Deb Dana's Polyvagal-Informed Practitioner Online Course: Proven Interventions to Guide Clients...

If clients don’t feel safe in session, therapy is useless.

How do we connect with someone who’s so panicked they’re struggling to breathe? Or so shutdown they can barely raise their head?

Polyvagal Theory is the practice-proven, neuroscience-based roadmap relied on by thousands of therapists to provide clients relief from fear, anxiety and more...

... and now you can discover its life-changing tools that will empower your clients to feel the calm, safety and connection they so desperately need.

Take the journey to become a Polyvagal-Informed practitioner with the world’s leading Polyvagal theory experts, clinicians, and founding members of the Polyvagal Institute, including Deb Dana, LCSW, Stephen Porges, PhD, and Jan Winhall, MSW, FOT!

You’ll master the latest clinical applications of Polyvagal theory in an easy-to-understand, step-by-step manner... which can be used by themselves or combined with any other modality!

This online course is available immediately to complete at the time and pace of your choosing.

Become a Polyvagal-Informed practitioner today!

Deb Dana’s Polyvagal-Informed Practitioner Online Course:
Proven Interventions to Guide Clients Toward Safety and Connection

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“Polyvagal theory has been a godsend for trauma therapists and survivors alike, helping them understand symptoms and reactions that had been mysterious and uncontrollable. Deb Dana not only explains the theory clearly but also offers therapists practical steps for helping survivors remain regulated.”

—Richard C. Schwartz, PhD

Developer of the Internal Family Systems Model of psychotherapy

“Deb Dana has provided the definitive guide to integrating the concepts, maps, language and applications of polyvagal theory into any therapeutic modality.”

—Linda Graham, MFT

Author of Bouncing Back: Rewiring Your Brain for Maximum Resilience and Well-Being

“[The work of Stephen Porges and Deb Dana] teaches so many practical applications and shows how creative clinicians can use this work to settle even the most distressed human beings and help them transition into the state in which they are most likely to heal.”

—Norman Doidge, MD

Author, The Brain That Changes Itself, and The Brain’s Way of Healing

What You’ll Get As A Polyvagal-Informed Practitioner:

A proven approach that can quickly guide your clients out of fear and anxiety toward safety and connection
Step-by-step processes you can rely on to effectively map and regulate your client's nervous system
Powerful tools that empower your clients to manage their state and increase social engagement with others
Flexible interventions that work alongside and improve any therapeutic process or modality
Simple methods to self-regulate and lead by example as a Polyvagal-Informed practitioner
And so much more!

Your Course Outline

Whether you’re new to Polyvagal theory or familiar with its concepts, this course has everything you need to start seeing breakthrough results with your clients!

Course Introduction with Deb Dana, LCSW, and Tracy Jarvis, PESI UK Director

In an intimate discussion between Deb Dana and Tracy Jarvis, they dive deep into how Polyvagal theory has evolved over the years and how being a Polyvagal-Informed practitioner has revolutionised Deb’s clinic. They cover the common paths and pitfalls when using Polyvagal theory in practice, and how you can refine your approach to reap all the benefits of being a Polyvagal-Informed practitioner.

Therapy Through the Lens of the Nervous System

Before you can master Polyvagal theory, we need to start at the very beginning. Deb equips you with extremely powerful Polyvagal insights and tools, making understanding the complex nervous system a breeze. You’ll end this session with the foundational knowledge you need to confidently apply Polyvagal theory in your practice.

Co-Regulating Through the Social Engagement System

The social engagement system is vital for your clients' feelings of safety. Deb shares her favourite Polyvagal-Informed techniques and exercises she uses to influence this system, so you can guide your clients toward increased self-regulation, healing, and connection to others.

Anchoring in Ventral: Practices and Resources to Return to Regulation

Through various demonstrations and experiential exercises, Deb continues to equip you with resources to help your clients return to safety and connection. By using concepts such as glimmers, anchors, and SIFTing, you will be able to help your clients find safety and connection wherever they are. You’ll get the rare chance to watch these concepts in practice through real-life, practical examples of them in action — so you’ll know exactly how to apply them in session with your clients.

The System in Action - Shifts, Continuums and Blended States

Increasing the flexibility of your client’s nervous system is a key skill for any Polyvagal-Informed therapist. Deb emphasises the critical importance of the vagal brake for doing this and provides more practical steps you can take to hold space for your client’s nervous system and increase their autonomic self-awareness and self-regulation.

Rupture and Repair in Polyvagal-Informed Practice

When you’re working with clients, ruptures in the therapeutic relationship are inevitable. Deb outlines the common mistakes therapists run into, and how to address them in a Polyvagal-Informed manner to achieve maximum repair and reconnection with your client.

Polyvagal-Informed Tracking, Treatment Planning and Self-Care

Once you have developed your clients’ self-awareness of their autonomic state, you need to help them integrate this knowledge into their day-to-day lives. Deb shows you how to do this using proven methods to track their state and set goals for themselves. Deb also discusses the responsibilities of being a Polyvagal-Informed practitioner and using your energy to encourage healing in your clients.

Treating Trauma and Addiction with the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model

Seasoned trauma and addiction expert Jan Winhall, MSW, FOT, introduces you to her Felt Sense Polyvagal Model™ (FSPM) which combines Polyvagal theory, Gendlin’s Focusing approach to psychotherapy, and more. Through a combination of theoretical models, experiential exercises, and video demonstrations, Jan will give you the skills to use FSPM to address the interplay between trauma and addiction in your clients so that they can break the cycle and empower themselves.

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Key Neurobiological Insights of the Impact of Trauma on Attachment

Watch an intimate conversation between Stephen Porges, PhD, Ruth Lanius, MD, PhD, Pat Ogden, PhD, and Tracy Jarvis, PESI UK Director, as they give their insights on the latest neurobiology behind trauma and attachment, including the impact of societal factors such as racialised trauma and systemic oppression on our clients.

Intergenerational Trauma Through the Lens of Polyvagal Theory

Stephen Porges, PhD, the developer of Polyvagal theory, discusses the impact of intergenerational trauma on our clients and methods that can be used to achieve co-regulation in cultures impacted by marginalisation and fear.

A Polyvagal Exploration of the Impact of Choice to the Experience of Safety

Deb Dana, LCSW, applies Polyvagal-Informed practice for working specifically with women and trauma. You’ll discover how to establish the three essential elements of connection, context, and choice so that deep processing and healing can take place.

Meet the Course Experts:

Deb Dana, LCSW, is a world-leading Polyvagal theory expert, clinician, and consultant specialising in using the lens of Polyvagal theory to understand and resolve the impact of trauma and create ways of working that honour 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, a 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).
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Stephen Porges, PhD, is the creator of Polyvagal theory and is a founder of the Polyvagal Institute. He is also founding director of the Traumatic Stress Research Consortium within the Kinsey Institute, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Maryland. He is a distinguished University Scientist at Indiana University and has published approximately 400 peer-reviewed scientific papers across several disciplines.

He is the author of The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological Foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, and Self-Regulation (Norton, 2011), The Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal Theory: The Transformative Power of Feeling Safe (Norton, 2017), Polyvagal Safety (Norton, 2021), co-author with Seth Porges of Our Body Polyvagal World (Norton, 2023), and co-editor with Deb Dana of Clinical Applications of the Polyvagal Theory: The Emergence of Polyvagal-Informed Therapies (Norton, 2018). Dr Porges is also the creator of a music-based intervention, the Safe and Sound Protocol™, which currently is used by approximately 3,000 therapists to improve spontaneous social engagement, reduce hearing sensitivities, and improve language processing, state regulation, and spontaneous social engagement.
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Jan Winhall, MSW, FOT, is the founder of the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model™ and a Polyvagal expert, author, teacher, and seasoned trauma and addiction psychotherapist. She is an Educational Partner and Course Developer with the Polyvagal Institute where she teaches a certification course based on her book Treating Trauma and Addiction with the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model (Routledge 2021). She is an adjunct lecturer at the University of Toronto and a Certifying Co-Ordinator with the International Focusing Institute.
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The Next Steps in Advancing Your Practice

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