Trauma, Poly Vagal & Brain Integrating Strategies:
A Creative Teen & Adult Therapeutic Approach
Friday, February 28, 2025
4 APT Live Webinar CEs &
4 NBCC CEs
$127
50 Total Seats
Treating trauma in teens and adults can be an overwhelming experience.
When to ask questions, making sure you are helping and not harming, keeping clients calm while allowing triggers to be present...
There is SO much happening in trauma informed sessions, that many therapists often feel imposter syndrome and worry that they might not know enough to really be helpful.
In this training we will review Poly Vagal theory and how it helps the client stay calm during difficult sessions.
Guiding clients through creative right brain/low brain activities can help initiate a feeling of safety while exploring heavier therapeutic material.
Be Able to Demonstrate Creative Prompts With Your Teen & Adult Clients:
1. Step by step sensory drawing series to help clients tell their story and calm the limbic system
2. The use of various therapeutic cards to help clients discuss difficult topics
3. Mingling sand tray miniatures into other right brain/low brain prompts
4. Emotions abstract drawing
5. Right brain left brain quiz & art prompt: Great for group therapy with teens
Learning Objectives
Upon the completion of this course, participants will be able to:
✅ Explain strategies for helping a client remain calm during a trauma session with a teen or adult
✅ Explain tips for when and how to introduce a creative prompt during a talking session with a teen or adult client
✅ Explain tips for noticing when a teen/adult client is experiencing a trigger during a trauma session and tips for what to do next
✅ Explain how to ask about trauma and ACES in a teen/adult intake session
✅ Describe the differences between the functions of the higher brain and lower brain, left brain and right brain, in relation to timing creative strategies in a trauma focused session with teens and adults
✅ Demonstrate 3 trauma informed creative strategies and tools from a neuro-bio and Ecosystemic play therapy perspective
Below is an Estimated Schedule (Eastern Standard Time)
9:45am-11am Defining Trauma (& research)
11am-12:00 Science of Safety/Poly Vagal
12:00-12:45 Brain Integration & Case Studies (with creative interventions)
12:45-1:00Break
1:15-2 Experiential Activities/Wrap Up
4 APT Live Webinar CEs &
4 NBCC CEs
$127
50 Total Seats
Treating trauma in teens and adults can be an overwhelming experience.
When to ask questions, making sure you are helping and not harming, keeping clients calm while allowing triggers to be present...
There is SO much happening in trauma informed sessions, that many therapists often feel imposter syndrome and worry that they might not know enough to really be helpful.
In this training we will review Poly Vagal theory and how it helps the client stay calm during difficult sessions.
Guiding clients through creative right brain/low brain activities can help initiate a feeling of safety while exploring heavier therapeutic material.
Be Able to Demonstrate Creative Prompts With Your Teen & Adult Clients:
1. Step by step sensory drawing series to help clients tell their story and calm the limbic system
2. The use of various therapeutic cards to help clients discuss difficult topics
3. Mingling sand tray miniatures into other right brain/low brain prompts
4. Emotions abstract drawing
5. Right brain left brain quiz & art prompt: Great for group therapy with teens
Learning Objectives
Upon the completion of this course, participants will be able to:
✅ Explain strategies for helping a client remain calm during a trauma session with a teen or adult
✅ Explain tips for when and how to introduce a creative prompt during a talking session with a teen or adult client
✅ Explain tips for noticing when a teen/adult client is experiencing a trigger during a trauma session and tips for what to do next
✅ Explain how to ask about trauma and ACES in a teen/adult intake session
✅ Describe the differences between the functions of the higher brain and lower brain, left brain and right brain, in relation to timing creative strategies in a trauma focused session with teens and adults
✅ Demonstrate 3 trauma informed creative strategies and tools from a neuro-bio and Ecosystemic play therapy perspective
Below is an Estimated Schedule (Eastern Standard Time)
9:45am-11am Defining Trauma (& research)
11am-12:00 Science of Safety/Poly Vagal
12:00-12:45 Brain Integration & Case Studies (with creative interventions)
12:45-1:00Break
1:15-2 Experiential Activities/Wrap Up
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⏱️ NBCC requires FULL attendance in order to receive CE credit. No partial credit can be granted. The Willows Crown requires that all cameras are on during the entire training. Attendance is taken throughout each training.
💰 All training purchases are final. 100% refunds are not issued; however, should the participant wish to cancel the purchased training at least 48 hours before the event, 50% of the non-refundable monies may be used towards the purchase of a future training through Willow’s Crown. The purchaser is asked to mention this policy when purchasing the next training in order to receive the fore-mentioned discount. View our Refund/Grievance Policy here. Upon request, the purchaser may substitute the recorded homes study version. The home study version will have less CEs than the live event. See below for details.
👩🏻💻 Many of our workshops are already recorded and in our home study section. If the live event involves hands-on experiential activities, the home study portion will be LESS CEs than the live event. If a student is unable to attend a purchased live event and it is offered in our home study section, the student may request to substitute the training for free by emailing [email protected]
🏢 Live in Person: Local therapists (Lansdowne, VA) may email [email protected] to see if there are any in person seats available for this training.
View our Refund/Grievance Policy here.
💰 All training purchases are final. 100% refunds are not issued; however, should the participant wish to cancel the purchased training at least 48 hours before the event, 50% of the non-refundable monies may be used towards the purchase of a future training through Willow’s Crown. The purchaser is asked to mention this policy when purchasing the next training in order to receive the fore-mentioned discount. View our Refund/Grievance Policy here. Upon request, the purchaser may substitute the recorded homes study version. The home study version will have less CEs than the live event. See below for details.
👩🏻💻 Many of our workshops are already recorded and in our home study section. If the live event involves hands-on experiential activities, the home study portion will be LESS CEs than the live event. If a student is unable to attend a purchased live event and it is offered in our home study section, the student may request to substitute the training for free by emailing [email protected]
🏢 Live in Person: Local therapists (Lansdowne, VA) may email [email protected] to see if there are any in person seats available for this training.
View our Refund/Grievance Policy here.
About Your Teacher, Gabrielle Anderson, LMFT, RPT-S™
Gabrielle Anderson, LMFT, RPT-S™, the teacher for this training is a previous board member for the Virginia Play Therapy Association. She is a therapist for children, teens and adults and enjoys weaving play therapy and other expressive modalities into sessions when appropriate. Gabrielle also runs supervision groups for those in training to become an RPT™. Reach out to Gabrielle if you wish to inquire about participating.
She is the owner of the Family Therapy Center of Northern Virginia, llc and owner of The WIllow's Crown Meditation Studio and Training Facility, llc. She has a specialty in stress management, anxiety and trauma with her private practice clients and utilizes brain based Mindful Meditation when appropriate. She also teaches virtual meditation to therapists, community members and other adults outside of the counseling practice. Reach out directly to Gabrielle if you wish to participate or to find out more. She can also be reached at 571-733-9736.
