Autonomic Wisdom: What We Know About the Nervous System and How It Guides Our Work
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ABOUT THIS MASTER CLASS
What nervous system beliefs guide your personal life and professional work? Perhaps it's "my nervous system knows the way," "story follows state," "micro moments are the pathway to change," “everyone has a home in ventral” or one of the many other adages Polyvagal Theory has helped us understand. In this workshop we will first explore our personal guiding nervous system beliefs and how these beliefs sustain us and then dive into ways the wisdom of the nervous system shapes our clinical choices. Using the organizing principles of Polyvagal Theory we will identify autonomic truths and bring curiosity to how they can be applied to support client safety and therapeutic success.
ABOUT YOUR TEACHER
Deb Dana
Deb Dana, LCSW is an author, clinician, and consultant specializing in using the lens of Polyvagal Theory to understand and resolve the impact of trauma and create ways of working that honor the role of the autonomic nervous system. She developed the Rhythm of Regulation Clinical Training Series and lectures internationally on ways Polyvagal Theory informs work with trauma survivors. She is a founding member of the Polyvagal Institute, clinical advisor to Khiron Clinics, and an advisor to Unyte.
Deb’s clinical work published with W.W. Norton includes The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy: Engaging the Rhythm of Regulation, Polyvagal Exercises for Safety and Connection: 50 Client Centered Practices, and the Polyvagal Flip Chart. She partners with Sounds True to bring her polyvagal perspective to a general audience through the audio program “Befriending Your Nervous System: Looking Through the Lens of Polyvagal Theory” and her forthcoming print book Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory.