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Digital Seminar

Bringing Trauma-Informed Yoga into Mental Health Clinical Practice


Average Rating:
   7
Faculty:
Joann Lutz, MSW, LICSW, E-RYT, C-IAYT
Duration:
5 Hours 29 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Nov 04, 2015
Product Code:
POS048155
Media Type:
Digital Seminar - Also available: Digital Seminar | DVD


Description

  • Integrate classic yoga for trauma recovery
  • Practice evidence-based yogic interventions which you can use immediately with PTSD, anxiety and depression
  • Integrate yoga with treatment modalities such as EMDR, S.E. and Sensorimotor Therapy
  • Offer your clients (and yourself) powerful self-help tools

Attend this state-of-the-art workshop and discover yoga-based interventions to regulate the autonomic nervous system and learn exactly how to incorporate these interventions into your psychotherapy session.

Join Joann Lutz, MSW, LICSW, E-RYT, for an in-depth training on the principles and practices of trauma-informed yoga, with a special focus on chair yoga postures, yogic breathing exercises, and yoga nidra, the yogic sleep. This workshop also incorporates techniques and theory from trauma studies, somatic psychotherapy and ayurveda. Throughout the day, you will learn the importance of nervous-system regulation to the process of psychological healing.

Joann trained with Bessel van der Kolk’s The Trauma Center in Boston and will share with you transformational skills for you and your clients. Learn first-hand why organizations as diverse as the U. S. Army and the U.S. prison system have embraced yoga as an evidence-based approach to treat post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and depression.

Through lecture, experiential exercises, video clips, and case studies, you will leave the workshop with the background and tools you need to add trauma-informed yogic interventions to whatever style of therapy you currently practice.

Discover how trauma-informed yoga can improve your clinical outcomes!

OUTLINE

Bringing Trauma-Informed Yoga into Mental Health Care

The Yoga Tradition and Current Developments in Neuropsychology

  • Yoga, Patanjali and MRI’s
  • Yoga and heart rate variability: Bessel van der Kolk’s discovery
  • Yoga as a complete system of energy medicine

Embodied Psychotherapy

  • The Triune Brain: which part was left out of traditional psychotherapy?
  • How yoga regulates the brain’s trauma center
  • The benefits of tracking body sensation and breathing deeply
  • A frame of reference from Somatic Psychotherapy:
  • Daniel Siegel’s “Window of Tolerance”
  • Frontiers of brain functioning: neuroplasticity and interpersonal neurobiology

Applying Trauma-Informed Yoga Postures in the Psychotherapy Session for PTSD, Anxiety and Depression

  • The evidence in evidence-based yoga practice
  • Guided script for chair yoga:
    • 5 trauma-informed chair yoga postures
    • The script to use for guiding and integrating the poses into your existing treatment modality (EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, etc).
  • Chair trauma-yoga:
    • Tracking body sensation
    • Gaining self-mastery
    • Increasing self-regulation
    • Expanding present-moment awareness
  • Practical experience of a chair yoga warm up and posture sequence

Yoga and the Breath

  • The physiology of respiration: gross and subtle
  • Using breathing techniques to regulate the
  • Autonomic Nervous System and calm symptoms of trauma, anxiety and depression
  • An experience of the three-part deep breath
  • Practicum on the three-part deep breath from a script
  • Evidence-based benefits of bringing yoga into psychotherapy

Structure of the Embodied Psychotherapy Session or Group

  • Evaluating the client
  • Opening the session
  • Modulating the intensity of the client’s experience
  • Healing polarities:
    • Inner/outer
    • Sympathetic/parasympathetic activation
    • Sensing/action
    • Cognitive/somatic
  • Healthy symptoms of trauma discharge
  • Key points in making referrals to yoga classes

Therapeutic Value of Yoga Nidra (Yogic Sleep)

  • The latest proven intervention for PTSD: the latest in the military’s arsenal of treatments
  • Yoga Nidra basics: the benefits of sleeping while awake
  • Varieties of Yoga Nidra: the work of Richard
  • Miller, Swami Rama, Swami Satyanana,
  • Swami Satchidananda
  • Guided experience of Satchidananda’s Yoga Nidra
  • Discussion of Yoga Nidra script

Meditation as Cognitive Therapy

  • The relaxation response: a focused, mantra-based approach
  • Mindfulness meditation: open-focused meditation
  • A guided experience of both styles of meditation
  • Bringing 3 benefits of meditation into the trauma psychotherapy session

OBJECTIVES

  • Explain two ways that autonomic nervous system dysregulation contributes to PTSD symptoms.
  • Identify two symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder which can be decreased through trauma-sensitive yoga practice.
  • Describe five trauma-informed chair yoga postures for use in the psychotherapy session or group.
  • Explain the yogic three-part deep breathing practice which is appropriate for the therapy session or group.
  • List three benefits of bringing yogic deep relaxation (Yoga Nidra) into the therapy session.
  • Specify two yogic strategies to reduce anxiety and depression.
  • Demonstrate hands-on applications of chair yoga and three-part deep breathing practices, using scripts and practice sessions.
  • Explain two guidelines concerning which clients to use yogic techniques with, which techniques, and when.

