- Identify the psychological factors associated with resilience after trauma exposure
- Describe how to enhance neuroplasticity within trauma treatment
- Recognize physiological markers of resilience and how is related to both physical and mental health
- Understand the markers of post-traumatic growth
Resilience and Post-Traumatic Growth: An Integrative Mind-Body Approach to Trauma Recovery
Dre Arielle Schwartz, Psychologist
About the expert
Renowned speaker, author, and esteemed clinical psychologist, Dr. Arielle Schwartz has been widely recognized for her research and clinical advancements in trauma treatment, which have shaped the landscape of trauma recovery and elevated the standard of care all across therapeutic settings. Dr. Schwartz promotes a strength-based, embodied approach to trauma recovery that emphasizes self-driven healing to facilitate post-traumatic growth. Drawing on the principles of EMDR, somatic psychology, mindfulness-based therapies, and relational psychotherapy, she developed Resilience Informed Therapy—an integrative model of care for facilitating recovery from childhood trauma, PTSD, complex-PTSD and Dissociation. Dr. Schwartz has been teaching therapeutic yoga since 2008, and she is the author of Therapeutic Yoga for Trauma Recovery, a widely referenced guide to applied Polyvagal Theory for trauma recovery. She has also authored numerous books covering extensive research and guiding techniques in trauma treatment.
Learning objectives
Learning material
A theoretical course illustrated with clinical examples. This course consists of videos of 5 to 15 minutes each. The course PowerPoint is available for download.
Syllabus
- 1. Introduction
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Understanding Trauma and Resilience
- 2. Defining Trauma
- 3. Defining Resilience and Post-Traumatic Growth
- 4. Factors of Resilience
- 5. Resilience-Informed Therapy
- 6. Neuroplasticity and the 6 Rs of Neuropsychotherapy
- 7. Applied Polyvagal Theory and Trauma Recovery
- 8. The Vagus Nerve and Polyvagal Theory
- 9. The Social Engagement System and the Tiered Response to Threat
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The 6 Rs: A Clinical Framework for Trauma Recovery
- 10. Relating
- 11. Resourcing
- 12. Resourcing: Practice Exercises
- 13. Repatterning: Embodiment and the Body-Mind Connection
- 14. Repatterning: Fascia, the Vagus Nerve, and the Psoas
- 15. Repatterning: Posture, Movement, and Somatic Interventions
- 16. Reprocessing
- 17. Reflecting
- 18. Resilience
- 19. Conclusion
- PowerPoint
- Bibliography
CE Credits
Download a certificate of successful completion.
Audience
This course is intended for all mental health professionals.
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