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Arielle Schwartz Related seminars and products

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Arielle Schwartz, PhD, is a psychologist, certified Kripalu yoga instructor, and leading voice in the healing of PTSD and complex trauma. She’s the author of five books and the founder of the Center for Resilience Informed Therapy in Boulder, Colorado, where she maintains a private practice. She’s a teacher with the Polyvagal Institute and offers a course on Applied Polyvagal Theory in Yoga along with Stephen Porges.

 

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Dr. Arielle Schwartz maintains a private practice and is a trainer with Advanced EMDR Therapy Trainings. She receives royalties as a published author and receives compensation as an international presenter. Dr. Schwartz is a paid consultant for Evergreen Certifications. She receives speaking honorarium, recording, and book royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.

Non-financial: Dr. Arielle Schwartz is a member of the American Psychological Association, EMDRIA, Colorado Association of Psychotherapists, and the Yoga Alliance.

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Objectives

1. Discuss the Neuroscience of Trauma from a Polyvagal Perspective. 
2. Apply the Principles of Polyvagal Theory in Psychotherapy. 
3. Recognize the benefits of co-regulation and the social engagement system. 
4. Demonstrate how to enhance health through natural vagus nerve stimulation. 
5. Explore Therapeutic Yoga for Trauma Recovery. 

Outline

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  

Target Audience

• Psychologists
• Physicians
• Nurses
• Counsellors
• Marriage and Family Therapists
• Addiction Counsellors
• Social Workers

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