Jan Winhall MSW RSW FOT

I hope you can join me this Friday, 23 February, for the masterclass series "Beyond Mainstream Treatment" on innovative approaches to addiction recovery.

This will be the final presentation in PCPSI's five-part series.

𝗥𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥: https://link.pcpsi.ie/BMTWINHALL

𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝘁 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝘆𝘃𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹
Includes:
✔︎ LIVE online webinar, 3 hours in length
✔︎ Resource paper from speaker
✔︎ Recording of webinar
✔︎ A certificate with 3 CPD points/hours

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𝙁𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙟𝙤𝙞𝙣, 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 🙂
𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗢𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗗𝗜𝗔𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗨𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦:
‘The Restoration of the Hijacked Self’
with Ruth Lanius
Thursday 2pm-3pm ET on February 8, 2024

𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸: https://janwinhall.com/media/eds-ruth-lanius/

“The compulsion to repeat the past through traumatic re-enactments or engaging in reckless behaviours is frequently one of the few ways that allows traumatized individuals to ‘feel alive’. It is well known that individuals with PTSD – particularly when associated with developmental trauma – often report a sense of self that does not exist entirely, illustrated eloquently through statements, such as, “I do not know who I am,” or, “I feel like I have stopped existing.”

Research suggests that these experiences may relate, in part, to the reduced functional connectivity of the default mode network, a brain network critical to the experience of a sense of self, observed during rest among individuals with PTSD. Critically, however, enhanced default mode network connectivity has recently been observed when individuals with PTSD are triggered by reminders of their trauma, suggesting that the sense of self may ‘come alive’ under conditions of threat and terror. It is therefore possible that some individuals with PTSD may seek situations involving threat or terror in order to experience of a semblance of a sense of self and a related sense of agency, which may be lacking in the absence of extreme hyperarousal states. Ruth will focus on how we can work clinically to help traumatized individuals ‘feel alive’ and safe without engaging in traumatic re-enactments and/or reckless behaviour.”

𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗥𝘂𝘁𝗵
Ruth A. Lanius, M.D., Ph.D. is a Psychiatry Professor and Harris-Woodman Chair at Western University of Canada, where she is the director of the Clinical Research Program for PTSD. Ruth has over 25 years of clinical and research experience with trauma-related disorders. She established the Traumatic Stress Service at London Health Sciences Centre, a program that specializes in the treatment of psychological trauma.

Ruth has received numerous research and teaching awards, including the Banting Award for Military Health Research. She has published over 150 research articles and book chapters focusing on brain adaptations to psychological trauma and novel adjunct treatments for PTSD.

Ruth regularly lectures on the topic of psychological trauma both nationally and internationally. Ruth has co-authored two books: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮 𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 and 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗳: 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗡𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁. Ruth is a passionate clinician scientist who endeavours to understand the first-person experience of traumatized individuals throughout treatment and how it relates to brain functioning.

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𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀
Every month, Jan Winhall interviews guests who contribute to our understanding about trauma and addiction. She then opens the conversation to the group for questions and discussion in this live zoom event that runs for 1 hour.
𝙅𝙊𝙄𝙉 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮:
https://polyvagal-institute.mn.co/share/A0Bf6rtJumODLtF7?utm_source=manual
𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯, 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦.

𝙁𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙟𝙤𝙞𝙣, 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 🙂
𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗢𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗗𝗜𝗔𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗨𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦:
‘Integrative Harm Reduction Psychotherapy’
with Andrew Tatarsky
Thursday 12pm-1pm ET on January 18, 2024

Registration Link:
https://janwinhall.com/media/eds-andrew-tatarsky/

“I began working as a counselor in the addiction treatment field when the disease concept abstinence-only model was the only acceptable approach; anything else was considered blasphemy. Over those early years in my career, I realized that this approach was not only not helping the overwhelming majority of people struggling with addiction, but was traumatizing many of them. I was forced by this recognition to challenge this model’s basic assumptions and break its rules in my clinical practice and I discovered a powerful and effective alternative that I have come to call Integrative Harm Reduction Psychotherapy (IHRP). Many years into the evolution of IHRP I became aware, in my own personal therapy, that an addiction treatment trauma that I experienced when I was 15 years old, unconsciously brought me into the addictions field, sensitized me to what was wrong with it and inspired my passion to create an effective alternative based on empathy, respect, collaboration and empowerment.”

𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘄
Andrew Tatarsky has worked with addiction for over 40 years. He is the author of Harm Reduction Psychotherapy: A New Treatment for Drug and Alcohol Problems. He developed Integrative Harm Reduction Psychotherapy (IHRP) for treating the spectrum of risky and addictive behavior as an alternative to traditional abstinence-only substance use treatment. IHRP brings relational psychoanalysis, CBT and mindfulness together in a harm reduction frame. IHRP meets people wherever they are on their positive change journeys and works collaboratively to support people in discovering their truth and what goals and approach to positive change best suit them. Andrew is a graduate of New York University’s Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy. Andrew’s writing, teaching, clinical work and advocacy aim to promote a re-humanized view of people who struggle with substances and a harm reduction continuum of care that will extend help to everyone who needs and wants it wherever they are ready to begin their positive change journeys.

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𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀
Every month, Jan Winhall interviews guests who contribute to our understanding about trauma and addiction. She then opens the conversation to the group for questions and discussion in this live zoom event that runs for 1 hour.

𝙅𝙊𝙄𝙉 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮:
https://polyvagal-institute.mn.co/share/A0Bf6rtJumODLtF7?utm_source=manual
𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯, 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦.

We humans search for meaning in our lives. We love stories that have a beginning, a middle, and the satisfying end. Trauma tends to shatter meaning, robbing us of understanding and making sense of our lives. We lose the cohesive narrative of our story through dissociating much of our experience. When we numb we hide from the truth. The healing journey is about facing the truth, piecing together the strands of experience through tracking the felt sense. While this can be very painful for our clients, it can be painful for us too. As we see what our clients must face, we can easily resist the truth. We must learn to face the unbearable so they can follow our lead. While we don't go digging for the horror, we follow what comes from the body. It's worth repeating: our job is like no other.

As we follow the body's wisdom, we learn that riding the painful wave is inevitable for healing. And we will be right there with them, keeping our eye on where we are going, helping them to find the sense of grounding as they keep moving through the experience. They must learn that painful feelings will not kill them. Through the lens of the FSPM we depathologize the story, welcoming moments of liberation from years of shame.

𝙏𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙏𝙧𝙪𝙖𝙢𝙖 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘼𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝙚𝙡𝙩 𝙎𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 𝙋𝙤𝙡𝙮𝙫𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙡 𝙈𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙡
Chapter 3: Thinking About Thinking About Addiction: Integrating Top-Down and Bottom-Up
𝘱.158-159

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https://janwinhall.com/book/

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𝙁𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙟𝙤𝙞𝙣, 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 🙂
𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗢𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗗𝗜𝗔𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗨𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦:
‘𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆:
𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗘𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗽𝘀𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻’
𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗮 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗶
Wednesday 3pm-4pm ET on December 13, 2023

Zoom Registration Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0tceurqDsqGtIm0dFcERQ88sxJ5GdIa5rd

“Sensory Processing Disorder and Sensory Processing differences are a significant risk factor for addiction. Studies show that children with sensory challenges can struggle with social anxiety and social engagement. These feelings of being different, being too much, being too sensitive, of not belonging, and stimulus-seeking behaviors then become predictive factors for victimization as well as for early onset of substance use in the teen years. Early onset substance use is a significant risk factor for adult addiction.

Linda will draw upon a decade of experience teaching mindfulness meditation and yoga in diverse community-based and mental health settings, emphasizes the importance of meeting individuals where they are on their mindfulness journey. Rather than imposing a rigid practice of silent seated meditation, a scaffolded and titrated approach is suggested, recognizing that mindfulness without self-regulation skills can be unintentional torture.

This is where cultivating an innerstanding the eight sensory systems can offer key insights for enhanced self-regulation in early recovery, which can then open doorways for co-regulation.”

About Linda
Linda Thai LMSW (she, her) is a trauma therapist who specializes in cutting edge brain- and body-based modalities for the healing of complex developmental trauma. As an educator and consultant, she is gifted with the capacity to contextualize, synthesize and communicate complex and nuanced issues pertaining to trauma, addiction, attachment and the nervous system, including the impact of oppressive systems upon identity, mental health and well-being.

Linda is passionate about breaking the cycle of historical and intergenerational trauma at the individual and community levels, and deeply believes in the healing power of coming together in community to grieve. Born in Vietnam, raised in Australia, and now living in Alaska, Linda is a former child refugee who is not only redefining what it means to be Vietnamese, to be Australian, and to be a United States-ian….she is redefining what it means to be wounded and whole and a healer.

