Dr John Arden

Speaker

John Arden, Ph.D. has served since 1999 as the Director of Training for Mental Health for Kaiser Permanente, Northern California, USA. He has developed one of the largest mental health training programs in the USA and overseas more than 100 interns and postdoctoral psychology residents in 22 medical centres. Dr. Arden’s study of neuropsychology has inspired him to integrate neuroscience and psychotherapy, synthesising the biological and psychological into a new vision for psychotherapy: Brain-Based Therapy. His work incorporates what is currently known about the brain and its capacities, including neuroplasticity and neurogenesis, with psychotherapy research, mindfulness, nutritional neuroscience and social intelligence. Author or co-author of 13 books, including, Rewire Your Brain, which describes how the general audience can utilise the practices of Brain-Based Therapy. He is one of the lead authors of 2 volumes for the practitioner entitled Brain-Based Therapy: Adults and Brain-Based Therapy: Children and Adolescents.