Lead clients stuck in cycles of anxiety, fear, distress, and loneliness back to safety so they can start to heal
This understanding is at the heart of the Polyvagal Theory...
And, once you understand how to work with the nervous system, you can offer powerful, life-changing results to your clients. Even in the very first session.
It’s difficult for clients to change their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors when their nervous system is stuck in a state of fear or hopelessness. But when you help them change their nervous system state, THEN they can change their stories.
Polyvagal Theory provides the foundation that’ll help clients engage their nervous systems to access safety and compassion.
To help clients identify where their ANS is at—and where they need to be to find healing—check out the FREE, Personal Profile Map worksheet below.
It’s a simple first step that’ll help clients recognize and respond to changes in their nervous systems so they can regulate these internal shifts instead of being overwhelmed by them.
>>Download your free Personal Profile Map worksheet here.
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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 polyvagalinstitute.org.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Deborah Dana maintains a private practice, is an advisor with Unyte/iLS and is a consultant with the Veterans Association and Khiron Clinics. She receives a consulting fee and speaker honorarium from Sounds True. Deborah Dana receives a speaking honorarium from Life Architect and Embody Lab and receives royalties as a published author. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. All relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations have been mitigated.
Non-financial: Deborah Dana has no relevant non-financial relationships.
