Application of Theory and Integrating Interventions
Neuroscience, Trauma, and the Body
- Single vs. repeated vs. extended trauma
- Developmental trauma vs. complex trauma
- Adverse childhood experiences
- Current research on the neurobiology of traumatic stress
- How trauma affects the developing mind and brain
- The psychological impact & long-term effects of trauma on physical & mental health
- Stress response patterns as survival strategies
- Fight, Flight, Freeze, Faint, Fawn, Fool around & Fidget
- Strategies to help clients understand and process what is happening in their body
- Hyper- and hypo-arousal and the window of tolerance
- The impact of trauma on somatic experiencing and the sensory system
- How sensorimotor processing can alleviate the re-experiencing of trauma
The Neurobiology of Attachment
- Differentiating between disrupted attachment and traumatic stress
- Interpersonal neurobiology
- Mirror neurons, empathy and connecting with others
- Relationships can reshape our brains
- Attachment and attunement in the therapeutic relationship
- Attachment style impacts your client’s relationships
- Neurological basis of attachment and co-regulation
- Current research on yoga and mental health ~ benefits, risks & limitations
The Triune Brain, Regulation and Polyvagal Theory
- Current research on yoga and mental health ~ benefits, risks & limitations
- The importance of understanding the triune brain and how yoga…
- Calms the amygdala and quiets the brain
- Regulates our arousal system
- Widens the window of tolerance
- Top-down and bottom-up regulation
- Heart rate variability (HRV) and vagal nerve tone
- Yoga as a clinical intervention to treat symptoms of complex trauma, anxiety and depression
- Embodied strategies teach the brain and body to work in harmony
- Reframe trauma experiences
- Increase self-regulation
- Connect clients to a mind-body awareness
- Increase positive experiences
- Promote healing & Improve mental health
Applications for Trauma Treatment
- Clinical applications for yoga
- Foundation of traditional yoga informs the 5 themes
- The 5 themes of trauma-informed yoga
- Strengths and limitations of yoga as part of psychotherapy
- Create and communicate therapy goals reflecting the themes
- Integrating trauma-sensitive yoga in clinical work
- Practice and adapt yoga for a variety of settings, abilities & age levels to…
- Restore the capacity to play through games & creative movements
- Increase trust & build healthy attachments through family and partner yoga
- Decrease dysregulation & improve distress tolerance skills
- Reduce emotional numbing, depression, and dissociation
- Help children and adults gain mastery over their lives with mindfulness techniques that can reduce intrusive images and “stuck” memories
- Expand capacity for self-awareness with breathing exercises and interoceptive cues