1. EBT Professional Certification
Course 2: Brain-based Behavior Change
6. Long-term Potentiation and
Missing Feeling Technique

2. Objectives
Describe the brain regions and cellular changes of
long term potentiation.
Describe the “orphan feeling” technique and role
play instructing a participant on this technique.

3. Emotions
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4. Brain Regions
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5. Threat System
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6. Threat System
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7. Amygdala Activated
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8. The Hijack
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9. On a Cellular Level
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10. Long-term Potentiation
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11. Strong Counter-memories
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12. Survival Circuits
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13. The Missing Feeling Technique

14. Unlock the circuit
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15. Cycle Tool

16. Natural Flow of Feelings

17. Any “missing feeling” derails
the technique

18. The orphan feeling technique.
• Identify the missing feeling.
• Strengthen implicit memory systems of
emotional expression and feeling the feeling.
• Strengthen explicit memory systems of affect
labeling.
• Includes practicing 10 – 20 expressions daily for
5 days with an EBT Connection Buddy.
• 10 X 10 to rewire allostatic circuits that blocked
emotional expression and feeling the feeling.

19. “Hostility Buddies”
Provider demonstration: A+ Anger (primitive, subcortical, body activation, effective) vs. C- anger
(non-primitive, neocortical, no body activation,
ineffective).
Voluntary. Hostility Buddy. Instruct to stop if not
safe. After 1 – 2 weeks, continue with 10 X 10 on
circuits that blocked anger expression.
Model humor, delight, warmth and gritty joy!

20. Application

21. Experiential Activities:
Lab, Seminar & Practice
• Describe long-term potentiation based on brain
region and cellular changes to your lab partner.
• Complete a role play in which you instruct a
participant on the Missing Feeling Technique and
document that experience on the Missing Feeling
Technique Checklist.