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𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀
Every month, Jan Winhall interviews guests who contribute to our understanding about trauma and addiction. She then opens the conversation to the group for questions and discussion in this live zoom event that runs for 1 hour.

𝙅𝙊𝙄𝙉 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮:
https://polyvagal-institute.mn.co/share/A0Bf6rtJumODLtF7?utm_source=manual
Free to join, all welcome.

The capacity to be present, with nothing in the way, is very challenging for therapists. In the top-down climate of treatment, with ever pressing concerns about health-care costs, and improving our effectiveness, it is difficult to hold a quiet, still, embodied place with people who have been, quite literally, running from stillness for dear life. Stillness is dangerous if you are being attacked. Filling the space with drugs, alcohol, food, s*x, and computers is about survival. And for therapists, words, ideas, and prescriptive methods are hard to resist. They help us to deal with our owning feelings of sadness and grief when hearing such horrific stories. They are invaluable when we are trying to help. And yet, it is this very capacity to be with our client, in safe, quiet stillness, that must be embraced for the next step to come.

𝙏𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙏𝙧𝙪𝙖𝙢𝙖 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘼𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝙚𝙡𝙩 𝙎𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 𝙋𝙤𝙡𝙮𝙫𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙡 𝙈𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙡
Chapter 3: Thinking About Thinking About Addiction: Integrating Top-Down and Bottom-Up
𝘱.40-41

Get 20% off my book:
https://janwinhall.com/book/

𝙁𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙟𝙤𝙞𝙣, 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 🙂
𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗢𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗗𝗜𝗔𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗨𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦:
‘𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳’
𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗮 𝗦𝗮𝗺𝘂𝗲𝗹
Friday 12pm-1pm ET on November 17, 2023

Zoom Registration Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAudeGoqj0uE9Ql7lwc7kgXmO3fMsRExKrM

“When people are bereaved they tend to use their default mode of coping to block the pain of grief – which can be drugs, alcohol, anything that anesthetizes them. Grief is naturally adaptive, meaning those that are bereaved need the love and support to allow themselves to feel the pain of it, because pain is the agent of change, which allows them to accommodate, and live with their loss.”

Julia Samuel MBE is a leading UK psychotherapist who worked for decades in the NHS. She has held many roles in the charitable sector. She is Founder Patron of Child Bereavement UK an organisation she played a significant part for 25 years. She is a Vice President of BACP. Julia was given an Honorary Doctorate by Middles*x University in 2017.

Julia has written three books, all Sunday Times bestsellers, Grief Works, This Too Shall Pass and she published Every Family Has a Story in 2022. Her books have been published in 17 foreign territories.

She has written for all the national newspapers and broadcast on many TV and radio programmes. Her new podcast series Therapy Works was released in October and was immediately in the top 10 Apple charts, no 1 on mental health.

In 2021 Julia produced a 5* rated app for those who grieve, Grief Works – a 28 day course to support you in your grief which has been 5* rated, Apple featured it numerous times as a recommended and trending app.

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𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀
Every month, Jan Winhall interviews guests who contribute to our understanding about trauma and addiction. She then opens the conversation to the group for questions and discussion in this live zoom event that runs for 1 hour.

The Felt Sense Polyvagal Approach to Trauma & Addiction group is a place for you to explore with others, through a polyvagal lens, the experiences of trauma and addiction. We are focusing on understanding addiction through the lens of the nervous system, as an adaptive response to maladaptive environments.

𝙅𝙊𝙄𝙉 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮:
https://polyvagal-institute.mn.co/share/A0Bf6rtJumODLtF7?utm_source=manual
Free to join, all welcome.

We humans in the Western world tend to like to cling to simple, consistent ways of understanding. The complexity of paradox and murky experiencing is met the suspicion. Our top-down approach fosters yearning for concrete, easy-to-target solutions. Addiction isn't like that. As much as we are bound and determined to see it as the result of drugs, it simply isn't. And it is high time that we accept this truth. I believe that it is our job as trauma and addiction therapists to stand up and shout this out from the rooftops, lovingly, and fiercely.

The irony, of course, is that while our top-down societal approach speaks of objectivity and following the evidence, we are actually responding to the evidence with dysregulated emotion. Either we are angry and disgusted with the addicted person, wanting to punish, or we are dissociated and shut down, choosing to deny the truth about the cause and consequence of this horrific and ever-increasing wound. Either way, we are not doing justice to the problem.

