Emotional Regulation And The Nervous System

Emotional Regulation And The Nervous System

Drawing on a model from the field of neuroscience, Polyvagal Theory, this course offers a clear framework for understanding how trauma impacts us at the level of the nervous system, which underpins our emotional landscape.

The course also offers practical tools for emotional regulation.

Course aims

To increase awareness of the impact of trauma on our nervous systems and emotions

To develop some basic tools for emotional regulation

Course objectives

By the end of the course, you will have had opportunities to:

• Gain a basic understanding of how the nervous system works, and ways in which it can be impacted by trauma

• Develop confidence in recognising the different nervous system states

• Try out some practical tools for emotional regulation

• Gain a basic understanding of how nervous systems interact with each other, and how ‘co-regulation’ works

• Explore how we can apply these understandings to our work and lives