Founder and Head: Professor Tullio Scrimali
Address: Via Grimaldi n. 8 (94100) ENNA – Italy
Web site: www.aleteiainternational.it - E -mail tscrima@tin.it - Fax: 00390957127749
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Presents:
NEUROSCIENCE-BASED COGNITIVE THERAPY
An international stage – Catania (Sicily) - October 2011, 27-30
Teacher: Tullio Scrimali
(http://www.tullioscrimali.it/index_en.asp)
Official language: English (Note that every link to Internet ,you can find in this program, is active for a fast
Connection with some interesting web sites you could be interested in visiting)
Scientific program
Neuroscience constitutes one of the most important components among contemporary scientific background. The workshop is
focused on demonstrating and treating the important topics concerning how some recent developments of Neuroscience can be today
used in order to better the intervention when carrying out a Cognitive Therapy with patients affected by many different mental
disorders.
During the workshop two methods, coming from Neuroscience Laboratories, that can be easily applied to the clinic setting of
Cognitive Therapy, will be illustrated. They are Quantitative EEG and Quantitative Electrodermal Activity.
Such parameters can be today monitorized in the clinical setting thanks to some new hardware and software which are inexpensive
and that can be easily used, after a short training, by any Cognitive Therapist.
Basic information will be given concerning how to use such new methods when treating patients, affected by many different Mental
Disorders, with Cognitive Therapy. Particularly some data will be illustrated about mood, anxiety and eating, disorders, some
different kinds of addiction, schizophrenia and mania.
More detailed information will be given about Quantitative Monitoring of Electrodermal Activity, a new methods that Tullio
Scrimali developed and experimented for many years. This technique is the simplest to be put into practice in Cognitive Therapy and
it is also the less expensive.
A new tool, called MindLAB Set, developed by Tullio Scrimali and disseminated by Psychotech (www.psychotech.it), will be
carefully explained.
It is composed by hardware, able to monitorize Electrodermal Exosomatic Activity and which must be used together with a
computer. Specific and original software, called MindSCAN and Psychofeedback, developed by Tullio Scrimali, will be fully
illustrated. It can be used both when assessing the patient and during its treatment. It allows the Cognitive Therapist to realize some
new interesting methods of self regulation such as Biofeedback and Biofeedback Based Mindfulness.
During the workshop some MindLAB Set will be used and some practical trials, both in the field of assessment and in that of self
regulation, will be carried out with the help of some Members of the Audience. Some indications for buying some inexpensive
devices for Clinical Psychophysiology, when back to your Country, will be given.
Textbook
Tullio Scrimali
NEUROSCIENCE-BASED COGNITIVE THERAPY
New Methods for Assessment, Treatment and Self-regulation
Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, In press
Logistics and Agenda
27: Arrival to Catania and meeting the ALETEIA Staff at the Catania’s Bellini International Airport.
Dinner at the Catania’s ALETEIA Clinical Center.
28: On day workshop about Neuroscience-Based Cognitive Therapy and the MindLAB Set at Catania’s
ALETEIA Clinical Center. You will practice by using some MindLAB Set.
Pizza dinner in a nice restaurant.
29: A free day for visiting some beautiful destinations. In fact there are some different choices you could make, such as:
Catania ( http://www.arrivalguides.com/en/Travelguides/Europe/Italy/CATANIA/). We suggest to download, from this web
site the free guide!
Mountain Etna (http://www.etnaexcursion.it/).
Taormina (http://www.travelplan.it/taormina_guide.htm)
Siracusa ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syracuse,_Sicily)
Evening: “Goodbye-party” with live music.
30: Leaving from Catania and traveling back home.
Fee: Euro 600
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A reception service at the Catania airport at your arrival managed by the ALETEIA Staff and the transfer from
Catania to the airport for departure.
Three nights at the nice Breakfast Ortensia (http://www.bbvillaortensia.it).
Your first dinner in Catania (October 27)
A pizza dinner in a nice restaurant in Catania (October 28)
A goodbye party with live music and good Sicilian wines (October 29)
Two coffee breaks and a lunch break during the workshop
Some didactic materials in electronic format. They are an E-book in PDF: Tullio Scrimali (2011) Neuroscience
and Cognitive Therapy- Psychophysiological Assessment and Biofeedback in Clinical Practice. ALETEIA
Publisher, Enna, 2011. The PowerPoint presentation used during the workshop.
Not included: The cost of the excursions scheduled on 29 October. If you decide to stay in Catania, for visiting the
town and making some shopping, we will assist you in using the local transportation network. This option is very
inexpensive!
Additional opportunities
If interested, you can buy, during your stay, a MindLAB Set (www.psychotech.it) having a very interesting discount (you will pay
just 400,00 Euros in spite of 600,00). So, when back home, immediately you can start to apply some new methods in Cognitive
Therapy such as Psychophysiological Assessment and Biofeedback.
If
you
prefer
to
enjoy
a
greater
comfort,
you
can
stay
at
the
Sheraton
Hotel
(http://www.sheratoncatania.com/page.asp?n=home&l=1) or (less expensive) at Ognina Hotel (http://www.ideahotel.it/web/en/ideahotel-catania-ognina). These hotels are very close to the site of the workshop! If interested in this option, we will arrange your stay
in one of these hotels (e-mail your request to: tscrima@tin.it). In this case we will discount your participation fee of 100 Euro and
you will pay your stay directly at the hotel reception when you will check-out.
If you would like to stay, for more days, you could continue your journey at your convenience. The ALETEIA Staff will assist you
in planning some more excursions and activities. You could consider, not only those quoted above, we strongly recommend, but
also:
Piazza Armerina (Villa Romana del Casale http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_Romana_del_Casale)
Agrigento (La Valle dei Templi - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valle_dei_Templi)
Palermo the magnificent capital of Sicily when you can find so many treasures of art coming from Norman, Arab and
Byzantine cultures! http://www.arrivalguides.com/en/Travelguides/Europe/Italy/PALERMO/).
Certificate of attendance: A certificate of attendance and an official invoice will be give to every participant.
Information: mail to Tullio Scrimali, tscrima@tin.it for any question we are at your disposal!