Have A Healthy Mind's Dr. Richard Brown and Dr. Patricia Gerbarg Teach Transformational Practices for Clients and Psychotherapists at Annual Psychotherapy Networker Symposium March 25-26

NEW YORK, NY, March 10, 2011 (Press-News.org) Richard P Brown, MD, and Patricia Gerbarg, MD, integrative medicine experts, and co-authors of the award-winning How To Use Herbs, Nutrients, and Yoga in Mental Health Care (WW Norton) with Philip Muskin, MD, present two full-day workshops: "Renewing Your Spiritual Growth: What to Do When Your Practice Feels Stale" Thursday, March 24, and "Just Breathe! Part 1 and 2: Integrating Breathing Techniques into Psychotherapy," Friday, March 25, 2011 at the annual Psychotherapy Networker Symposium at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert St. NW, in Washington, D.C.

Drs. Brown and Gerbarg teach a unique fusion of ancient and modern mind-body approaches derived from QiGong, yoga, Christian monks, Coherent Breathing, Open Focus Meditation, and martial arts. Their Thursday workshop focuses on the inner journey of the psychotherapist and how to use movement, breathing and meditation practices to move forward when feeling stuck. On Friday, the focus is on breathing techniques that offer powerful self-regulating, anxiety-reducing effects for both clients and therapists. Healing practices for PTSD and recovery from mass disasters are included.

For further information and registration visit psychotherapynetworker.org on the Internet. The Brown/Gerbarg workshops are listed as 109 and 213/313.

Dr. Brown, Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University in New York, gives over 200 medical lectures every year, including full-day courses for the American Psychiatric Association and other professional groups. He is a certified teacher of Aikido (4th Dan), Yoga, Qi Gong, and meditation. His bi-yearly workshops, sponsored by the non-profit, Serving Those Who Serve (www.STWS.org), help New Yorkers recover from the effects of the September 11th Word Trade Center Attacks.

Dr. Gerbarg, Assistant Professor in Clinical Psychiatry at New York Medical College, graduated from Harvard Medical School and the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. In addition to clinical practice, she provides consultation and facilitates the development of research projects on the health benefits of mind-body practices for recovery from mass disasters such at the September 11th World Trade Center attacks, the southeast Asian tsunami, and military personnel.

Psychotherapy Networker is a highly-regarded publication. For more than 25 years it has earned a wide readership for its incisive coverage of the everyday challenges of clinical practice, as well as providing perspectives on critical ideas, innovations, and social issues which shape the direction of the profession. Its annual symposium is considered "psychotherapy's premiere conference", according to editor Richard Simon, PhD, and "we've devoted this year's symposium on the Future of Psychotherapy to what might be called a collective map-making enterprise, drawing from the experience, inspiration, good ideas, and hard questions from the collective creative genius that 3,000 active, engaged minds can bring to such an endeavor."

Dr. Brown and Dr. Gerbarg have an Internet site at HaveAHealthyMind.com with mental health information and resources.