Center for Excellence in the Neurosciences partners with Island Institute for Trauma Recovery to provide continuing medical education series

The University of New England’s Center for Excellence in the Neurosciences (CEN) has partnered with the Island Institute for Trauma Recovery to offer a continuing medical education series, “Brainstorming: Neuroscience for Psychotherapists.”

Organized by licensed clinical social workers, Deborah Dana, Rudy Skowronski, Phil Deveau and Jen West, from the Island Institute for Trauma Recovery, sessions are being delivered by UNE professors including: Frank Willard, Ph.D., professor of anatomy; David Mokler, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology; Michael Burman, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology; and Glenn Stevenson, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology.

The five part series includes sessions on neuroanatomy, neurotransmitters, trauma, addiction and pain. Approximately 35 people have attended each session thus far.

For more information or to attend future sessions, please contact Deborah Dana, LCSW.