𝙏𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙏𝙧𝙪𝙖𝙢𝙖 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘼𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝙚𝙡𝙩 𝙎𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 𝙋𝙤𝙡𝙮𝙫𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙡 𝙈𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙡
Chapter 5: Facing the Truth About Addiction
𝘱.57

Get 20% off my book:
https://janwinhall.com/book/

𝙁𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙟𝙤𝙞𝙣, 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 🙂
𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗢𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗗𝗜𝗔𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗨𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦:
‘𝗔𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝘁 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝗱𝘆’
𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗮 𝗛𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘀 & 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲 𝗝𝗼𝘆 𝗟𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵
Wednesday 12pm-1pm ET on November 1, 2023
Zoom Registration Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIsde6qqzMoGd0JRBKzaRTqzFhIZc4sqrl1

“Ancestral Felt Sensing is a core practice of Embodied Ancestral Inquiry (EAI). Marika and Stevie will offer an introduction to the framework and methodology, and will share an Ancestral Felt Sensing practice.

Ancestral Felt Sensing intentionally brings the Relational and Elemental Fields into the Felt Sense practice. The Relational Field is the energetic space created through our bodies’ interactions with the living world. This is the space through which neuroception and co-regulation travel and gather information, leading to constant interaction between and through bodies, often invisibly. The Elemental Field is the energetic domain of the natural world, the spirit of land and place. As Indigenous cultures around the world have always known, we are in embodied relationship with the land.

In EAI we practice ancestral ways of knowing rooted in pre-colonial Europe, but this framework can be used across traditions. When we practice Felt Sensing in EAI we expand it beyond Listener and Focuser to also include the Relational and Elemental Fields. This allows us to widen our perception to include the spiritual and energetic dimensions of the natural world, as well as other relational entities or beings we may carry with us somatically, including ancestors.”

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗮 𝗛𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘀 (she/her) is a q***r somatic therapist and educator whose practice focuses on the recovery of ancestral wisdom through body-based ways of knowing as a pathway for people of European descent to divest and unwind from domination and supremacy. Her people come from Ukraine, Germany, Britain and Ireland. Marika was born, raised, and lives on Dish with One Spoon treaty territory in so-called Guelph, Canada.
Visit: https://wildbody.ca/


𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲 𝗝𝗼𝘆 𝗟𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵 (they/she) is a q***r somatic practitioner and community celebrant working at the intersections of body-based trauma healing, ritual, cultural repair, and ancestral reconnection. They live in the San Bernardino National Forest in the mountains of Southern California on Yuhaaviatam Territory. Their people come from the British Isles, Germany, and Eastern Europe on their matrilineal side and Spain, what is now called Mexico, France, and what is now called California on their patrilineal side.
Visit: https://weaverandrose.com/


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𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀
Every month, Jan Winhall interviews guests who contribute to our understanding about trauma and addiction. She then opens the conversation to the group for questions and discussion in this live zoom event that runs for 1 hour.

The Felt Sense Polyvagal Approach to Trauma & Addiction group is a place for you to explore with others, through a polyvagal lens, the experiences of trauma and addiction. We are focusing on understanding addiction through the lens of the nervous system, as an adaptive response to maladaptive environments.

𝙅𝙊𝙄𝙉 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮:
https://polyvagal-institute.mn.co/share/A0Bf6rtJumODLtF7?utm_source=manual
Free to join, all welcome.

𝙁𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙟𝙤𝙞𝙣, 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 🙂
𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗢𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗗𝗜𝗔𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗨𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦:
‘𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀’
𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘄𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘇
Wednesday 12pm-1pm ET on October 18, 2023

Zoom Registration Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUkdeGgrTsuEtFzJwtqu0FTmE67MX3-uGo4

“Addiction is a complicated and devastating experience for many people and associated feelings of shame and failure often present a barrier between the individual and their true Self. Because addiction can also be a symptom of trauma, the IFS model is a compassionate means to revisit trauma and initiate healing, and in turn, help the individual to address the subsequent addiction behaviors. By looking at addiction as a means of self protection, staving off deep personal pain, and allowing for compassion and curiosity, IFS can be used to support the individual and empower them as they manage both the catalyst event and the coping mechanism simultaneously.”

𝗗𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘄𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘇 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗴𝗼. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝘆 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝘆𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗼𝗺 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝘆, 𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 “𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀.” 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵. 𝗛𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗯𝘆, 𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗺, 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗛𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀. 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 (𝗜𝗙𝗦) 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟬𝘀.

