Deb Dana
presented by
MHASO - Mental Health and Addiction Services of Ottawa
Visit Caversham's Deb Dana workshop showcase here ! In the Engaging the Rhythm of Regulation: A Polyvagal Theory of Guided Approach to Therapy Deb guides you in clear, easy to understand, practical applications to bring theory to practice in our therapist role assisting people in reconnecting to their body, calming their nervous system , creating new pathways to understanding and regulating themselves after trauma. So grateful, she is coming to Ottawa! Shontelle Prokipcak MSW, RSW, CCAC, CCS-AC MHASO - Mental Health and Addiction Services of Ottawa Deb Dana, LCSW is a clinician and consultant specializing in working with complex trauma and is Coordinator of the Traumatic Stress Research Consortium in the Kinsey Institute. She developed the Rhythm of Regulation Clinical Training Series and lectures internationally on ways in which Polyvagal Theory informs work with trauma survivors. Deb is the author of The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy: Engaging the Rhythm of Regulation and co-edited, with Stephen Porges, Clinical Applications of the Polyvagal Theory: The Emergence of Polyvagal-Informed Therapies. The Workshop In this two-day, experiential workshop, Deb Dana shares her Polyvagal Theory guided approach to therapy. Participants will learn the organizing principles of Polyvagal Theory and work with practices designed to bring the power of Polyvagal Theory directly into clinical work. Working individually and in dyads, participants will learn techniques to map autonomic response patterns and skills designed to reshape the nervous system. Polyvagal Theory gives therapists a guide to becoming a regulated and co-regulating resource and concrete ways to help clients find, and savor, experiences of safety. Working from a foundation of Polyvagal Theory, therapists have practical ways to help clients identify and interrupt their familiar response patterns and strategies to shape their autonomic nervous systems toward safety and connection. You Will Learn: • The fundamentals of Polyvagal theory • How to create autonomic maps and use them to guide treatment • Skills to track and interrupt habitual response patterns • Ways to engage the co-regulating pathways of the Social Engagement System in your therapy sessions • Techniques to work with portals of intervention including breath, movement, touch and sound to reshape the autonomic nervous system • How the guiding questions of Polyvagal-informed therapy influence clinical practice
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