This 7.5 hour live online workshop will provide an integrated theoretical connection about the neurological interplay between attachment, developmental trauma and sensory processing issues. Participants will develop an introductory understanding of the use of relational attunement as a regulatory influence that supports and stabilizes the arousal and sensory processing systems. This workshop uniquely blends the integration of psychotherapeutic skills with sensory processing intervention. Specifically adapted to supporting Occupational Therapists in Ireland, participants will learn how to put these two distinct therapeutic approaches together as a mechanism for the development of self-regulation and mental health function. Learning will be facilitated primarily through lecture and storytelling, with some group reflection and problem-solving in addition.
Participants will be able to:
Explain how attachment strategies are functionally adaptive in relation to developmental trauma
Describe the connection between trauma, arousal and sensory processing challenges
Discuss how the use of relational attunement skills and therapeutic use of self can stabilize arousal and support sensory processing issues
Develop a repertoire of sensory processing strategies for the treatment of trauma
Understand how trauma impacts postural control
Learn to provide treatment intervention to the postural and movement system to affect change in the emotional responses to trauma (treating trauma through the body)
Begin to integrate psychotherapeutic process within a sensory motor context
Schedule:
Tues, March 15th, 4-6 PM, hour break, and 7-9 PM GMT
Wed, March 16th, 4-6 PM, hour break, and 7-8:30 PM GMT
NOTE PACIFIC TIMES:
March 15: 9-11 AM and 12-2 PM Pacific Time
March 16: 9-11 AM and 12-1:30 PM Pacific Time
*Sessions will be recorded and available for a period after the live events.
Zooms will open up 20 minutes ahead of each session.
Kim Barthel is an award-winning occupational therapist from Canada, a trans-disciplinary teacher and best-selling author who is actively supporting function, healing and learning across many contexts around the globe. A pioneer in reinforcing the importance of relationship, Kim’s passionate interests include complex behaviour, attachment, movement, sensory-processing and mental health. She is an Advanced Neuro-Developmental Treatment (NDT) instructor who invests most of her energy today leading training related to holistic clinical reasoning and trauma-sensitive practice. Kim’s mission (backed by her expanding Relationship Matters Team) is to support the conscious evolution of the human spirit. www.kimbarthel.ca
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