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Credit


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NOTE: Tuition includes one free CE Certificate (participant will be able to print the certificate of completion after completing the on-line post-test (80% passing score) and completing the evaluation). 

Continuing Education Information:  Listed below are the continuing education credit(s) currently available for this non-interactive self-study package. Please note, your state licensing board dictates whether self-study is an acceptable form of continuing education. Please refer to your state rules and regulations. If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval. For other credit inquiries not specified below, please contact cepesi@pesi.com or 800-844-8260 before the event.

Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of your profession.  As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your profession's standards.  

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Counselors

This intermediate self-study activity consists of 6.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from the activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.


Texas Counselors

PESI, Inc. has been approved as a continuing education sponsor through the Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors. Provider #: 2477. This self-study course qualifies for 6.0 continuing education credits.


South Carolina Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists and Psycho-Educational Specialists

This program has been approved for 6.0 continuing education hours by the South Carolina Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Psycho-Educational Specialists. Approval #4540.


Colorado Social Workers

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Colorado Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. Provider #1413. This self-study course has been approved for 6.0 continuing education hours. 

 

COLORADO PARTICIPANTS ONLY: If you did not answer YES to be reported to the Colorado Chapter of the NASW on the evaluation, please contact cepesi@pesi.com and provide the full title of the webcast, speaker name, date of live broadcast, your name and your license number in the email.


New York Social Workers

PESI, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's (NYSED) State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0008. This self-study activity will qualify for 7.0 contact hours. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance. 


Psychologists

This course is for informational purposes only. No continuing education credit is available. 


Marriage & Family Therapists

This self-study activity consists of 6.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save this course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from this self-study activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements. 


Texas Marriage & Family Therapists

PESI, Inc. has been approved as a continuing education sponsor through the Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists. Provider # 503. This self-study package qualifies for 6.0 continuing education credits.


Illinois Marriage & Family Therapists

PESI, Inc. has been approved as a provider of continuing education by the State of Illinois, Department of Professional Regulation. Provider #:168-000156. Full attendance at this self-study activity qualifies for 6.0 credits.


Addiction Counselors - NAADAC

NAADAC

This self-study course has been approved by PESI, Inc., as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for 6.0 CE in the Counseling Services skill group. NAADAC Provider #77553. PESI, Inc. is responsible for all aspects of their programming. Full attendance is required; no partial credit will be awarded for partial attendance.


California Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Counselors (CCAPP-EI)

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the CCAPP-EI, Provider #: OS-03-036-1025. This activity meets the qualifications for 6.0 CEH's (continuing education hours).


Connecticut Addiction Counselors

Provider #120924. This course has been approved as a CCB approved training and has been awarded 6.0 hours by the Connecticut Certification Board.


Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, and Clinical Nurse Specialists

This intermediate activity is approved for 6.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please contact your licensing board to determine if they accept programs or providers approved by other national or state licensing boards. A certificate of attendance will be awarded at the end of the program to participants who are in full attendance and who complete the program evaluation.


California Nurses

PESI, Inc. is a provider approved by the California Board of  Registered Nursing, Provider #: 17118 for 6.0 self-study contact hours. 

** You will need to provide your license number to PESI. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.


Florida Nurses

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Florida Board of  Nursing. Provider #: FBN2858. These materials qualify for 6.0 self-study contact hours.

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Iowa Nurses

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Iowa Board of Nursing. Provider #: 346. Nurses successfully completing these self-study materials will earn 6.0 self-study contact hours. Please email cepesi@pesi.com with your license number, include the title, speaker name and date. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.


Pennsylvania Social Workers, Counselors, and Marriage & Family Therapists

This intermediate activity is approved for 6.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please contact your licensing board to determine if they accept programs or providers approved by other national or state licensing boards. A certificate of attendance will be awarded at the end of the program to participants who are in full attendance and who complete the program evaluation.


California Social Workers, Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, and Licensed Educational Psychologists

This intermediate activity consists of 6.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please contact your licensing board to determine if they accept programs or providers approved by other national or state licensing boards. A certificate of attendance will be awarded at the end of the program to participants who are in full attendance and who complete the program evaluation.



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Joann Lutz, MSW, LICSW, E-RYT, C-IAYT's Profile

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Joann Lutz, MSW, LICSW, E-RYT, C-IAYT, is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, a Certified Yoga Therapist with the International Association of Yoga Therapists, an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher with the Yoga Alliance, and a Certified Ayurvedic Yoga Therapist.

