TRAINING FOR PROVIDERS
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Firefly Yoga International offers a 20-hour training designed for therapists, social workers, clinicians, and other providers who work with trauma survivors. The focus of this training is on trauma-informed, somatic healing methodologies that professionals can integrate into their work with clients in a one-on-one setting. Research demonstrates the importance of engaging the body in trauma recovery. Simple, accessible breathing and movement exercises can support trauma survivors on their journey to physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing.
Over the course of this two-day training, participants will:
This training includes lecture and discussion, dyad and triad activities, group exercises, and trauma-informed yoga and other somatic practices.
Firefly Yoga International works individually with mental health centers, therapy practices, medical providers, and other professional teams to tailor this professional training to the needs of the group. If you are interested in bringing this trauma-informed training to your workplace, please contact us.
Over the course of this two-day training, participants will:
- Strengthen their clinical understanding of acute, chronic, and developmental traumas and their impact on physical, mental, and emotional health
- Develop an understanding of the unique roles of the nervous system and physiology in trauma recovery
- Learn how trauma-informed yoga and other somatic practices may be used to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress
- Gain skills in sensory tracking and reading body language as a means to understand a client’s nervous state
- Learn the principles of trauma-informed care including trauma-informed language
- Become skilled at facilitating trauma-informed somatic exercises with clients in a one-on-one and group setting
- Learn how to create a trauma-informed environment in a professional, office, or clinical setting
- Acquire tools and techniques to support clients in developing self-regulation of emotions, body awareness, healthy coping skills, and self-care behaviors
This training includes lecture and discussion, dyad and triad activities, group exercises, and trauma-informed yoga and other somatic practices.
Firefly Yoga International works individually with mental health centers, therapy practices, medical providers, and other professional teams to tailor this professional training to the needs of the group. If you are interested in bringing this trauma-informed training to your workplace, please contact us.