Some
knowledge of the Relational-Cultural Model is helpful.
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The Neurobiology of Connection
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 NEW Online Webinars Presented by Amy Banks, M.D.
The
Jean Baker Miller Training Institute is pleased to announce online
webinar training focused on the brain, offered by Amy Banks, M.D.,
Director of Advanced Training at the Jean Baker Miller Training
Institute. Programs will be held the third Wednesday of every month,
from 12:00-1:00 p.m. EST. One (1) CE will be awarded for each program
attended (approved by APA, LMHC; pending NASW, LMFT).
Upcoming programs include:
September 16:
I Feel Your Pain - The impact of social rejection on pain pathways
October 21:
Your Head is connected to your... Body!
November 18:
I can read you like a book - how mirror neurons help us connect
December 16:
The "Smart Vagus" - the social wisdom of our 10th cranial nerve.
January 20:
It is never too late to change - Neuroplasticity and the hope of change
Space is limited. Programs will be repeated in the future if there is a demand.Register today!
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