Mindfulness for Self Care: Tools for Navigating the Polyvagal System

Mindfulness for Self Care: Tools for Self-Regulation and Navigating the Polyvagal System
by: Margreta Doerfler, LICSW, Certified Mindfulness Instructor (Mindful Schools)
Friday, March 21nd from 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM EST

6 CEU Credits

Participants will gain an understanding of the neuroscience behind mindfulness and how it supports emotion regulation. Concrete strategies to use both proactively and in moments of distress will be demonstrated for participants to implement into self care and
clinical practice. Participants will reflect on their own polyvagal response to stress and develop a plan to effectively manage this response. This is highly experiential so participants are encouraged to engage in demonstrations in order to maximize the benefit of this workshop.

Intended Audience (what level of staff/administrative or clinical or either):
Either, but more applicable for clinical.

Learning Objectives:
At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

1.  Participants will learn at least 3 concrete mindfulness skills to integrate for self care and clinical practice.
2. Participants will understand and be able to explain the three parts of the polyvagal system.

3. Participants will be able to identify and use two proactive mindfulness skills and two reactive mindfulness skills to effectively navigate the stress ladder.

About the Presenter:
Margreta Doerfler is a licensed Clinical Social Worker who owns her own practice (Mindful Moments LLC) and a Certified Mindfulness Instructor through Mindful Schools. She has been practicing psychotherapy for 13 years and specializes in Mindfulness Based Cognitive
Behavioral Therapy, Child Parent Psychotherapy, and Internal Family Systems. She has been teaching mindfulness to students in the classroom, providing trainings, and supporting schools with school-wide implementation of mindfulness for the last decade. She has over 350 hours of training in mindfulness.

NBCC: LICSW/L-MFT/LCMHC (Category 1) & Psychologist Category A (NH Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider. ACEP No 6754. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. NHADACA is solely responsible for all aspects of the program).