ODW Regulated and Resilient: A Polyvagal Guide to Navigating Challenging Times with Deb Dana

Led by Deb Dana, LCSW

This is a 1 hour On Demand Webinar. Access information, resources and CEU information will be available shortly after registration and registrants will be given unlimited access to the recording for a full year.

This webinar was broadcasted live on October 22, 2022 as part of the Collective Trauma Conference

We are wired for connection. Our nervous systems are social structures that find balance and stability in relationships with others. Our biology shapes the way we navigate living, loving, and working.

Polyvagal Theory offers a way to use this understanding in service of individuals, families, communities, and global well-being. It explains the science of connection and offers a map of the nervous system to guide our exploration.

The ability to navigate the challenges of everyday life is a marker of well-being and is dependent on the autonomic nervous system. What begins with our biology becomes the story that shapes our days.

Polyvagal Theory gives us a map of the ways our bodies respond to both the ordinary and extraordinary challenges of life. When we are anchored in the safety of a regulated nervous system, pathways of connection come alive. Then we can travel those pathways in service of healing.

In this presentation, Deb will look through the lens of the nervous system to explore ways to listen with curiosity and compassion to emerging autonomic states. Our goal is to answer the essential question, “What does the nervous system need in this moment to find safety in connection?”

At the conclusion of the workshop, attendees will be better able to —

• Develop an understanding of how the autonomic nervous system shapes behaviors and beliefs
• Utilize practices to engage the regulating pathways of the autonomic nervous system

This training offers 1 hours of direct contact (not counting breaks or lunch). It is the participant’s responsibility to check with their individual state boards/regulatory body to verify CE requirements for their license to practice.

For Attendees of On Demand/Recorded Version

If you cannot verify 100% attendance of the Live Broadcast or if you are watching the On Demand/recorded version of this webinar, you will need to complete a Post-Webinar Quiz with a pass of at least 80% in order to verify your attendance. 

For Canadian and International participants

Upon fulfillment of the above requirements, Canadian and international participants will be issued a Certificate of Participation which features:

• Name of Participant
• Title of Training
• Name of Presenter plus their credentials
• Number of hours of training
• Date of training
• Confirmation that you have passed a quiz with at least 80% grade to verify your attendance

Please check carefully with your regulating body/organization that this certificate is sufficient proof for you to claim CEUs.

For general information about Continuing Education for Canadians and International participants, please click here.  

This training is aimed at all mental health professionals including:

• Marriage and Family Therapists
• Clinical and Counselling Psychologists
• Psychiatric Social Workers
• Pastoral Counsellors
• Psychotherapists
• Psychiatrists
• Physicians
• Nurse Practitioners
• Occupational Therapists
• Counsellors
• Graduate Students in Accredited Programs in the Above Fields
• case managers
• licensed professional counsellors
• all other professionals who would like to develop, update or expand their skills and knowledge in mental health practices

What level of knowledge the attendee should have in this topic?
– Intermediate/Advanced