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The course: Enhancing Your Therapeutic Presence by Dafna Lender

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• Course language: English

While we all know that success in therapy depends on the therapist–client relationship, building that positive rapport hinges on behaviors many therapists aren’t even aware of.

Imagine bolstering your therapeutic presence by consciously amplifying behaviors that make clients feel safe, connected, and cared for.

In this playful, experiential recording, you’ll master the often nonverbal qualities of the powerful, collaborative brain state which is delineated in Polyvagal Theory as the “social engagement system,” which underlies relational experiences.

1. Implement voice, rhythm, facial expressions and touch to elicit openness and a sense of calm in clients.
2. Apply three methods for sending safety messages to the brains of deeply mistrusting clients and improving their therapeutic engagement.
3. Utilize techniques to surprise the brain of a guarded client with novel responses that will interrupt their automatic defensiveness and generate curiosity.
4. Articulate exercises and activities to help angry clients feel more relaxed, open and ready to connect in a clinical setting.
5. Determine what the social engagement system is, its basis in polyvagal theory, and its treatment implications.

Therapeutic presence-What is it?

• Underlying biology
• The social engagement system
• How interacting with others can help

Developing and communicating safety and connection

• Voice Prosidy
• Resonance
• Facial expressions
• Eye contact
• Touch

Play as a neural exercise in create safety and connection

• Interventions to help client decrease defensiveness/increase sense of connection 
• Interventions for reducing anger and producing feelings of calm