In this training session, we will explore:
How adverse childhood experiences set the stage for chronic illness and substance
abuse later in life through epigenetic changes, neurochemistry, immune function, and
brain wiring
How evidence-based psychological interventions can rewire neurohormonal circuitry and help restore both physical and mental balance
Some of the interventions covered include the modification of explanatory style,
stress hardiness and resilience training, narrative medicine, meditation and
mindfulness techniques, imagery, and cognitive approaches

In this training session, we will explore:
At the end of this presentation participants will be able to describe an explicit
statement of Polyvagal Theory
Illustrate how a Polyvagal perspective provides insights into clinical assessment and
treatment
Describe a face-heart connection that defines a social engagement system that links
our bodily feelings with facial expression, vocal intonation, and gesture
Explain that maladaptive behavior, including states of dissociation, may be an
emergent property of an adaptive physiological state triggered by survival
mechanisms

In this training session, we will explore:
An interdisciplinary view that draws on a wide range of sciences to explore how
trauma impacts the developing mind
By viewing the mind as arising from both neural processes in the body—the
embodied brain—as well as from interactions within relationships, we can see how
trauma within families in the form of neglect or abuse can shape the ways in which
the brain develops and the mind arises
The impact of trauma on the regulatory functions of the brain—the circuits that shape
affect, attention, and behavior as well as the epigenetic molecules that control gene
expression—will be reviewed
Ways in which therapeutic interventions can harness the power of neuroplasticity, or
how the brain changes in response to experience, will be discussed. At the heart of
healing is integration that enables differentiated regions to be linked to one another.