Full Course Description
Polyvagal Informed Therapy Master Class with Deb Dana, LCSW: with Special Guest Stephen Porges, PhD
Program Information
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.
Outline
How to Apply Polyvagal Theory in Therapy: An Introduction (46 min)
- The meaning of neuroception
- The three parts of our nervous system
- The purpose and meaning of co-regulation
- Completing a Personal Profile Map with Clients
Using Polyvagal Theory with Mapping & Guiding Clients Through Clients Three States of Our Nervous System: Ventral, Sympathetic, & Dorsal (1 hr 39 min)
- Demonstration session with analysis and commentary
Using Polyvagal Theory with Fears, and Phobias from Past Experiences (54 min)
- Demonstration session with analysis and commentary
Using Polyvagal Theory with Grief & Loss (1 hr 2 min)
- Demonstration session with analysis and commentary
Re-Cap & Analysis of Three Polyvagal Sessions with Stephen Porges & Deb Dana (51 min)
- Deep dive into many of the concepts from the course and demonstration sessions
Copyright :
05/02/2020
Polyvagal Theory in Action
Program Information
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.
Outline
The Autonomic Nervous System
- The Autonomic Impact of Trauma
- Flexible vs. Rigid Autonomic Nervous System
Polyvagal Theory
3 Organizing Principles
- Neuroception
- Hierarchy
- Co-regulation
The Social Engagement System
- The Power of Eyes
- Prosody
- Vocal Bursts
- Reciprocity-Rupture-Repair
- Breath
- Movement
Guiding Questions & Conclusion
Copyright :
22/03/2019