Polyvagal Informed Therapy Master Class with Deb Dana, LCSW: with Special Guest Stephen Porges, PhD

Objectives

Assess the principles of Polyvagal Theory and how to communicate them in client friendly language.
Differentiate the three circuits of the autonomic nervous system for client psychoeducation.
Determine how to help clients engage the regulating capacities of the autonomic nervous system to create an environment of safety.
Exercise the Social Engagement System to assist clients in becoming more adept in skills of co-regulation and creating reciprocal relationships.
Assess for patterns in clients’ autonomic states to better inform treatment planning.
Determine the right degree of neural challenge and exercises to employ with clients to help shape the autonomic nervous system toward safety and connection.
Demonstrate the reciprocity-rupture-repair cycle to help clients achieve the biological need for connection.
Analyze the current research support limitations for Polyvagal theory and interventions.

Copyright : 05/02/2020

Polyvagal Theory in Action

Objectives

Employ exercises designed to engage the neural circuits of your client’s Social Engagement System to improve clinical outcomes.
Catalogue moments of autonomic disconnection and find the right repair in sessions.
Create an environment of autonomic safety using the “inside, outside, and between” guide.
Use your own Social Engagement System to effectively coregulate with clients.
Assess the impact of trauma on the autonomic nervous system.