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Digital Seminar

Neuroplasticity in Trauma Recovery


Faculty:
Arielle Schwartz, PhD, CCTP-II, E-RYT, EMDR-C
Duration:
2 Hours 01 Minutes
Copyright:
21 Mar, 2025
Product Code:
NOS096451
Media Type:
Digital Seminar
Access:
Never expires.


Description

More so than ever, being trauma-informed means understanding the ways that neuroplasticity allows clients to flourish after traumatic experiences. If we can help them change the way their traumatic memories are stored and take responsibility for the narratives that define their lives, we can foster post-traumatic growth. As clients feel stronger, more self-accepting, and have an increased sense of purpose and belonging, their symptoms will decrease, their relationships will deepen, and they can access greater joy, appreciation, and connection. This interactive workshop will empower you with practical tools—such as the six pillars of resilience—to facilitate a strength-based approach to trauma recovery. You’ll learn to: 

  • Guide clients in revising their trauma narratives in a way that supports growth 

  • Help clients attend to the impact of traumatic events on the body so they can build vagal tone and vagal efficiency—an embodied experience of safety and receptivity 

  • Harness client’s inherent resilience by building on protective factors that help prevent PTSD 

  • Help clients integrate new movement resources and release traumatic activation 

CPD

Planning Committee Disclosure - No relevant relationships

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.



CPD

PESI Australia, in collaboration with PESI in the USA, offers quality online continuing professional development events from the leaders in the field at a standard recognized by professional associations including psychology, social work, occupational therapy, alcohol and drug professionals, counselling and psychotherapy. On completion of the training, a Professional Development Certificate is issued after the individual has answered and submitted a quiz and course evaluation. This program is worth 2.25 hours CPD for points calculation by your association.



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Faculty

Arielle Schwartz, PhD, CCTP-II, E-RYT, EMDR-C's Profile

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Arielle Schwartz, PhD, CCTP-II, E-RYT, EMDR-C, is a licensed clinical psychologist, certified complex trauma professional, EMDR Consultant, and Kripalu yoga teacher. She is an internationally sought-out speaker, leading voice in the field of trauma recovery, and the author of eight books including The Complex PTSD Workbook, EMDR Therapy and Somatic Psychology, The Post-Traumatic Growth Guidebook, and Applied Polyvagal Theory in Yoga.

As the founder of the Center for Resilience Informed Therapy, her work is rooted in the positive psychology movement, which is focused on enhancing resources and fostering growth. She offers an integrative, mind-body approach to therapy that includes relational therapy, somatic psychology, EMDR therapy, parts work therapy, and therapeutic yoga for trauma. Praised by Dr. Stephen Porges, Arielle specializes in applying his polyvagal theory, which focuses on addressing imbalances within the autonomic nervous system that underlie most mental and physical health conditions. Her work can be found at the Shift Network, Sounds True, Psychotherapy Networker, Embody Lab, Art of Living, Omega Institute, and more.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Arielle Schwartz maintains a private practice and is a trainer with Advanced EMDR Therapy Trainings. She receives royalties as a published author and receives compensation as an international presenter and a yoga instructor. Dr. Schwartz is a paid consultant for Evergreen Certifications. She receives speaking honorarium, recording, and book royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Arielle Schwartz is a member of the American Psychological Association and the Yoga Alliance.


Additional Info

Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive)

Access never expires for this product.

For a more detailed outline that includes times or durations of time, if needed, please contact cepesi@pesi.com.


Objectives

  1. Describe the role of neuroplasticity in healing trauma.
  2. Identify resilience and protective factors against the development of PTSD.
  3. Apply two neuromodulation interventions to support mind-body health and emotion regulation.

Outline

Neuroplasticity and Trauma Recovery  

  • Understanding Neural Networks 
  • Stress-Induced Neuroplasticity 
  • Cultivating Positive Neuroplasticity through a Strength-Based approach to Care 

Neuropsychotherapy and trauma treatment 

  • How to Build Vagal Efficiency 
  • Neuromodulation and Vagus nerve stimulation  
  • Supporting clients with Embodied Self-Compassion Practices 
  • How to support somatic repatterning 
  • Limitations of the research and potential risks 

Soul work in Psychotherapy 

  • Embodied Spirituality as an intersection of Science, Soma, and Soul 
  • Enhancing a sense of purpose with Clients’ Meaning Making 
  • Aligning clients with their Values 

Integration, Resilience, and Post Traumatic Growth 

  • The 6 pillars of resilience 
  • Factors of Post Traumatic Growth 
  • How to help clients build their Resilience Recipe  

Target Audience

  • Counsellors
  • Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Social Workers
  • Physicians 
  • Psychologists
  • Addiction Counsellors
  • Nurses

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