Deactivating the Polyvagal Response to Racial Trauma

Deactivating the Polyvagal Response to Racial Trauma

Description:

Good intentions are not enough to heal generational wounds incurred by racial trauma and decades of systematic racism.

It requires refined knowledge and skills that many clinicians were never taught.

That’s why we’re bringing you a brand-new approach to treatment!

Polyvagal theory for complex racial trauma offers a profound method for developing connection with clients to resolve trauma. Targeting the vagus nerve, polyvagal response deactivation interventions sooth the nervous systems of both you and the client. Through this interactive co-regulating process you will transform your clients’ minds, bodies, and your practice.

Get ready for an incredibly impactful one-day training with Candice Dickens, LPC. With 30 years of experience as a clinician, she specializes in trauma-based care and the intersection of race, ethnicity and other cultural factors. Candice shares with you a moving experience of learning to lead clients through processing their own complex trauma related to race, childhood experiences, and more – while also deepening your understanding of your own nervous system reactions in session.

In this online training you’ll learn how to receive the client as they are, enriching your dyadic attunement. The unique application of polyvagal response to racial trauma encourages:

Processing of intergenerational and legacy trauma
Growth of new neurological connections changing old patterns
Decreased reaction to triggering stimuli related to race seen on media and other places
And much more!
Don’t wait, learn how to help clients resolve complex racial trauma symptoms today in this one-of-a-kind training!

Outline:
Pathways of Trauma Genesis: Development of Generational Transmission

Intergenerational trauma – how it works
Racial Trauma as Infinity Complex traumas
Redefining Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Eurocentric cultural biases
Discerning complex racial and ethnic trauma
Enhance skills for clients of intersectional identities
Racial Trauma and the Polyvagal Response: Healing Its Impact and Moving Forward

Essential components of polyvagal theory
Polyvagal response to racial trauma for all
Neurological connections and our clients’ worlds
Adrenaline fatigue, burnout from “survival mode”
Shame, grief, and self-deprecation, a psycho-social perspective
Unique Aspects of Assessing Racial Trauma: Find Hidden Trauma

Comorbidities – discern symptoms from systemic oppression
How to identify index traumas
Tips for deactivating response to internal and external triggers
Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES)
Identification of racial specific trauma and stress
Use cultural competency to foster rapport
Deactivate Trauma Responses and Move Toward Safety

Experiential mind-body breathwork for vagus nerve soothing
How to use internal resourcing for healing trauma
5 Ways to liberate traumatic racial memories
Legacy trauma unburdening and unpacking
Building community support and other protective factors
Creating safety regulation in traumatized clients
Tools for Therapeutic Racial Justice in Session

Tips for incorporating cultural humility
Cultural practices as tools for generational healing
Scripts for enhancing communication on difficult topics
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