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Join us at the iconic DeSoto Hotel, a historic landmark in the heart of Savannah, Georgia, or virtually online, for 212 days of immersive learning and transformation.

Don’t miss this rare opportunity to train with world-renowned clinician, author, and leading voice in the clinical application of Polyvagal Theory—Deb Dana, LCSW!

Known for making the science of safety and connection practical and accessible, Deb has guided thousands of clinicians worldwide to integrate the nervous system into trauma treatment with life-changing results. Now, she’s bringing her 212 day immersive training to the historic DeSoto Hotel in Savannah, Georgia—or join virtually from anywhere.

Through hands-on, interactive learning—including live demos, guided exercises, and experiential practice—you’ll not only learn the concepts, you’ll feel them in your own nervous system so you can bring them to life for your clients.

You’ll be able to:

  • Practice autonomic mapping with Deb’s live guidance so you can confidently notice and name your own and your client’s states in sessions.
  • Experience the Safety/Danger Equation firsthand and learn how to resource protective patterns into pathways of connection.
  • Learn how to “exercise” the Social Engagement System and strengthen clients’ capacity for connection.
  • Explore the blended states of play and stillness—and practice how to bring these powerful healing states alive in therapy.
  • Gain hands-on experience with Polyvagal-guided practices so you leave ready to integrate the organizing principles of Polyvagal Theory into every stage of trauma treatment.

By the end, you’ll walk away with embodied skills you’ve practiced and made your own—not just ideas on paper.

Whether you join us in Savannah under moss-draped oaks or tune in virtually, this is your chance to learn directly from the clinician who defined how Polyvagal Theory comes alive in practice.

Seats are limited—reserve your spot now and experience Deb Dana’s powerful, experiential training!

 

Deb Dana’s Polyvagal Theory Intensive
Integrating the Science of Safety and Connection in Trauma Work

April 27-29, 2026

Join us in historical Savannah, Georgia
Or watch the webcast from home!


Join us Live In-Person
The DeSoto Hotel in Savannah, Georgia

★ 212 days LIVE training with Deb Dana, LCSW!
★ Breakfast, Lunch and Coffee/Tea Included!
★ Up to 15.25 CE Hours
★ Hands on learning and personalized interactions with Deb
★ Network with your peers from across the country
★ Archive Recording Available for 30 Days


$799.99
Can’t Attend In-Person?
Join Us Live Online

★ 212 days LIVE ONLINE training with Deb Dana, LCSW!
★ Join us from the comfort of your home
★ Up to 15.25 CE Hours
★ Virtual experiential work will be supported by master clinician, Kristina Zorger, Psy.D
★ Virtual networking with colleagues across the country
★ Archive Recording Available for 30 Days

$399.99
Polyvagal Theory Intensive Schedule
All times are U.S. Eastern Time

 

Monday, April 27, 2026

7:00–8:00 am
Breakfast with Deb Dana and your colleagues
8:00 am–12:00 pm
CE Training
12:00–1:00 pm
Lunch (provided)
1:00–3:00 pm
CE Training
3:00 pm
Free time! Enjoy the on-site art collection, luxury spa, a Sip & Stroll guided walking tour of Savannah’s Historic District, great dining and so much more!

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

7:00–8:00 am
Breakfast with Deb Dana and your colleagues
8:00 am–12:00 pm
CE Training
12:00–1:00 pm
Lunch (provided)
1:00–3:00 pm
CE Training
3:00 pm
Free time! Enjoy the on-site art collection, luxury spa, a Sip & Stroll guided walking tour of Savannah’s Historic District, great dining and so much more!
 

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

7:00–8:00 am
Breakfast
8:00 am–12:00 pm
CE Training
12:00 pm
Training over, go have more fun on your own!
 

Total CE Hours: Up to 15.25

See What Your Colleagues Are Saying About Deb Dana!

Deb Dana’s Polyvagal Theory Intensive
Integrating the Science of Safety and Connection in Trauma Work

April 27-29, 2026

Join us in historical Savannah, Georgia
Or watch the webcast from home!


Join us Live In-Person
The DeSoto Hotel in Savannah, Georgia

★ 212 days LIVE training with Deb Dana, LCSW!
★ Breakfast, Lunch and Coffee/Tea Included!
★ Up to 15.25 CE Hours
★ Hands on learning and personalized interactions with Deb
★ Network with your peers from across the country
★ Archive Recording Available for 30 Days


$799.99
Can’t Attend In-Person?
Join Us Live Online

★ 212 days LIVE ONLINE training with Deb Dana, LCSW!
★ Join us from the comfort of your home
★ Up to 15.25 CE Hours
★ Virtual experiential work will be supported by master clinician, Kristina Zorger, Psy.D
★ Virtual networking with colleagues across the country
★ Archive Recording Available for 30 Days

$399.99
What You’ll Learn During Your Three Days


Take your practice to the next level! Here’s what you’ll learn at the beautiful, historical DeSoto Hotel, where you can find an onsite pool, spa, art gallery, and much more within walking distance!



