Neurobiology in Action:

Befriending the Anxious Nervous System

Friday November 20th, 2020

2 Sessions Available (Choose one)

Morning Session 9:00AM - 12:15PM

Afternoon Session 1:00PM - 4:15PM

This workshop will be conducted over the Zoom video call platform.

Registrants will receive an email a few days before the workshop with a link to the Zoom meeting.

We are excited about our final workshop of 2020, "Neurobiology in Action: Befriending the Anxious Nervous System". This upbeat, active workshop offers clinicians a working model for understanding the mammalian nervous system in order to enhance safety, bonding, and playfulness with clients; all valuable components for working with trauma survivors, couples, or anxious individuals.

The Polyvagal Theory comes to life through the use of animal models and activities designed to teach, experience, and detect subtle changes in the nervous system that can increase client ease and engagement.

Upon workshop completion participants can expect to:

Develop a heightened sense of shifts in nervous system that indicate safety, danger, or numbing.
Learn useful ways to teach this useful model to clients; allowing them to shift from harsh self-judgment to self-acceptance and inner kindness.
Have friendly take-home activities to use with individuals or groups.
Experience an un-zoomy Zoom workshop
Empower clients with options for self- and co-regulation.

The cost of the workshop is $40.

3 Continuing Education Units are available from the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage and Family Therapist Board.

We are offering two identical sessions so each session can be limited to 20 people. Participants can attend either the morning or afternoon session. You do not need to attend both.

Register for the Workshop!

Click the link below to register for your desired session. If the session is already filled you will be alerted when you try to register. You may then try to register for the other session.

Morning Session: 9:00AM - 12:15PM

Register for Morning Session!

Afternoon Session: 1:00PM - 4:15PM

Register for Afternoon Session!

Presenter: Connie Lawrence, LISW-S, CP/PAT

Connie Lawrence is the founder of the Cleveland Psychodrama Institute and creator of Recovery in Motion®, an upbeat experiential therapy program that uses psychodrama, expressive arts, improv games and community-building activities in the treatment of trauma and/or addiction.

Her lively and sensitive style makes people feel welcome and safe. She has used psychodrama in the women's prison of Cleveland, at Cleveland Rape Crisis Center, and at Luna Living Addiction Recovery.

She offers training for professionals in Cleveland and Cincinnati, workshops for women's empowerment, and Career Coaching for Healers and therapists. She is certified by the American Board of Examiners in Psychodrama, Sociometry and Group and the International Society for Experiential Therapists.

Learn more about Connie Lawrence and the Cleveland Psychodrama Institute here.