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URL:https://twinlakesrecoverycenter.com/tlrc-events/whole-person-grief-tre
 atment/
SUMMARY:Whole Person Grief Treatment - A Brain-Based and Polyvagal Informed
  Approach (with Debra Alvis\, Ph.D.\, C-IAYT)
DESCRIPTION:Virtual: $60\nPending approval for GA &amp\; SC: LPC\, LCSW\, L
 MFT\nRegister Here\n\nDescription:\nThe grief process can be draining for 
 clients and exhausting for therapists – especially during such unprecede
 nted times. Help your clients to navigate the complexity and profundity of
  grief while building resiliency through the four pathways of brain\, body
 \, mind\, and heart. Offer psychoeducation\, explained through brain-based
  and polyvagal lenses\, how these four pathways can be engaged to support 
 their grief process and enhance resilience. For each of the pathways\, off
 er easy to apply instrumental practice tools designed to support whole-per
 son grief integration. Teach clients to self-soothe\, how to be present fo
 r themselves as they move through emotions\, and to create a safe and comf
 orting space in which to heal. Engage clients in recognizing the poignancy
  and enduring beauty of memories\, the glimmers of joy amidst the sadness\
 , and to find new meaning and purpose through allowing\, accepting\, and t
 ransforming loss. Ready clients to identify and shift polyvagal states whi
 le establishing new brain pathways to support resiliency and growth.\n\nJo
 in Debra as she weaves together theory\, research\, an application utilizi
 ng mindfulness\, and somatic approaches. Her whole-person approach is grou
 nded in a foundation of Polyvagal\, contemplative\, and brain-based theori
 es. This seminar conclude with new\, effective tools for addressing grief 
 and the renewal needed to easily support the grief process.\n\nObjectives:
 \n\n 	Discuss the neurophysiology of grief and identify two strategies to 
 renew the depleted nervous.\n 	Detail how to track a client’s vagal stat
 es and demonstrate how to serve as a safety and connection anchor.\n 	Desc
 ribe how movement and breath impact the agitated nervous system and apply 
 two strategies for calming and grounding.\n 	Summarize the grief related l
 iterature on mindfulness and one acceptance practice and one emotional reg
 ulation practice.\n 	Indicate the evidence-based role of self-compassion i
 n grief recovery and implement two self-compassion interventions.\n 	Delin
 eate three key cultural sensitivity guidelines for adapting grief approach
 es.\n\n\nAbout the speaker:\nDebra Premashakti Alvis\, Ph.D.\, C-IAYT\, is
  a licensed psychologist and yoga therapist practicing in Athens\, Georgia
 . Debra developed and led the Mind/Body program at the University Health C
 enter. The program featured group and individual therapy\, a clinical trai
 ning emphasis in contemplative approaches\, and continuing education for c
 linical staff and community practitioners. As a professor\, she later mana
 ged an integrative healthcare training grant\, supervised the clinical wor
 k of doctoral students\, and taught health psychology courses. Currently\,
  she continues with her private practice\, offers training seminars intern
 ationally\, and is immersed in writing a book on an integrative\, Polyvaga
 l-informed approach to psychotherapy. Her clinical work is further support
  by a personal contemplative practice of over three decades.\n\nRegister H
 ere
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