NRBS Presents: 47th Annual International Conference
Coping with Stress in Today’s World: Solutions for Anxiety, Depression, and Burnout
October 21st - 22nd, 2022
Online
Recently, complex factors (e.g., pandemic, political unrest, inflation, internet overload, cell phone distractions, etc.) have exacerbated typical life challenges and presented new hurdles and barriers to succeeding and enjoying life. These hurdles and barriers have resulted in increased anxiety, depression and stress. Extended periods of stress have negative consequences on a person’s sense of fulfillment, as people learn, perform, and function best when their focus is maximized and physiological arousal is optimized.
Biofeedback, neurofeedback, and related techniques offer proven, evidence-based approaches for improving attention and concentration, enhancing one’s ability to regulate arousal, and maximizing learning and performance.
This year’s NRBS Conference is devoted to presenting and discussing information and techniques that will be relevant to health care providers and other helping professionals who are seeking additional tools to support their clients during these stressful and difficult times. The Conference is aimed at offering information that can be used to augment learning and performance across a variety of ages and settings.
Dr. Levine Featured October 21st, 1:30pm - 3:00pm Eastern
Regulating the Nervous System with Somatic Experiencing®
Somatic Experiencing® (SE™) is a naturalistic and neurobiological approach to healing trauma and other stress-related disorders. SE offers a framework to assess where a person is “stuck” in the fight, flight, or freeze responses and provides clinical tools to resolve these fixated physiological states. It offers practical skills appropriate to various healing and helping professions, including educators, mental health, medical, physical and occupational therapies, bodywork, addiction treatment, first response, and more.
During this unique program, Peter A Levine, Ph.D., the developer of Somatic Experiencing, will demonstrate how SE addresses trauma responses through a combination of theoretical explanation and body-oriented experiential exercises. This program will address the underpinnings of trauma and explore how nervous system regulation and awareness of bodily sensations can bring individuals out of a trauma state and into a more embodied and regulated sense of authentic self.
Friday, October 21st
EASTERN TIME
9:00 am - 9:15 am Welcome
9:15 am - 10:45 am Skills, Tips and Tools for Somatic Applications in School-Aged Children
10:45 am - 11:00 am Break
11:00 am - 12:30 pm Applications of the Polyvagal Theory
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Regulating the Nervous System with Somatic Experiencing®
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Can Neurofeedback be used to heal Legacy Burdens such as racism, homophobia/transphobia, classism, and individualism?
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Optional Vendor Rooms
Saturday, October 22nd
EASTERN TIME
9:00 am - 9:15 am Introduction
9:15 am - 10:45 am Biofeedback and Neurofeedback in Schools – Past, Present, & Future
10:45 am - 11:00 am Break
11:00 am - 12:30 pm Is EMF (WIFI) Messing Up Your Clients’ Sleep?
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Awareness and control with biofeedback to improve health in schools and at home
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Optional Vendor Rooms
This program is managed by Collectively Rooted.