Yellow Stream – Treatment of Trauma with the Trauma Play Institute – in-room

Treatment of Trauma with the Trauma Play Institute ™ and RMPTI ®
Join Paris Goodyear Brown and Dr. Lorri Yasenik for one day of Complex Trauma Case Conceptualization through the Polyvagal Lens and a two day training in TraumaPlay™

Day 1, Paris and Lorri, Co-editors of Polyvagal Power in the Playroom: A Guide for Play Therapists, identify key concepts for case conceptualization of trauma cases through a polyvagal lens. During this interactive session, participants will study complex trauma case examples and apply methods to use for an ongoing conceptualization process. The focus will be on the evolutionary neurobiology of threat detection and an integrated autonomic nervous system. How do play therapists work with the movement between autonomic states induced by trauma? Immobilization behaviors and sympathetic activations are extreme trauma responses often seen by trauma therapists. Explore how a client’s movement up and down the polyvagal ladder is supported by the therapist use of self. Play therapy offers a powerful embodiment practice for the blending of states that harnesses social engagement and mitigates polarization – all while enhancing the neuroception of safety. Practitioner tools for practice will be included.

On day 2 and 3 Paris will introduce the TraumaPlay Model, a flexibly sequential play therapy model for treating children who have experienced extreme stress related to chronic maltreatment, discrete traumatic incidents, interpersonal trauma, or attachment disturbances due to caregiver disruptions.