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An Introduction to Applying Polyvagal Therapy in Clinical Practice

Polyvagal Theory has revolutionized our understanding of the complex, unconscious forces at play in our therapeutic interactions, offering a road map to help us navigate and engage this deeply embodied system. In this online course, you’ll join clinical innovator Deb Dana and Polyvagal Theory developer Stephen Porges to learn how you can tap into your clients’ nervous system to accelerate treatment outcomes.

Program Information

Objectives

  1. Assess the principles of Polyvagal Theory and how to communicate them in client friendly language.
  2. Differentiate the three circuits of the autonomic nervous system for client psychoeducation.
  3. Determine how to help clients engage the regulating capacities of the autonomic nervous system to create an environment of safety.
  4. Exercise the Social Engagement System to assist clients in becoming more adept in skills of co-regulation and creating reciprocal relationships.
  5. Assess for patterns in clients’ autonomic states to better inform treatment planning.
  6. Determine the right degree of neural challenge and exercises to employ with clients to help shape the autonomic nervous system toward safety and connection.
  7. Demonstrate the reciprocity-rupture-repair cycle to help clients achieve the biological need for connection.
  8. 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

Target Audience

  • Psychologists
  • Physicians
  • Addiction Counselors
  • Counselors
  • Social Workers
  • Marriage & Family Therapists
  • Other Behavioral Health Professionals

Copyright : 02/05/2020

Mapping & Mastering the Three States of Our Nervous System: Ventral, Sympathetic, & Dorsal

Program Information

Objectives

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

Copyright : 02/05/2020

Using Polyvagal Theory with Anxiety, Fears, & Phobias from Past Experiences

Program Information

Objectives

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

Copyright : 02/05/2020

Polyvagal-Informed Therapy with Clients in Crisis: Working with Grief & Loss

Program Information

Objectives

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

Copyright : 02/05/2020

Bonus session: Re-Cap and Analysis of the Polyvagal-Informed Therapy Sessions with Stephen Porges and Deb Dana

Program Information

Objectives

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

Copyright : 02/05/2020

Part 1: Polyvagal Theory in Action

At its most basic level, human communication is one nervous system responding to another, searching for signals that it’s safe to connect and flooding us with distress responses when it’s not. Polyvagal Theory has revolutionized our understanding of the complex, unconscious forces at play in our therapeutic interactions, offering a road map to help us navigate and engage this deeply embodied system. In this recording, you’ll learn how to use the five pathways of the Social Engagement System to regulate your own states and enter into fuller autonomic attunement with your clients.

Program Information

Objectives

  1. Employ exercises designed to engage the neural circuits of your client’s Social Engagement System to improve clinical outcomes. 
  2. Catalogue moments of autonomic disconnection and find the right repair in sessions. 
  3. Create an environment of autonomic safety using the “inside, outside, and between” guide. 
  4. Use your own Social Engagement System to effectively coregulate with clients. 
  5. 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

Target Audience

  • Psychologists
  • Physicians
  • Addiction Counselors
  • Counselors
  • Social Workers
  • Marriage & Family Therapists
  • Nurses
  • Other Behavioral Health Professionals

Copyright : 03/22/2019

Part 2: Polyvagal Theory in Action

Program Information

Objectives

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

Copyright : 03/22/2019