𝗜𝗙𝗦 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝘄𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘆-𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝘆, 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮. 𝗜𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗻𝗼𝗻-𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹𝘀, 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀, 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆, 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺𝘀.

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𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀
Every month, Jan Winhall (author of Treating Trauma and Addiction with the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model) interviews guests who contribute to our understanding about trauma and addiction. She then opens the conversation to the group for questions and discussion in this live zoom event that runs for 1 hour.

The Felt Sense Polyvagal Approach to Trauma & Addiction group is a place for you to explore with others, through a polyvagal lens, the experiences of trauma and addiction. We are focusing on understanding addiction through the lens of the nervous system, as an adaptive response to maladaptive environments.

𝙅𝙊𝙄𝙉 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮:
https://polyvagal-institute.mn.co/share/A0Bf6rtJumODLtF7?utm_source=manual
Free to join, all welcome.

I love the Polyvagal Institute's new infographic of the ANS. I think it does a great job in illustrating hybrid states. The more I work with the nervous system, the more I think that we live much of our time in hybrid states. Here's a version of this new infographic that integrates my Felt Sense Polyvagal Model's 6F's.

Registration is now open for next year's Treating Trauma and Addiction with the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model™ Certificate Program cohort running January 25 – June 27, 2024. In this 6-month certificate program we explore the intersection of trauma and addiction and how to address both with an embodied approach.
https://www.polyvagalinstitute.org/items/felt-sense-polyvagal-model%3A-a-certificate-for-treating-trauma-and-addiction

The field of trauma has developed more in the academic world, experiencing a sharp increase in status over the past ten years. Not so for addiction. Addiction is trauma's unnamed, second class sidekick.

Why is that exactly? Well, it's nasty business. People do horrific things to themselves and others. Are we trying to avoid the shame of addiction? After all, when we attach ourselves to a field, we take on its cultural shape. I am well aware of this when I tell strangers that I work with addiction, particularly s*x addiction. They look at me with horror and disgust. And understand that it is frightening for people. If we want to do trauma work, it is incumbent upon us to acknowledge the prevalence of addiction and to find a grounded response to the shame and fear that accompanies it.

𝙏𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙏𝙧𝙪𝙖𝙢𝙖 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘼𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝙚𝙡𝙩 𝙎𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 𝙋𝙤𝙡𝙮𝙫𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙡 𝙈𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙡
𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳 10: Bringing the Model to Life: Going Deep and Thinking Big
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September 19-21

This resource is a must have for anyone looking for answers and solutions to the challenges that come with trauma or PTSD.
Some of the topics experts will be covering in the video interviews include:
- How To Reorganize The Brain To Calm The Nervous System and Overcome Trauma
- Trauma and The Nervous System: The Polyvagal Approach
- Healing Trauma & PTSD with The Havening Techniques®
- Transforming Complex Trauma with NARM
- How To Release Trauma and Access The Expanded Self
- Healing Trauma with Brainspotting
- Create a safe space in the body with Somatic Experiencing
- Integrative Medicine and Nutrition for Complex Trauma
- High Sensitivity and Trauma - An Inextricable Link
- Addiction: A Normal Response To Trauma

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A remarkable experience in Oxford at the Master Series (thank you to Araminta for organizing the event).

As I was creating the FSPM, I searched for a way of understanding addiction that is compatible with the non-pathologizing embodied approach reflected in the polyvagal theory and focusing oriented psychotherapy. I looked for a way of understanding the complexity of addiction from the body up, viewing the body as a living organism that is imbued with a knowing of the right next steps for survival and thriving. Lewis (2018) states, "Learning models proposed that addiction, though obviously disadvantageous, is a natural, context-sensitive response to challenging environmental contingencies, not a disease."

𝘈 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵-𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦. Yes. If we view the body as alive, and wise, we see addictive behaviors as ways to survive when all else fails. And if we view the neurobiology of addiction as a natural process that occurs in environmentally dysregulated experiences, then addiction is a learning process, not a disease process. I knew I had found a kindred spirit when I read this: "If we are to understand anything so complex and troubling as addiction, we need to gaze directly at the point where experience and biology meet." (Lewis, 2015, p. xv).

𝙏𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙏𝙧𝙪𝙖𝙢𝙖 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘼𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝙚𝙡𝙩 𝙎𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 𝙋𝙤𝙡𝙮𝙫𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙡 𝙈𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙡
𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳 4: 𝘈𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘈 𝘝𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘉𝘢𝘥 𝘏𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵
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