Thursday, March 24th
8 a.m PST| 11 a.m EST
Offered by Will Work For Food and moderated by Jeff Kichaven (www.JeffKichaven.com ) and Jean Lawler (www.LawlerADR.com)
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Our special guests this week Dr. Edward Brodkin and Ashley Pallathra, Clinical Researcher and Therapist will present on:
Missing Each Other: How to Cultivate Meaningful Connections
With all that’s going on in the world, and the never-ending demands of our daily lives, most of us are too stressed and preoccupied with our own thoughts and worries to be able to really listen to each other for long. Often, we seem to somehow "miss" each other, misunderstand each other, or talk past each other. This poses a challenge for both our personal and professional lives, and is an obstacle for effective mediation and dialogue.
Edward Brodkin and Ashley Pallathra argue that we must find the ability to be in tune with each other again. In their book "Missing Each Other" and in this presentation, they will share their approach to more effective and meaningful connection, based on the concept of attunement (the ability to be aware of oneself and the other person during the twists and turns of an interaction). They will introduce the four principal components of attunement: Relaxed Awareness, Listening, Understanding, and Mutual Responsiveness--explaining the science underlying these pillars of human connection, but also providing audience members with exercises through which they can improve their own skills and abilities in each. https://missingeachother.com/
Edward S. ("Ted") Brodkin, M.D. is Associate Professor of Psychiatry with tenure at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the Founder and Director of the Adult Autism Spectrum Program at Penn Medicine. He has been honored annually as one of America's Top Doctors by Castle Connolly Medical for more than a decade. He received his A.B. Magna Cum Laude from Harvard College and his M.D. from Harvard Medical School. He did his residency in psychiatry and a fellowship in neuroscience research at the Yale University School of Medicine, as well as a fellowship in genetics research at Princeton University. His research lab and clinical program at the University of Pennsylvania focus on social neuroscience and the autism spectrum in adults.
Ashley A. Pallathra, M.A. is a clinical researcher and therapist. After graduating with a bachelor's degree with Distinction in Neuroscience from the University of Pennsylvania, she received a Master's degree in Psychology and is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. She is the author of numerous published research articles and a book chapter in the fields of resilience and social-emotional functioning in youth, autism research, and social neuroscience. Her current research and clinical work center around strengthening social competence and building resilience in children and adolescents from diverse community settings.