Healing the Fear that Hides: Interventions for Biologically Based Fear Responses
Tracking # 20-771347
$40.00
What you'll learn
Upon Completion of this training participants will be able to identify and address:
- Chronic toxic stress and trauma’s (ACEs, CATS & Synergistic) impact on the brain, the body, and how they result in fear-based dysregulation, traditionally seen as chronic, challenging behaviors.
- Techniques for helping to identify the connections between safety and comfort, and what to do when safety or comfort is not available.
- Neuroscience-based, collaborative, non-adversarial approaches for the fear-based dysregulation driving behaviors like aggression, self-harm, risk taking, oppositional-defiance, and others.
- The role of shame, grief and fear in chronic, challenging behaviors and how to release it and develop replacement behaviors that promote resilience.
Course overview
Neuroscience is demonstrating that some of the most challenging behaviors demonstrated by trauma survivors are biologically based fear responses more related to fear-based dysregulation than intractable behavior. As Maureen Walker reminds us, "Strategies for disconnection are an intense yearning for connection in an atmosphere of fear." We will examine how Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Compounding Adverse Toxic Stressors (CATS) create repeated fear responses and disrupt the "felt safety" (neuroception) needed for the attachment and regulation centers of the brain to work properly. Setting power struggles aside, we will explore how the brain heals itself and identify every-day, brain-based strategies and interventions to help individuals of all ages and ability levels work with their caregivers to replace challenging behaviors with safe, healing connection.
Subject areas
This course counts toward the state boards and subject areas below.
Michigan Board of Social Work
Bachelor's Social Worker
Master's Social Worker
Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board
Licensed Independent Marriage and Family Therapist
Licensed Independent Social Worker
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor
Licensed Professional Counselor
Licensed Social Worker
Marriage and Family Therapist
Registered Social Worker Assistant
Tennessee Board of Social Workers
Licensed Advanced Practice Social Worker
Licensed Baccalaureate Social Worker
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Licensed Master Social Worker
West Virginia Board of Social Work
Licensed Certified Social Worker
Licensed Graduate Social Worker
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
Licensed Social Worker
Provisional License
Service Worker Registrant
Disclosure statements
Finding Hope Consulting partners with organizations throughout the community in providing training, consultation, and certification assistance to individuals working with individuals with complex trauma of all ages and ability levels. This includes but is not limited to masters level clinicians: counselors, social workers, as well as licensed marriage and family therapists.