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Distant Learning – 2022 – Module 2

Training Overview

All of our three-module Somatic Resilience and Regulation programs are held in a hybrid online format, which includes pre-recorded lectures and demonstrations, followed by Q&A and experiential practice sessions held live on Zoom. These programs are scheduled to be compatible with different international time zones to provide for a regionally-focused training, as noted on the training location schedule.
Graduate programs are held in person at the locations specified in the program listing.

A somatic approach to supporting recovery from developmental trauma

This three-module program will focus on understanding the effects of trauma during early development. We will present techniques for working with both children and adults, including recognizing developmental trauma in its adult disguises. By understanding how trauma affects the developing child, we can better understand our adult clients' symptoms of early trauma and be more effective in our work with them.

This course is intended as an integrated somatic approach for supporting and restoring clients’ resilience and self-regulation. The primary orientation is on more deeply understanding the impact of developmental trauma. The techniques we practice include the use of what we call intentional touch methods, which can be applied with or without the direct use of touch, making them applicable for both in-person work and online work.

The program consists of pre-recorded videos of lectures and demonstrations, with Q&A time and experiential practice of the specific somatic techniques during the live portions of the program.

In this three-module series, we will cover the following material:

  • How developmental trauma interrupts self-regulation, attachment, and physiology
  • The relationship of attachment and bonding to traumatic stress physiology
  • The somatic effects of developmental trauma
  • The interplay between the social engagement system, physiology, and attachment dynamics
  • Why the ACE (Adverse Childhood Experience) study is so important in generational and community healing
  • Using somatic techniques for supporting resilience, regulation, and repair
  • Ethics and protocols

Prerequisites:

Knowledge and experience in a bio-physiological model of trauma resolution, such as Somatic Experiencing, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, or the Hakomi Method, is required. Completion of the Touch Skills Training, Transforming the Experience-Based Brain, the Somatic Experiencing Intermediate level, or the equivalent, is a necessary foundation for this course.

Following is a list of topics that will be addressed in each module. We use an experiential and emergent design model for teaching, which means that topics evolve from the group exercises and discussion. The following gives an approximate order for the material presented, but there will be variation for each group experience.

Module 1

  • Overview of developmental trauma and its impact on physiological regulation
  • Four components of attachment and their relationship to survival
  • Introduction to attachment patterns: secure, anxious, avoidant, disorganized
  • Overview of the relationship between attachment patterns and survival
  • Understanding how your attachment pattern shows up in the therapy room
  • How neuroception and interoception affect attachment and traumatic stress responses
  • Looking at attachment and survival through the lens of the Polyvagal Theory
  • Introduction to the Window of Tolerance and its relationship to management strategies
  • Shame and its inhibitory impact
  • Common behavioral and physiological management strategies induced by early trauma
  • Intro to ACE (Adverse Childhood Experience) study and its importance in treatment
  • Somatic techniques for supporting regulation and safety
  • Somatic/touch methods for supporting resilience and restoration of social engagement

Module 2

  • Auto-regulation, co-regulation and self-regulation
  • Closer look at anxious and avoidant attachment patterns and their relationship to regulation and survival response
  • Introduction to neurosequential development in developmental trauma
  • Window of Tolerance, and the “Faux Window” management strategies commonly used
  • Adaptive/maladaptive responses: threat response behaviors (immobilization, mobilization, social communication or engagement, submission), physiological dysregulation
  • ACE study: indications of dysregulation and lack of resilience
  • Understanding when social engagement is too much for your client
  • Applying somatic approaches to the repair of shame
  • Introduction to working somatically with low tone physiology (dorsal system)
  • Supporting increased regulation and capacity for social engagement/bonding

Module 3

  • Closer look at disorganized/disoriented attachment patterns
  • The overlap between disorganized attachment patterns and complex trauma
  • Somatic methods for working with severe dysregulation and highly sensitive survival physiology
  • Understanding the re-regulation that’s necessary in working with disorganized attachment and complex trauma
  • Somatic adaptive behaviors and their impact on the ANS and overall regulatory functions
  • Working effectively with the dorsal vagus system to promote re-regulation and greater access to the ventral vagus and social engagement system
  • The dorsal system in relation to somatic over- and under-coupling
  • Traumatic transference and counter-transference

When And Where

Location(s):

Location: Hybrid Distance Learning 

Students must attend Skill Building Experience during real-time on Zoom.

Date(s):

Dates

March 11 & 12, 2023 (Online Hybrid Format)

 

 

Time(s):

Times:
Day 1: 8:45 AM  -  3:30 PM (Pacific Standard Time Zone)
Day 2: 8:45 AM -  3:30 PM (Pacific Standard Time Zone)

Video Lectures and Demos go LIVE on the website 30 days before each module start date so you can watch prior to the Skill Building Experience. The videos remain LIVE for review ten days following Skill Building Experience.

Students are required to attend both days of Skill Building Experience entirely to complete the module without exception.

Q&A Dates & Times
March 2, 2023 @ 4:30 pm PST (with Steve only)
March 9, 2023 @ 1:30pm PST (with Kathy only)

Watch The Training Videos

This training includes Distant Learning access. Distant Learning provides online lectures and demo videos you can view online, instead of having to attend the training in person. Videos go live 30 days prior to the Skill Building Experience.

Module 2 Video Access: Click Here

Video access goes live 30 days prior to the skill-building experience.

NOTE: You will need to enter your password to view the videos, which you'll receive after completing full payment for this module.

Payment And Related Information:

Tuition:

$1100 US per module
Single-Module Early Registration: $900 per module
when tuition is paid in full by the early registration deadline.

A deposit of $210 or payment in full is required to hold your place in the first module. Students enrolled in Module 1 are automatically enrolled for Modules 2 and 3. No further deposit is required.

Cancellation Policy:

  • Full refunds will be given if an applicant is denied acceptance into a training for any reason.
  • Full refunds will be given if a training is canceled by Resilience and Regulation, LLC.
  • A full refund, less a $100 cancellation fee, will be issued for students canceling at least 30 days prior to the start date of the training.
  • Students canceling within 30 days of a training start date will be refunded full tuition less $210 cancellation fee.
  • No refund will be issued for no‐shows or if registration is canceled after 4 pm US Central Standard Time the day before the training.
  • No refund will be issued after video lectures are made available for Hybrid Online Classes.
  • Partial refunds are not awarded for those who miss portions of the live training.

Inquiries:

Heather Smith - Heather@austinattach.com

Instructors:

Kathy L. Kain
Stephen J. Terrell, PsyD, SEP

Click here to learn more about Kathy and Stephen.

Continuing Education Information:

CE Information is being updated.

Alumni Discount:

Alumni (repeat students of a specific module) may receive a 50% discount off regular registration pricing. To receive your discount, please contact us for your coupon code and enter your code during checkout. To encourage early enrollment and save your space in a class, the coupon works for either early registration or regular registration and automatically adjust the amount due to 50% off of regular registration. Sorry, but no deposits are accepted for Alumni and full payment is expected at time of registration. Please note, there are no refunds available once payment is received unless Resilience and Regulation cancels the program due to unforeseen circumstances.

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