Integrating nature-informed practices and activities into clinical work can help children learn to reduce defensive states, increase homeostasis and activate their social engagement system.
Tag: polyvagal theory
‘Developing balance therapy’ helps provide clients with the necessary skills to stabilize or self-regulate so that they can proceed on to deeper trauma work.
By understanding how brain chemistry and the human nervous system work, counselors can help their clients shift into use of their social engagement system and become more flexible in their coping styles.