- Neuroplasticity—your brain’s ability to organize and learn
- The triune brain
- Primary emotional motivators
- Polyvagal nerve theory and clinical applications
- Negativity bias of your brain
- Savoring the good and affiliation system of the brain
- Accessing beneficial memories
- Default mode network, salience network and central executive network of the brain
- Window of tolerance psychoeducation and clinical applications
- Importance of including the body in stabilization
- Body scan and sensory input for stabilization
- Mindful breathing practices
- Emotional Freedom Technique
- Practice leading mindful breathing exercises and simple movement
- Clinical examples of emotional stabilization skills
Confronting Trauma-Based Negative Thoughts
- Nonjudgmental observing of thoughts
- Naming— write thoughts down
- Recognize, distance and dis-identify from narrative of self-identity
- Relate to the voice of the inner critic with mindful compassion and redirection
- Address negative thoughts regarding chronic pain
- Nourishing wholesome thoughts to undo thought patterns of trauma – repetition and concentration
- Habit tendencies and neuronal pathways
- Clinical examples of relating to thoughts therapeutically
- Approach, not avoid, emotions safely with mindfulness
- Be there for grief
- Comfort pose and self-love mantra
- Emotional Freedom Technique for client self-care
- Clinical examples of treating distress with mercy
- Recognize the power of inner voices
- Mindfulness interventions for developing self-compassion
- Who has seen your goodness? – restoring trust
- Teachers of compassion
- The voice of the inner friend
- Three-part self-compassion note
- Offering loving kindness to any inner aspect that feels not deserving
- Compassion for the inner critic
- Clinical examples of utilizing selfcompassion
- Repair unworthiness with mindfulnessbased interventions
- Impact of shame on the brain – default network and pain system
- The physiology of shame
- Differentiate among shame, defiance, and noble posture
- Narrative of unworthiness
- Create a new narrative of self
- Clinical examples of treating unworthiness and shame

