Empowerment through Connection: The Role of External Regulators in Trauma Integration

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Learning Objectives
1.Examine what it means to become an external regulator for trauma integration.
2.Define what regulation is and how this understanding impacts the professionals ability to co-regulate during intense play and stories.
3.Identify 2 things a professional can do to develop their capacity to become an external regulator.
4.Identify what the clients brain is scanning for in the environment to indicate a neuroception of safety, allowing the client to feel safe enough to do trauma work.
5.Explore how a client borrows the professional's regulatory system in a session.
6.Examine what emotional flooding is and what to do when it happens in a session.
7.Formulate actionable strategies to navigate challenging scenarios that may arise in the context of trauma-informed, multicultural, and multilingual therapy.