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Exploring the Essential Features of “Courtney Rolfe – PESI – Deb Dana’s Polyvagal Theory in Action Training”
Speaker: Courtney Rolfe, MA, LCPC
Format: Audio and Video
Media Type: Digital Seminar
Description
Trauma clients are often stuck in a dysregulated state—and in the words of author and international trainer Deb Dana, LCSW—they “long to come into a state of regulation”.
But how do we help them navigate the normal “shifting” from one state to another— hyper to calm, irritated to relaxed, overwhelmed to feeling in control—when each client is unique, each therapist is unique, and each approach is unique?
Using the foundation of our autonomic nervous system and working with states of engagement and dysregulation are universal ingredients for clinical success to happen. Learning Polyvagal Theory and how to apply it in your practice may become one of the most transformational moments in your career.
This training will be led by Courtney Rolfe, MA, LCPC on behalf of Deb Dana, LCSW. Courtney is one of a select group of senior trainers who are part of Deb Dana’s training team for the 6-month clinical training course: Foundations of Polyvagal-Informed Practice.
This one-day training incorporates core elements from Deb’s groundbreaking framework and unique methodology. You will learn how to effectively utilize Deb’s original tools and techniques in your client sessions. All workshop content and material is copyright by Deb Dana LCSW & Rhythm of Regulation™, are incorporated in this PESI training with permission from Deb Dana, LCSW. Attend and you will learn:
- A deep knowledge of Polyvagal Theory – in easy to understand language
- Practical ways to work with the autonomic nervous system that create connection and safety
The Polyvagal approach is not a model of therapy or a protocol to follow. It is an understanding of three organizing principles around which you can create your own approach and technique, blending them with your preferred model.
The goal is that you leave the training inspired to try something new with a client— and that you have a roadmap to do so effectively.
Purchase this training and revolutionize your practice!
Speaker
Courtney Rolfe, MA, LCPC, is a licensed psychotherapist, speaker, writer, and leading expert in the clinical application of the Polyvagal Theory. Courtney is a long-standing senior trainer in Deb Dana’s Rhythm of Regulation training series and has led several training cohorts through the Rhythm of Regulation’s intensive 6 month “Foundations of Polyvagal Theory in Practice” course. She is steadfast in bringing the Polyvagal Theory to clients and clinicians alike.
Courtney is the founder of Modern Mind & Heart based in Chicago, Illinois, which provides individual counseling, clinical consultation, and training with the specialized focus on application of Polyvagal Theory. Her training in trauma work and somatic-based modalities has allowed her to work with clients presenting a wide range of difficulties, including trauma of all types, relational conflict, anxiety, depression, and emotion regulation.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Courtney Rolfe maintains a private practice and has an employment relationship with Psychosocial Rehabilitation Bilingual Program. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Courtney Rolfe has a professional relationship with Deb Dana.
Objectives
- Determine the principles of Polyvagal Theory and how to communicate them in client friendly language.
- Distinguish three circuits of the autonomic nervous system for use in client psychoeducation.
- Analyze how the autonomic nervous system operates as an internal surveillance system and its impact on clients’ habitual responses to trauma.
- Determine how to help clients engage the regulating capacities of the autonomic nervous system that create an environment of safety.
- Determine how to exercise the Social Engagement System to assist clients in becoming more adept in skills of co-regulating and creating reciprocal relationships.
- Assess for patterns in clients’ autonomic states to better inform treatment planning.
Outline
- ESSENTIALS OF POLYVAGAL THEORY
The evolution of the autonomic nervous system
How trauma shapes ways the body responds
Three organizing principles of Polyvagal Theory:
Neuroception: Detection without perception
Hierarchy: 3 predictable pathways of response
Coregulation: The biological imperative - NEUROCEPTION AND THE SHAPING OF AUTONOMIC PATHWAYS
How the internal surveillance system works
Identifying cues of safety and danger
Connecting to our innate autonomic wisdom
Understanding patterns of protection and connection - NAVIGATE THE AUTONOMIC HIERARCHY
Exploring three autonomic circuits
Sympathetic mobilization
Ventral vagal connection
Dorsal vagal collapse
How trauma shapes biology
Moving between states
Introduction to autonomic mapping - THE SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT SYSTEM
The five elements of the Social Engagement System
What happens when parts of the system are unavailable?
Using the Social Engagement System to regulate states
How to “exercise” the Social Engagement System - SHAPING THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM TOWARD SAFETY
Identifying portals of intervention
Using breath as a regulator
Resourcing new patterns through movement
Exploring the autonomic response to touch
Using autonomic imagery - INCORPORATING POLYVAGAL THEORY IN CLINICAL PRACTICE
Getting comfortable teaching Polyvagal
Theory to clients
Tracking the flow of a Polyvagal-guided clinical session
Polyvagal-guided assessment and treatment planning
Polyvagal Theory and Phase I trauma treatment - RESPONSIBILITIES OF A POLYVAGAL GUIDED THERAPIST
The guiding questions
Ethical considerations
Research limitations and potential risk
Target Audience
- Counselors
- Social Workers
- Psychologists
- Case Managers
- Addiction Counselors
- Marriage and Family Therapists
- Nurses
- Other Mental Health Professionals
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