Understanding the Neuroscience of Trauma from a Polyvagal Perspective
- Defining trauma & resilience
- The critical difference between a resolved vs. unresolved stress response
- What happens when our instincts are thwarted during a traumatic event
- The autonomic nervous system from a polyvagal perspective
The Principles of Polyvagal Theory in Psychotherapy
- Applied polyvagal theory as a transdiagnostic approach to care
- Research Limitations and Potential Risks
- The relationship between PTSD and sensory processing
- The role of neuroception in trauma recovery
- Empirically validated tools to assess physiological distress and psychological safety
- Reflect and Regulate: 5-point check in
The benefits of co-regulation and the social engagement system
- The different types of Co-Regulation
- Interventions for psychobiological regulation
- The benefits of proximity awareness in therapy
Enhancing health through natural vagus nerve stimulation
- Understanding and working with the vagal brake
- Defining heart rate variability
- Neuromodulation and natural vagus nerve stimulation
- Reflex Integration and Trauma Recovery
- Practice: Self-Havening Touch, Tragus stimulation, Humming, Rocking
Therapeutic Yoga for Trauma Recovery
- What does the research say about how mind-body therapies work
- Five types of interventions for therapeutic yoga for trauma
- Research efficacy of therapeutic yoga for trauma
- Trauma sensitive mindfulness and yoga
- Research Limitations and Potential Risks
- Practice: Conscious Breathing and Cross-Lateral Movement for Nervous System Regulation