Building Resiliency Using Energy Practices for Providers of and At-Risk Youth and Families in Times of Crisis

Rachel Michaelsen

Training Description

During this intense period of the COVID-19 Pandemic and protests against racial injustice, so many people have experience increased levels of fight or flight/sympathetic dominance. We all need strategies to address our fear, anger, overwhelm and stress. In this class participants will have a chance to talk about their experiences over the last few weeks, explore how they can better help themselves and their clients manage stress now and when things return to the “new” normal. They will learn simple exercises from the field of energy medicine and energy psychology which they can use to regulate their own nervous systems and teach system involved youth and families. Material will be taught through lecture, small group discussion, large group and dyadic practice. 

Learning Objectives

• Participants will be able to:Explain how stress negatively impacts the nervous system;

• Implement at least four energy medicine techniques;