Service Description

Facilitated by Licensed Somatic Mental Health Counselor, Michelle Pietrzak-Wegner Whether you live with anxiety, depression, past trauma, chronic pain and stress, constant overwhelm, or relationship issues, a key component to finding more stability in mood and outlook is understanding how your nervous system may be over-working in protective mode. Mastering personal ways to regulate your nervous system can provide a pathway towards more tolerance and resiliency in daily life. This five-week course meets weekly for 1.5 hours and is designed for any adult person open to learning more about how to tame a dysregulated nervous system and learn effective ways for managing reactive responses to life’s stressors. This course is not a replacement for therapy and can be used in conjunction with ongoing individual therapy. This course is psycho-educational with experiential components of somatic (body-based) practices aimed at providing the participant with a variety of ways to help themselves regulate and soothe. Online sessions are not process-oriented and are not a place for processing individual emotions or individual trauma; however, it will be a safe space to explore the course content in a way that feels personal and relatable. General Course Outline: Week 1: Introduction to the Nervous System and Common Protective States Week 2: Awareness/Sensation/Somatic Vocabulary Week 3: Understanding Safety and Cultivating Inner and Outer Security Week 4: Connection/Relationship/Co-regulation Week 5: Adaptability/Resiliency/Growth This course will be conducted live on the Zoom platform. Participants will benefit from attending all five course sessions due to the Q+A discussions held by the group; however, sessions will be recorded for those who may have to miss on occasion. PDF handouts will be shared with participants before each week as a supplemental learning and references for future and ongoing use. Participants will be asked to log into sessions with camera and microphone on and end session with microphone and camera on; there will be times during sessions in which the options to turn camera off will be available. $175USD per person for the five-week course. Pre-registration and pre-screening required. Before paying for this course here, if you would like to sign up for the next five-week session starting in June 2025 (Mondays, June 2-30), please contact Michelle for application form: embodiedtherapyinfo@gmail.com