Learning Objectives
When given information about Trauma-informed interventions participants will be able to
- Understand and explain how nervous system regulation allows clients to overcome their past trauma(s).
- Understand and apply Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Techniques to help clients regulate their nervous system in order to allow them to overcome their past trauma(s).
- Understand and describe how they can incorporate Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction into their therapy sessions in order to allow clients to regulate their nervous system.
References
Boyd, J. E., Lanius, R. A., & McKinnon, M. C. (2018). Mindfulness-based treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder: a review of the treatment literature and neurobiological evidence. Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience, 43(1), 7–25. https://doi.org/10.1503/jpn.170021
Hofmann, S. G., & Gómez, A. F. (2017). Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Anxiety and Depression. Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 40(4), 739–749. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psc.2017.08.008
PhD, S. B., PhD, G. E., EdD, S. S., & PhD, K. J. (2019). A Mindfulness-Based Stress
Reduction Workbook (A New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook) (Second Edition, Revised ed.). New Harbinger Publications.
Presenter
Adam Nash, LLPC
Affiliations
Spring Arbor University Alumni, Psychotherapist at Health for Life Counseling Grand Rapids and The Trauma-Informed Counseling Center of Grand Rapids, Trauma-Informed Care Trained, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Trained.
