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Boost Mindfulness to Promote Co-Regulation

Co-regulation is a key component in many evidence-based approaches and relationship- and attachment-based models. Essentially, co-regulation is a process of regulating another person’s emotional state and de-escalating a crisis. By mirroring, role-modelling, and maintaining a calm and collected state of being, it becomes possible to hold space for others in a way that supports their emotional regulation. Increasingly, research has shown that a critical quality of the caregiver or helping professional is their ability to create the conditions for co-regulation to occur.

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Description

Holding space for others takes practice. Mindfulness is a necessary prerequisite — a state of being in which we are present, connected, and in full awareness of what is going on both inside ourselves and all around. Mindfulness practices are the tools that allow us to orient ourselves toward this state of present-moment awareness. With regular practice, it becomes easier to regulate our own emotions and levels of activation in the presence of others who are activated. When we work to be mindful of ourselves, this skill then translates into our relationships and interventions.

Outcomes

    1. Develop a mindfulness practice, including meditation and breathing exercises, at home and work, to support emotional regulation and mental health.
    2. Explain the connections between nervous system activation, somatic experiences of emotions, and co-regulation and how these may be a result of unresolved trauma.
    3. Apply mindfulness and present-moment awareness to increase effectiveness of other trauma-informed interventions to support healing.
    4. Strengthen crisis intervention skills of de-escalation and problem-solving.
    5. Support and soothe the nervous system to restore calm following a crisis intervention

Price

GROUP DISCOUNT: Save 20% off individual fee with group registration of 4 or more participants. Contact Angela, angela@safeguards-training.net or (905) 889-5030 ext. 121.

Course Dates & Location

Currently available as in-service training.

Instructor

Katherine Marr

Katherine Marr is a therapist, teacher, yogi, dog-owner, nature-lover, life-long student of traditional wisdom, and an advocate of social justice. She holds a Master’s degree in Counselling Psychology from the Adler School of Professional Psychology in Vancouver, B.C. She is a Registered Psychotherapist (RP) with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO), with over 15 years’ experience providing youth and family intervention, counselling, group facilitation, program coordination, and teaching. Areas of interest/expertise include holistic approaches to trauma-therapy and on-going course work in both Somatic Experiencing and Collaborative Problem Solving.

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