NEW - 2 CE Virtual Workshop!
While we all know that meditation and breathwork can have powerful effects on anxiety reduction and nervous system regulation, what do you do when a client comes to you either in full blown panic and can’t calm down or tells you they feel worse after meditating?
In this 2 hour interactive workshop, we will dive into various tools and techniques to help your clients learn how to ground and be present in their body, especially when meditation and slow focused breathing feels ineffective. We will cover exercises that can be used both during acute panic as well as long term over time to help lower high anxiety baselines. And I promise we aren’t talking about things like holding ice or go for a walk. We are going to dive into the neurology of anxiety and how to address it from a brain-training perspective. In addition, we will discuss the latest cutting edge devices that are being used to help reduce anxiety as well as holistic & functional medicine approaches to heal anxiety at the root cause.
ELYSE D. SCHUNKEWITZ, LCSW is a holistic and functional psychotherapist with a clinical license in four states. Her practice blends conventional psychotherapy with over a decade of being both a student and teacher of functional neuroscience & medicine, somatic therapies, nutrition, and fitness in order to help clients balance their nervous systems, avoid or come off medications, and transform their habits for peak performance. She teaches patients and professionals how to integrate brain and body-based training into lifelong mental wellness, including teaching CEs to the mental health departments of the U.S. Air Force and the NYC Department of Education.
This presentation is appropriate for: clinical professionals, psychologists, therapists, counselors, and social workers.
OBJECTIVES: After this workshop, you will be able to:
1. Demonstrate a high level understanding of how the nervous system works, including neuroanatomy of breath.
2. Report tangible skills, tools, and exercises that can be shared with clients to help them ground, reduce anxiety, and improve nervous system regulation.
3. Express a deeper understanding of the mind-body-brain connection.
SCHEDULE:
2-2:10 Introduction
2:10-2:20 Neuro 101 & Why Meditation Can Feel Threatening for Some People
2:20-2:30 Neuroanatomy & Assessment of Breath
2:30-2:40 Diaphragm Stretch & Breathing Exercises
2:40-2:50 Joint Mobilization
2:50-3 Air Hunger
3-3:10 Visual Reset, 20/20/20, Gaze Stabilization
3:10-3:20 Tai chi
3:20-3:30 Vagus Nerve Stimulation
3:30-3:45 Tools, Devices, & Daily Habits
3:45-4 Questions
LOCATION:
Virtual: Sign up for course HERE
COST:
$87 for the course which includes the certificate for 2 CE’s.
Cancellations and Refunds/ Missed Time
Partial credits will not be given. You must participate in the entirety of the workshop.
GRIEVENCE POLICY:
We take your feedback seriously. For grievances, questions or concerns, please contact Heather Claibourn, LCSW, CE coordinator at Heather@ShinePsychotherapy.org.
CERTIFICATES:
Upon completion of the workshop and evaluation, certificates will be issued via email.
PROVIDER STATEMENTS:
SOCIAL WORK: Jumana Grassi LCSW NY# 0556 is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the New York State Education Department State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers.
ACE: Jumana Grassi, #1721 is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Jumana Grassi maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 6/14/23-6/14/26. Social Workers completing this course receive 2 continuing education credits.
ADA Accommodations: If you require ADA accommodations, please contact us at least 7 days in advance of the event so that we can ensure accommodations are made.
*There is no commercial support for this program, nor are there any relationships between the CE Sponsor, presenting organization, presenter, program content, research, grants or other funding that could reasonably be construed as conflicts of interest.