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Felt Sense Polyvagal Model™ Certificate and Facilitator Training
Join Jan Winhall at the Polyvagal Institute in order to deepen your practice and contribute to a new movement that honors the wisdom of the body in healing.
The following Felt Sense Polyvagal Model™ Facilitator training sequence developed by Jan Winhall offers a transformative approach to understanding and treating trauma and addiction. Combining insights from neuroscience with practical therapeutic techniques, these trainings provide participants with the tools to create lasting change.
Felt Sense Polyvagal Model™ Certificate and Facilitator Training
Through a series of self-paced and live online courses, participants will explore the intersection of trauma and addiction while connecting with a growing community of like-minded professionals.
The first two courses in the facilitator sequence are 1. An (optional) on-demand Introductory Course and 2. Our popular 6-month FSPM Certificate Course with Focusing Partnerships. They can be taken on their own as standalone courses to understand how to apply the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model™ as well as to learn and become proficient in Partner Focusing. When completing the full training sequence, individuals earn the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model Facilitator Certificate, which acknowledges an ability to guide others effectively in this empathetic approach*.
*In the Spring of 2025 there will be opportunities for Facilitators to run FSPM Trauma and Addiction groups based on my upcoming book, 20 Embodied Practices for Healing Trauma and Addiction.
1. (Optional*) Complete the Self-Paced Six-Hour Course: Begin your journey with our introductory course, Revolutionizing Trauma and Addiction with the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model™, which lays the foundation for a new way of understanding and treating trauma and addiction based on my book, Treating Trauma and Addiction with the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model™ (Routledge, 2021).
*This course is optional in the sequence of courses that lead to becoming a full FSPM Facilitator. If you do take this course first, you are eligible for a discount on Step 2, the Treating Trauma and Addiction with the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model Certificate Course.
2. Participate in the Live Online Certificate Program: Engage in interactive learning and develop your skills in applying the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model™ effectively in Felt Sense Polyvagal Model™: A Certificate for Treating Trauma and Addiction. In this 6-month certificate program participants will also gain focusing partnerships and become part of a growing supportive community of like-minded therapists who understand the importance of a polyvagal lens in working with clients. Completion of this training is a prerequisite for the next two trainings.
3. Join the Supervision Group: Supervision Group for FSPM: Applying the Model in Your Practice offers a deeper dive into the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model with a smaller group of people. As we take the model into new frontiers, we’ll have an opportunity to share and learn from each other’s application of the model. This training may be taken concurrently with the next one.
4. Complete Teacher Training: In the Polyvagal-Informed Focusing Teacher Training you will learn to teach polyvagal-informed focusing based on Jan Winhall’s Felt Sense Polyvagal Model™. Participants gain specific tools and strategies to confidently instruct others in the fundamentals of FSPM, supported by detailed, interactive materials suitable for both group and individual settings. By reflecting on key learning principles and group dynamics, you will be equipped to effectively integrate the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model™ into various therapeutic environments.
1. Revolutionizing Trauma and Addiction with the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model™
On-Demand Course
This self-paced, six-hour course will present a new way of understanding and treating trauma and addiction based on my book Treating Trauma and Addiction with the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model™ (Routledge, 2021). The model is based on the latest research in the areas of neuroscience and trauma treatment. The work of Stephen Porges, Dan Siegel, Bessel van der Kolk, Judith Herman, Marc Lewis, and Eugene Gendlin form the theoretical and evidence-based foundation of the model.
Trauma and addiction responses are increasing day by day as people cry out for help. We desperately need a fresh approach that treats the trauma of addiction where it lives; in the body. The fields of trauma and addiction have developed separately, yet when we treat one we are very often working with the other. And the state of addiction is traumatic in and of itself. So, how do we work with both? In this course we will explore the intersection of trauma and addiction and how to address both with an embodied approach.
Revolutionizing Trauma and Addiction with the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model™ On-Demand Course
2. Felt Sense Polyvagal Model™: A Certificate for Treating Trauma and Addiction
Sept 26, 2024– Feb 27, 2025
What They're Saying About This Course:
Shift your paradigm and learn new tools for treating trauma and addiction.
In this 6-month certificate program we explore the intersection of trauma and addiction and how to address both with an embodied approach.
Participants of this course will gain focusing partnerships and become part of a growing supportive community of like-minded therapists who understand the importance of a polyvagal lens in working with clients.
In addition to play-on-demand lectures, there will be six live monthly zoom classes, as well as monthly focusing with your assigned partner.
Upon passing a final course quiz, participants will receive:
– Partner Focusing Proficiency Award from the International Focusing Institute
– Certificate of Completion: Treating Trauma and Addiction with the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model Certificate Program, from the Polyvagal Institute (Level 2)
– 24 APA Approved CE’s
This course is informative for those new to the field of trauma/addiction as well as seasoned practitioners.
"What is the Felt Sense?"
Free Introductory Seminar with Jan Winhall
Includes a focusing demo
3. Supervision Group for FSPM: Applying the Model in Your Practice
Sept 5th, 2024 - Feb 6th, 2025
This course offers a deeper dive into the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model with a smaller group of people. We’ll have an opportunity to share and learn from each other as we take the model into new frontiers.
So, if you are interested in:
* Becoming a Felt Sense Polyvagal Model Facilitator so you join our team of teachers
* Deepening your knowledge and skills in applying the model to your area of interest
* Co-regulating with like minded and embodied folks in an ongoing safe and stimulating community
Please consider joining us to continue the journey of bringing somatic awareness into the world.
This 6-month course meets monthly for two hours live on Zoom for six months..
Participants must be graduates of Jan’s Treating Trauma and Addiction certificate course or be pre-approved by Jan. To register, please email PVI at [email protected] explaining how you have satisfied the prerequisite before making your purchase.
4. Polyvagal Informed Focusing Teacher Training
April – October, 2024
Learn how to teach polyvagal-informed focusing to your clients and other therapists
Participants in this course will learn how to teach polyvagal-informed focusing, based on Jan Winhall’s Felt Sense Polyvagal Model™.
Specific tools and strategies will be shared so that you will feel confident in teaching focusing and the basics of the FSPM. You will receive detailed and interactive material on teaching the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model™ in any group or individual settings.
By reflecting on learning principles, group process, and program development, participants will be prepared to integrate FSPM into any environment or modality.
Upon completion of all requirements participants will receive Focusing Trainer Certification from The International Focusing Institute, and the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model Facilitator Certificate from The Polyvagal Institute
Students eligible for this course will have completed or are currently in the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model Certificate course.