She is also certified in EMDR and Psychosynthesis. She had a private practice in Northampton, Massachusetts, where she incorporated trauma-informed yoga into groups for combat veterans, clients recovering from psychiatric disorders, and others. She has practiced and taught Integral Yoga for over 35 years, and was a guest teacher at Omega Institute; Harbin Hot Springs; Rowe Conference Center and Sivananda Yoga Retreat, Bahamas, among other venues.

Joann completed 40 hours of trauma-sensitive yoga training with The Trauma Center in Boston, MA. She has been training mental health professionals to bring trauma-informed yoga into their practices nationally and internationally for the past 7 years, bringing this work to universities, conferences, hospitals, ashrams and yoga centers. Her CEU course, “Bringing Yoga into Social Work Practice,” was published by the National Association of Social Workers, Ma. Chapter, in 2014.

Her paper, "Classical Yoga Postures as a Psychotherapeutic Intervention for Autonomic Nervous System Regulation" was published in Proceedings of the Yoga and Psyche Conference (2014), by Cambridge Scholars Press. Her book, Trauma Healing in the Yoga Zone, is forthcoming from Handspring Publishers.


Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Joann Lutz maintains a private practice. She receives royalties as a published author. Joann Lutz receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Joann Lutz has no relevant non-financial relationships.


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Additional Info

Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive) Access never expires for this product.

Target Audience

Addiction Counselors, Case Managers, Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants, Psychologists, Social Workers, and other Mental Health Professionals

Objectives

  1. Evaluate ways that autonomic nervous system dysregulation contributes to PTSD symptoms.
  2. Ascertain symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder which can be decreased through trauma-sensitive yoga practice.
  3. Practice trauma-informed chair yoga postures for use in the individual or group psychotherapy session.
  4. Determine the benefits of bringing yogic deep relaxation into the therapy session.
  5. Specify yogic strategies to help reduce anxiety and depression.
  6. Apply applications of chair yoga and three-part deep breathing practices into your clinical work, using scripts and practice sessions.

Outline

  • The Yoga Tradition and Neuropsychology
    • Yoga, Patanjali and MRI’s
    • The importance of heart rate variability (HRV)
    • Yoga as a complete system of energy medicine
  • Embodied Psychotherapy
    • The Triune Brain: left out of traditional psychotherapy?
    • Regulating the brain’s trauma center
    • Tracking body sensation and breathing deeply
    • A frame of reference from Somatic
    • Psychotherapy
    • Neuroplasticity and interpersonal neurobiology
  • Applying Trauma-Informed Yoga Practices in the Psychotherapy Session
    • The evidence in evidence-based yoga practice
    • Yoga and polarities
    • Guided script for chair yoga:
      • 5 trauma-informed chair yoga postures
      • Guiding and integrating the poses into your existing treatment modality (EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, etc).
    • Chair trauma-yoga:
      • Tracking body sensation
      • Gaining self-mastery
      • Increasing self-regulation
      • Expanding present-moment awareness
    • Experience a chair yoga warm up and posture sequence
  • Yoga and the Breath
    • Respiration and the autonomic nervous system (ANS)
    • Breathing techniques to regulate the ANS and calm symptoms of trauma, anxiety and depression
    • Experience the three-part deep breath and script
  • Structure of the Embodied Psychotherapy Session or Group
    • Evaluating the client
    • Opening the session
    • Healing polarities:
      • Inner/outer
      • Sympathetic/parasympathetic activation
      • Sensing/action
      • Cognitive/somatic
      • Healthy symptoms of trauma discharge
    • Key points in making referrals to yoga classes
  • Therapeutic Value of Yoga Nidra (Yogic Sleep)
    • The benefits of sleeping while awake
    • Varieties of Yoga Nidra
    • Guided experience of Satchidananda’s Yoga Nidra
    • Discussion of Yoga Nidra script
  • Using Meditation
    • The relaxation response
    • Mindfulness meditation: open-focused meditation
    • A guided experience of both styles of meditation
    • The benefits of meditation in the trauma psychotherapy session
  • Case Study

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Overall:      4.9

Total Reviews: 7

Comments

Kristin G - SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota

"Excellent seminar."

Sheila N - Columbia, Tennessee

"enjoyed the class. will do more PESi"

Paula B - HALLANDALE BEACH, Florida

"Thank you, very useful information"

Kathryn M - VAIL, Arizona

"Thank you!"

Claire G - FOLSOM, Pennsylvania

"Thank you Joann!"

Satisfaction Guarantee
Your satisfaction is our goal and our guarantee. Concerns should be addressed to: PO Box 1000, Eau Claire, WI 54702-1000 or call 1-800-844-8260.

ADA Needs
We would be happy to accommodate your ADA needs; please call our Customer Service Department for more information at 1-800-844-8260.

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