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 automatic wisdom
  • Understanding patterns of protection and connection
  • Moving from neuroception to awareness
  • Using the Safety/Danger Equation to resource patterns of
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
  • Creating skill with the Notice and Name practice
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
Tracking Autonomic States
  • Seeing patterns over time
  • Use micro-moments to resource change
  • Explore the blended states of play and stillness
  • Create autonomic anchors
  • Using continuums to track changes within a state
Meeting the Biological Need for Connection
  • Creating safety in co-regulation
  • Ways to use your autonomic state as a co-regulating resource
  • Noticing moments of misattunement and making a repair
Shaping the Autonomic Nervous System Toward Safety
  • Identify portals of intervention
  • Using breath as a regulator
  • Resourcing new patterns through movement
  • Exploring the autonomic response to touch
  • Using autonomic imagery
  • Exploring the stretch to stress continuum
  • Building safety with breath, movement, and imagery
  • Writing new autonomic stories
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

Kristina Zorger, PSY.D. will be will be assisting Deb onsite by supporting participants in the online chat, guiding virtual and in-person experiential work, and offering the opportunity for Q&A throughout the event to virtual attendees.



By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

  1. Determine the principles of Polyvagal Theory and how to communicate them in client friendly language.
  2. Distinguish three circuits of the autonomic nervous system for use in client psychoeducation.
  3. Analyze how the autonomic nervous system operates as an internal surveillance system and its impact on clients’ habitual responses to trauma.
  4. Determine how to help clients engage the regulating capacities of the autonomic nervous system that create an environment of safety.
  5. Determine how tfeso exercise the Social Engagement System to assist clients in becoming more adept in skills of co-regulation and creating reciprocal relationships.
  6. Assess for patterns in clients’ autonomic states to better inform treatment planning.
  7. Support the trauma-informed therapist’s role as co-regulator and its impact on clinical outcomes.
  8. Distinguish portals of intervention in the autonomic nervous system to more effectively establish safety and treat trauma.
  9. Employ the right degree of neural challenge and exercises to employ with clients to help shape the autonomic nervous system toward safety and connection.
  10. Evaluate how to work with the cycle or reciprocity-rupture-repair in helping clients achieve the biological need for connection.
  11. Design a Polyvagal-guided clinical practice based on appropriate assessment and treatment planning.
  12. Categorize ethical issues, research limitations, and potential risks to be considered by a Polyvagal-guided therapist.

DISCOUNTED ROOM RATES – LIMITED AVAILABILITY
Reserve your room now at the exclusive conference rate!
Hotel Discounted rate ends April 6, 2026


The DeSoto reigns as “Savannah’s Favorite Hotel,” a beloved landmark that has played gracious hostess to presidents, local personalities, and visitors since 1890. Treasured period details, including original crystal chandeliers and terracotta tiles, mix seamlessly with museum-worthy contemporary art, creating a thoughtful juxtaposition between history and modern-day style.


The DeSoto
15 East Liberty Street
Savannah, GA 31401
866-810-5325
 
Reserve Your Room Now!
If you would like to extend your stay, please call The DeSoto at 866-810-5325.
*Please be advised that the block may fill up before the cut-off date of 4/6/2026.
After this date, or fulfillment of the block, the hotel may take reservations on an availability basis at the best available advertised rate.

Deb Dana’s Polyvagal Theory Intensive
Integrating the Science of Safety and Connection in Trauma Work

April 27-29, 2026

Join us in historical Savannah, Georgia
Or watch the webcast from home!


Join us Live In-Person
The DeSoto Hotel in Savannah, Georgia

★ 212 days LIVE training with Deb Dana, LCSW!
★ Breakfast, Lunch and Coffee/Tea Included!
★ Up to 15.25 CE Hours
★ Hands on learning and personalized interactions with Deb
★ Network with your peers from across the country
★ Archive Recording Available for 30 Days


$799.99
Can’t Attend In-Person?
Join Us Live Online

★ 212 days LIVE ONLINE training with Deb Dana, LCSW!
★ Join us from the comfort of your home
★ Up to 15.25 CE Hours
★ Virtual experiential work will be supported by master clinician, Kristina Zorger, Psy.D
★ Virtual networking with colleagues across the country
★ Archive Recording Available for 30 Days

$399.99
Meet Your Trainer


Deb Dana, LCSW
Deb Dana, LCSW, 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 at 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).

To learn more, visit rhythmofregulation.com or www.polyvagalinstitute.org.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Deb Dana delivers an exercise and intervention-heavy training that will give you the tools you need to more effectively treat clients with a variety of mental health disorders, including PTSD, trauma, anxiety, depression, personality disorders, and more.


Yes! This training is for all clinicians — trained in PVT or not.


Up to 15.25 LIVE CE hours are available.


YES! You'll be able to engage with the presenter and chat with colleagues throughout each presentation.


Yes! You get unlimited replay access for 90 days after the training. Replays will be available within the week after the training ends and will be in the same place where the live sessions took place in your account portal.


This training is designed for:

 
  • Counselors
  • Social Workers
  • Psychologists
  • Case Managers
  • Addiction Counselors
  • Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Nurses
  • Other Mental Health Professionals

From Purchase Date until March 27, 2026: Cancellation results in a full refund less a $100 administrative fee

From March 28, 2026 until April 27, 2026: Cancellation results in a 50% penalty of the total purchase amount

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