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Course Description

This one-day seminar will cover strategies for building resilience, reducing stress, and strengthening relationships with colleagues, clients, family, and friends. Drawing on cutting-edge research from psychology and neuroscience, renowned UC Berkeley professor Dacher Keltner will highlight the strong connections between happiness, compassion, and altruism, showing how a meaningful life isn’t just good, but good for you. His presentation will reveal the health and social benefits that come from practicing trust, empathy, gratitude, kindness, and other positive behaviors. For instance, cultivating feelings of gratitude have been shown to boost people’s health, make them happier, and improve their relationships. He will also provide a deeper understanding of people who have trouble forming relationships, such as those with social disorders like autism.

    The seminar will feature a short presentation by legendary psychologist Paul Ekman, hailed as one of the 20th century’s most influential psychologists. Building on his groundbreaking work on emotion and facial expressions, and on his recent collaboration with the Dalai Lama, Dr. Ekman will discuss various forms of empathy and compassion, including the prospect of “global compassion”—concern for and commitment to people beyond one’s immediate family or community. His talk will further help attendees understand the paths—and the challenges—to developing a meaningful life.

Parking & Transportation There are shuttles that run from the BART to UC Berkeley's International House. Click here <http://ihouse.berkeley.edu/i/map_sf2.html> for more information on taking public transportation to the I-House. (Please note that the shuttle pick-up near BART is on Shattuck Ave, between Center and Addison Streets.) If you do drive, here are several public parking lots within a few blocks of the I-House:

1. SATHER GATE GARAGE Entrances on Durant and Channing just below Telegraph. After you park, exit and walk half a block to Telegraph, go north on Telegraph two blocks, then east on Bancroft for three blocks. 2. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. (MLK) STUDENT UNION GARAGE Entrance on Bancroft just below Telegraph. This is 4 blocks west of the I-House. You'd park in the lot, come out on Bancroft Way, and walk the four blocks east to the International House. 3. BANCROFT CENTER PARKING GARAGE Entrance on Bancroft just below Bowditch There is also on-street parking on Piedmont Avenue and the other streets around the I-House, some with blue disabled zones, meters and some non-metered. In non-metered areas, parking is free for two hours. (There will be breaks in the program every 60-90 minutes, during which time attendees can even exchange parking spots with one another.) If you plan to look for on-street parking, you may want to add a few minutes to your estimated travel time.

Attendees Will Learn To:

• Be conversant in the latest research on social and emotional intelligence, drawing from neuroscience and positive psychology
• Understand how to apply this research to personal and professional relationships
• Empathize and communicate more effectively with family members, friends, clients, colleagues, and others by being more attuned to their social and emotional cues
• Be better equipped to diagnose different disorders like depression and autism
• Develop effective ways to handle stress, build resilience, and cultivate happiness in their personal and professional lives

Agenda

8:30 - 9:00 a.m.    Registration and check in
9:00 - 10:30          The evolution and neuroscience of social well-being
10:30 - 10:45        Break
10:45 - 11:30        Compassion, empathy, and gratitude as paths to social
                             well-being and the meaningful life
11:30 - 12:30 p.m.   Lunch (on your own)
1:00 - 1:45             Paul Ekman, PhD, on “heroic” and “global” compassion
1:45 - 2:00             Break
2:00 - 3:00             Breakdowns in social and emotional well-being: autism,
                              depression, antisocial disorder
3:00 - 3:15             Break
3:15 - 4:30             Practical steps toward cultivating the meaningful life for
                              yourself, friends, family, and clients
4:30 pm                 Adjournment

The Greater Good Speaker Series

The Greater Good Science Center (GGSC) is an interdisciplinary research center, based at UC Berkeley, that explores the roots of happy and compassionate individuals, strong social bonds, and altruistic behavior.
    Its “Science of a Meaningful Life” speaker series is designed to help audiences apply groundbreaking scientific findings to their personal and professional lives, especially for mental health workers and other care providers. Each event in the series features a day-long talk by a member of the GGSC, including Research Director Dacher Keltner, and a guest presentation by a renowned expert in the field of social and emotional well-being.

Co-Sponsors

The Greater Good Science Center, the Quality of Life Foundation, R. Cassidy Seminars, and the International House at UC Berkeley.

This seminar is approved for 6 CE credit hours.

Continuing Education

Psychologists  R. Cassidy Seminars is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists.  R. Cassidy Seminars maintains responsibility for this program.  (6) CE hours.

Social Workers  CA: Course meets the qualifications for (6) hours of continuing education credit for MFTs and/or LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, Provider #PCE418. This course provides 6 CE hours.

Marriage and Family Therapists  CA: Course meets the qualifications for (6) hours of continuing education credit for MFTs and/or LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, Provider #PCE418. This course provides 6 CE hours.

Chemical Dependency Counselors  CA: Provider approved by CAADAC, Provider #4N-00-434-0210 for (6) CEHs.

Occupational Therapists: Occupational therapists will receive a certificate of completion for 6 PDUs.

Nurses - CA: Provider approved by the CA Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CEP12224, for (6) contact hours.