Deborah Dana - Creating a Story of Safety: A Polyvagal Guide to Managing Anxiety

When daily life feels overwhelming and cues of danger trigger survival responses, clients struggle to hold on to hope. The world feels unsafe and they are ...

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Faculty:
Deborah Dana
Duration:
1 Hour 31 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Jun 04, 2020

Description

When daily life feels overwhelming and cues of danger trigger survival responses, clients struggle to hold on to hope. The world feels unsafe and they are pulled out of balance into a persistent state of worry. Working with a Polyvagal perspective we can engage the body’s regulating circuits to help clients regain a sense of safety. In this workshop, you’ll learn ways to use the resources of the nervous system to help your clients manage anxiety and create a pathway back to calm.

Handouts

Outline

The Polyvagal Theory of the Nervous System 

 

How our nervous systems shape our reaction to stress and trauma 

 

Resourcing and helping clients self-regulate  during times of distress and social distance 

Faculty

Creating a Story of Safety: A Polyvagal Guide to Managing Anxiety

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Deb Dana, LCSW is a clinician and consultant specializing in working with complex trauma. She is a consultant to the Traumatic Stress Research Consortium in the Kinsey Institute and clinical advisor to Khiron Clinics. She developed the Rhythm of Regulation Clinical Training Series and lectures internationally on ways Polyvagal Theory informs work with trauma survivors. Deb is the author of The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy: Engaging the Rhythm of Regulation, Polyvagal Exercises for Safety and Connection: 50 Client-Centered Practices, co-editor with Stephen Porges of Clinical Applications of the Polyvagal Theory: The Emergence of Polyvagal-Informed Therapies, and creator of the Polyvagal Flip Chart. rhythmofregulation.com

 

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Deborah Dana maintains a private practice. She is an author for W.W. Norton and receives royalties. She receives a consulting fee from Indiana University; and the Veterans Administration. Ms. Dana receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.

Non-financial: Deborah Dana has no relevant non-financial relationship.