Deborah Dana – Polyvagal Theory in Action

Description Of Polyvagal Theory in Action

At its most basic level, human communication is one nervous system responding to another, searching for signals that it’s safe to connect and flooding us with distress responses when it’s not. Polyvagal Theory has revolutionized our understanding of the complex, unconscious forces at play in our therapeutic interactions, offering a road map to help us navigate and engage this deeply embodied system. In this recording, you’ll learn how to use the five pathways of the Social Engagement System to regulate your own states and enter into fuller autonomic attunement with your clients.

What you’ll learn in Polyvagal Theory in Action

Objectives

1. Employ exercises designed to engage the neural circuits of your client’s Social Engagement System to improve clinical outcomes.
2. Catalogue moments of autonomic disconnection and find the right repair in sessions.
3. Create an environment of autonomic safety using the “inside, outside, and between” guide.
4. Use your own Social Engagement System to effectively coregulate with clients.
5. Assess the impact of trauma on the autonomic nervous system.

Outline

The Autonomic Nervous System

• The Autonomic Impact of Trauma
• Flexible vs. Rigid Autonomic Nervous System

Polyvagal Theory
3 Organizing Principles

• Neuroception
• Hierarchy
• Co-regulation

The Social Engagement System

• The Power of Eyes
• Prosody
• Vocal Bursts
• Reciprocity-Rupture-Repair
• Breath
• Movement

Guiding Questions & Conclusion

Target Audience

• Psychologists
• Physicians
• Addiction Counselors
• Counselors
• Social Workers
• Marriage & Family Therapists
• Nurses
• Other Behavioral Health Professionals

About Deborah Dana

Deb Dana, LCSW, LICSW, is a 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 clinical work. She is a founding member of the Polyvagal Institute, clinical advisor Khiron Clinics, and an advisor to Unyte.

Deb is the author of The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy: Engaging the Rhythm of Regulation (Norton, 2018), Polyvagal Exercises for Safety and Connection: 50 Client-Centered Practices (Norton, 2020), Befriending Your Nervous System (Sounds True, 2020), Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory (forthcoming from Sounds True), co-editor of Clinical Applications of the Polyvagal Theory: The Emergence of Polyvagal-Informed Therapies (Norton, 2018), and creator of the Polyvagal Flip Chart (Norton, 2020).

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Deborah Dana maintains a private practice, is an advisor with Unyte/iLS and is a consultant with the Veterans Association and Khiron Clinics. She receives a consulting fee and speaker honorarium from Sounds True. Deborah Dana receives a speaking honorarium from Life Architect and Embody Lab and receives royalties as a published author. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. All relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations have been mitigated.

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

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