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Healing Addiction with IFS & Polyvagal Theory – Cece Sykes & Jan Winhall

Jan has been working closely with Stephen Porges to develop a Polyvagal informed model for treating addiction, while Cece is one of the world’s foremost experts on leveraging Internal Family Systems for healing addictive processes. Niall brings them together in this insightful interview of leading addiction experts.

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Conversation with Jan Winhall on Treating Trauma and Addiction with the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model™

Jan Winhall has a conversation about her book with Manal Aldabbagh (Embodied Parenting Coach, Movement, and Expressive Dance Facilitator). https://youtu.be/h3LSZ2QFXFo

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Reimagining Addiction as an Adaptive Response to Threat

Four key points: Addiction is an adaptive response mediated by our autonomic nervous system. The Felt Sense Polyvagal Model™ is a new paradigm for trauma and addiction treatment. The Three Circle Practice is a practical harm reduction treatment framework. Healing comes from establishing safety in the body. Addictions as Adaptive When people ask me what […]

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USABP FORUM – Integrating Addiction and Trauma Treatment

USABP – IBPJ FORUM PRESENTS: A Paradigm Shift Using Bottom-Up, Top-Down, and Systemic Models This event was a USABP fundraiser that took place in February 2021 and has now been released for general public viewing. Addiction treatment has been driven by a pathologizing model that leaves out the wisdom of the body in the healing […]

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Addiction from the Bottom Up: A Felt Sense Polyvagal Model™ of Addiction

The following piece was originally published in Somatic Psychotherapy Today. Reaching beyond the western, post Descartes view of mind/body duality as distorted and harmful, I have explored alternative ways of experiencing and conceptualizing the body. I think this is critical when working with addiction because our current understanding and treatment of addiction reflect this disembodied […]

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Shifting from the Bottom Up: A Conversation amid the Coronavirus Pandemic with Jan Winhall

“We all have to pull together… we need to create safe-enough places together. None of us are going to get out of this okay unless we’re all okay.” — Jan Winhall Derek Ryan Maynard interviews Jan Winhall for the July 2020 issue of InFocus on behalf of The International Focusing Institute. Jan discusses how she […]

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Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy with Jan Winhall, The Michael Ostrolenk Show #ORadio (Video)

Michael Ostrolenk is a licensed psychotherapist who completed his MA in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology at John F. Kennedy University and did post-graduate studies in somatic psychology at the California Institute for Integral Studies . He is certified in Spiral Dynamics and Wade Mindsets. Michael is Head Instructor for SEALFIT’s Unbeatable Mind Academy as well as a personal development […]

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Addiction from the Bottom Up: Integrating a Felt Sense Polyvagal Model™ to Treat Addiction (Video)

Join Jan as she shares over 40 years of experience keeping her client’s company. Her clinical work has led her to understand that what is called “addiction”…Interview with Ann Dowsett Johnston https://youtu.be/eTFtjRSQnx4

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