This workshop explores psychotherapy through the lens of polyvagal theory with a specific focus on working with trauma. Emphasis is placed on using intuitive, everyday language to illustrate the application of polyvagal theory to clinical practice. Specific principles and interventions will be discussed with the hope that what the participants learned will be immediately applicable when they see the clients the next day.

Objectives:

1. Participants will increase their understanding of the body’s response to trauma.
2. Participants will learn how Polyvagal Theory provides a neurophysiological framework for understanding how trauma shapes the brains and arousal capacity
3. Participants will practice case conceptualization from the perspective of Polyvagal Theory. * Participants will learn strategies for how to best help clients address symptoms related to trauma

Teaching method: Didactic

Student discount and sliding scale discount available. Please contact us at chicagominds@gmail.com for details.

Workshop participants who opt to receive CE certification, please select the CEU option. This workshop fulfills requirement for 1.5 CE credits. CE sponsorship is approved by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR), credits are applicable to LCSW and transferrable to LCPC in Illinois. If you have a different licensure or are licensed outside of Illinois, please check with your licensure body before purchasing.

About the Speaker

Ling Lam, Ph.D. MFT is a Lecturer in the Counseling Psychology Department at Santa Clara  University, and a TEDx Speaker on the Power of Feeling Safe: How Kindness Restores Resilience. 

He holds a Ph.D. from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, an M.A. in Counseling  Psychology from Santa Clara University, and an M.S. and B.S. (with distinction) in Electrical  Engineering from Stanford University. Before he became a licensed therapist, Ling worked as  an engineer in Silicon Valley and was part of the original engineering team that invented the  world’s first HDMI chip.