hello john,lesley, berrie and all, first of all many thanks to all for the ungoing very interesting and important discussion. i am sorry, i couldn't participate before because of "daily duties". what do you think of this theoretical point of view: is there a seperation between "academic" and "clinical" work? i am clinician for decades , but am academic since my diploma. so i do understand my every day work as psychotherapist and also as eeg-biofeedback-trainer as academically done- the differences to academic research in the usual sense perhaps seems to me, that my "t.o.t.e."-circle is much shorter, has to be done instantaneously, as patients are suffering now and i have to help now; clinicians do not have so much time to write articles - this must be a reason for being under-represented on congresses f.e.; and clinicians cannot work with "controlls" nor can they isolate variables, they have to apply wholistic procedures in any moment. insofar i do see research work and clinical work as to be of same importance - and fruitful in cooperation, often with synergetic energy. john, as i told you in winterthur, if wanted, i would like to contribute with my knowledge to ongoing clinical certification and training considerations. as berrie wrote, i think too, it is important to consider national conditions. i do endorse the comments of prof. niels birbaumer too. all the best dörte klein Dipl.-Psychologin/Psychotherapeutin Hauptstr. 41 D 30974 Wennigsen/Hannover +49-5103-925149 info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "Berrie Gerrits" <praktijkgerrits@xxxxxxxxx> schrieb: > In reply to Lesley Parkinson: > > Hello Lesley, > > I share you concerns. > Well, I think the good news is that SAN has just started to slow down its > rapid development speed. This leaves more time for us, clinicians, to step > forward. > > I think it is up to ourselves, as clinicians (-scientists), to stand up and > add proposals. It means we have to leave our position of "concerned > clinician" and act more pro-active and express what we DO want (instead of > expressing our fears. Like in therapy: from complaint (fear) to solutions, > from a dependent-state to a state of autonomy). We are responsible for the > strength of our own position. I'am not only adressing this to you, but also > to myself (in fact, to be honest, I find it more comfortable to rebell then > to lead and steer) and all other concerned clinicians. > > > So, I hereby invite you all to drop ideas with regard to the clinician's > position within SAN and how to make it stronger. Maybe we could have a > seperate list to discuss these ideas and in this way feed the Educational > Committee (or other committees). In my peronal opinion there should be room > for clinicians to exchange protocols, do's and don'ts, building a SAN > database (just like Marco proposed). I would welcome an European e-mail > Intervisiongroup (clinicians who consult clinicians by e-mail, an idea which > has been proposed before by a member from Portugal, I think). > > The Educational Committee could elect one of their members to be a moderator > for all these ideas. So, these ideas could be collected, summarized and > safed (untill now all beautiful ideas come AND GO, which is a waste of > energy). > > Yet another way could be to participate in the Think Tank meeting in London > in september. And I hereby would like to make a first contribution to this > Tank: I think it would be wise if we, SAN, would also think about European > laws concerning education/membership. In Holland we've just seen several > lawcases in which local societies have been overruled by European law. It > will cost a lot of time, energy and money if we built SAN on -legally- > unsafe ground. > > > Met vriendelijke groet/All the best/Ciao, > > Berrie Gerrits > > Psychologenpraktijk Gerrits > Sloetstraat 14 > 6524 AS Nijmegen > Nederland/Netherlands > Tel: 024-3235053 > praktijkgerrits@xxxxxxxxx > > Psychotherapie/eerstelijnspsychologie/Supervisie > Neurofeedback en QEEG gecertificeerd (AAPB CR) > BIG geregistreerd (GZ en psychotherapie) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lesley Parkinson" <lesleyparkinsoncp@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <esnr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 5:01 PM > Subject: [esnr] Re: FW: SAN > > > > I endorse these comments of Nils.However, I think we need to consider the > > needs of reserch scientists and of clinicians. At both Udine and > Winterthur > > I was struck by how excited some of the academic researchers were to be > > sharing ideas and information, and presumably SAN will provide further > > opportunity for that. > > Of course there will be cross-fertilisation between researchers and > > clinicians too. > > A concern I have is that we may still be without a forum for clinicians, > > even those who are scientist-practitioners. > > This is in many ways a relatively new area, so I am always keen to share > > experiences with other clinicians. Currently I am seeing more clients with > > MTBI, and others with Bipolar Disorder. I am using Neurofeedback and am > > encouraged by the results. These are two client groups that I have worked > > with previously, but not using Neurofeedback. > > I have found other practitioners to share ideas with, but it occurs to me > > that for scientists peer-review and acceptance is provided through > > publication in respected journals and conference presentations. > > Clinicians are perhaps more used to case-practice review, clinical > > discussion fora and meeting professional CPD requirements, including > > workshop attendance and incorporating what is learnt into clinical > practice. > > I am wondering whether SAN will have a role for these areas for clinicians > > or whether something else will be needed. > > Clinical practice topics and issues would not often be able to get past an > > academic conference committee! > > Regards to all. > > Lesley > > > > >From: "Gruzelier, John H" <j.gruzelier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > >Reply-To: esnr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > >To: <esnr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > >Subject: [esnr] FW: SAN > > >Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 09:27:30 +0100 > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: Prof. Dr. Niels Birbaumer [mailto:niels.birbaumer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > >Sent: 28 June 2004 13:08 > > >To: Gruzelier, John H > > >Subject: Re: SAN > > > > > > > > >Re: Society of Applied Neuroscience (SAN) > > > > > >The foundation of a SAN is a necessary step to integrate research and > > >application of systemic neuroscience for clinical and non-clinical use. > > >From self-regulation of brain processes to behavioral technologies to > alter > > >brain function (cortical reorganization) controlled experimental research > > >should be unified in such a society. I enthusiastically welcome such an > > >initiative and hope for a large and growing membership. > > > > > >Prof. Niels Birbaumer > > > > > > > > > > > >Prof. Dr. Niels Birbaumer > > >Institut für Medizinische Psychologie > > >und Verhaltensneurobiologie > > >Universität Tübingen > > >Gartenstr. 29 > > >D-72074 Tübingen > > >Tel.: 07071 297 4219 > > >Fax: 07071 29 5956 > > >e-mail: niels.birbaumer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ================================================================ > > Deze e-mail is door E-mail Virus Scan van Het Net gecontroleerd op > virussen. Zie voor meer informatie: http://www.hetnet.nl/evs/ > > > > > > > > >