International Childhood Trauma Conference

Session Description

The brain cannot think its way out of the symptoms of stress or trauma. It needs a way to work with the body to maximize healing. Polyvagal theory provides us with a transdiagnostic approach to therapy. We are addressing the physiological roots that underlie a wide range of physical and mental health conditions. This approach allows therapists and clients to compassionately understand and treat the imbalances within the autonomic nervous system that form the basis of most mood, anxiety, or traumatic stress related disorders. Traditionally, talk therapy focuses on the narratives of specific life events or losses. While interventions that focus on telling the story about distressing or traumatic experiences can be beneficial, they are often insufficient to facilitate a rebalancing of the autonomic nervous system. Join Arielle Schwartz, PhD, CCTP-II, E-RYT, internationally sought-out teacher and therapeutic yoga instructor, as she guides you through applied polyvagal theory as an embodied approach to psychotherapy. Within this program you will:

- Discover how to fine-tune the nervous system moment-by-moment to help clients come out of chronic stress

- Discover the power of positive neuroplasticity
- Address client’s health with simple breath, movement, and awareness practices
- Learn the fastest ways to reduce stress and regulate the nervous system
- Teach clients to naturally stimulate their vagus nerve to enhance their physical and emotional health

Session Program

4:00 pm

Applied Polyvagal Theory as an Embodied Approach to Psychotherapy

Arielle Schwartz

The brain cannot think its way out of the symptoms of stress or trauma. It needs a way to work with the body to maximize healing. Polyvagal theory provides us with a transdiagnostic approach to therapy. We are addressing the physiological roots that underlie a wide range of physical and mental health conditions. This approach allows therapists and clients to compassionately understand and treat the imbalances within the autonomic nervous system that form the basis of most mood, anxiety, or traumatic stress related disorders. Traditionally, talk therapy focuses on the narratives of specific life events or losses. While interventions that focus on telling the story about distressing or traumatic experiences can be beneficial, they are often insufficient to facilitate a rebalancing of the autonomic nervous system. Join Arielle Schwartz, PhD, CCTP-II, E-RYT, internationally sought-out teacher and therapeutic yoga instructor, as she guides you through applied polyvagal theory as an embodied approach to psychotherapy. Within this program you will: