🌻 Overcome Trauma Responses Week 1 ~ The Freeze Response

Master Series on the Treatment of Trauma

09/28/22 (Wed)

We’ll dig into strategies to help you more skillfully identify and navigate the freeze response with Bessel van der Kolk, MD; Stephen Porges, PhD; Pat Ogden, PhD; and other top experts. 

Here’s the agenda:

  • The First Thing to Do When You Recognize Your Patient Is in Freeze
  • Clear-Cut Interventions for Bringing a Client Out of Freeze During a Session
  • What NOT to Do When Your Patient Is Stuck in Freeze
  • How to Work with the Freeze Response at the Level of the Nervous System
  • How to Help Patients Identify What Triggers Their Freeze Response
  • A Four-Step Process That Can Help Patients Regulate Their Freeze Response
  • A Simple Biofeedback Strategy That Can Help Patients Gain a Sense of Control Over Their Freeze Response

2 Strategies for Working with the Freeze Response