LIVE ONLINE COURSES 2025


INTEROCEPTION AND MENTAL HEALTH
  

ONLINE WEBINAR (Zoom)

Dr. Andrea Zaccaro
 

Date: 27 Feb 2025  •  19:00 - 21:00 UK time (7 - 9 pm)

 

CPD hours: 2  •  cost: £45  
 
STUDENT FEE: £20.00 • USE DISCOUNT CODE "student"
 
Interoception, the brain's representation of internal physiological states, involves the detection, interpretation and integration of bodily signals. This lecture will explore the relationship between cardiorespiratory interoception and mental health, examining cognitive biases, distorted sensitivity and impaired insight in mental disorders such as anxiety and depression.

A special focus on cardiac interoception and EEG studies will show applications for mental health interventions. Understanding interoceptive processes provides insights into how body awareness and emotional regulation can be used to manage chronic pain, helping to design interventions that improve interoceptive awareness and reduce pain perception.



Dr. Andrea Zaccaro is a psychologist and PhD in psycho-biology. He is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the “G. d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy. His research activities focus on the psychophysiology of non-ordinary states of consciousness induced by contemplative practices, such as mindfulness and breathing practices (e.g., pranayama), and on the psychophysiological correlates of cardiac and respiratory interoception.
 
The course will provide for OSTEOPATHIC PRACTICE STANDARDS CPD requirements in the following areas:

2 hours Learning with Others


OPS CPD RequirementsLearning include
Communication and patient partnershipListening, respecting patient's concerns and preferences, dignity and modesty, effective communication, providing information, consent, patient partnership.
Knowledge, skills and performance Having sufficient knowledge and skills, working within training and competence, keeping up to date, analysing and reflecting on information to enhance patient care.
Safety and quality in practicePatient evaluation, management, safeguarding, wider role in enhancing patients' health and wellbeing.