Mental Health Tools for Self-Care (FREE!)

IRL Social Skills

Add some new mental health tools to your self-care toolkit: Somatic Experiencing, Polyvagal Theory, and Emotional Freedom Technique—FREE!

UPDATE: In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, we are making this a free workshop as a way of supporting healthier people, relationships, and communities. Please join us!Join us for an insightful, interactive workshop designed to help anxious, struggling, or otherwise socially challenged young people improve their emotional self-regulation and well-being. Open to ages 11+ up , this workshop is for teens, young adults and adults who struggle with social, relational and communication difficulties. A parent (or parents) attend along with their child (or bring the whole family!) who will also learn these potent self-care tools.Special guest instructors will guide participants through explorations of Polyvagal Theory, Somatic Experiencing, and Emotional Freedom Technique (tapping). Somatic Experiencing (SE)IRL Social Skills founder, MARA McLOUGHLIN, kicks off the workshop with a brief mindfulness practice, followed by an overview of Somatic Experiencing (SE)—a form of holistic therapy used to treat trauma symptoms from the bottom up. Rather than focusing on cognitive or emotional experiences, as in many forms of therapy, attention is directed toward internal sensations. The result is better emotional intelligence, improved self-regulation, and reduced anxiety and stress.Before she founded IRL Social Skills, Mara McLoughlin worked as a speech language pathologist on autism evaluation teams in public schools, as well as on the Navajo reservation. She also operated a stroke rehabilitation support service to assist caregivers, spouses, and family members needing tools and techniques to help a loved one recover from strokes and traumatic brain injuries. And before that Mara was a yoga instructor and magazine publisher. Mara brings her decades-long passion for communication and mind-body healing to this workshop, and delights in helping all people breathe better, feel better, think differently, and be their best. Learn more at i<a href="https://www.irlsocialskills.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">rlsocialskills.com</a>Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)AMANDA FERRAT is the founder of Value Yourself Counseling LLC, a certified Advanced EFT Practitioner, wellness counselor, and international speaker. Over the last two decades, after receiving a Bachelor&#x27;s in Family Science, Amanda supported others in various social service settings, including those in crisis or healing from trauma. Amanda partially completed a Masters of Social Work, but before completing the program, she experienced a great number of losses in a short span and grad school was no longer the right fit. She honored her needs instead and began a deeply healing journey. She tried talk therapy, EMDR, hypnosis, grief groups, and much more. Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) was the tool that unlocked the magic for Amanda. Amanda now helps women and teens that feel lost or out of sync with themselves get back to a place of deep self-knowing, and to honor their desire to trust, care for, and love themselves deeply, without guilt or shame. Amanda supports them on their journey to empowering their Inner Badass™ by combining her empathy, knowledge, lived experience, passion, and professional skills to create safer, braver spaces for deeper healing and personal growth.Amanda will lead participants through a brief EFT tapping practice at the workshop. Learn more about Amanda at her website, <a href="http://valueyourselfcounseling.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://valueyourselfcounseling.com/</a>Polyvagal TheoryTORRI WRIGHT joins us to guide us through an exploration of polyvagal theory. According to polyvagal theory, shifts in the autonomic nervous system produce different states that affect our reaction to the world.Torri has a unique approach to both state and local agencies as well as private clients by applying her in-depth coaching skills in, behavior analysis, trauma informed, crisis interventions, collaborative practices, and behavior management skills. She has her M.A. focused on Special Education and Teaching from Pacific University as well as her undergraduate work in criminal justice and psychology. This has contributed to her success and unique perspective to understanding and making sense of human behavior. She leverages what she has learned and experienced with a variety of people and their neurodiversities to help clients and teams better navigate relationships within the context of the workplace and increasing the quality of their lives. She is an author of two books, See Beyond Behavior and See Beyond Emotions, has written a series of curriculum, hosts a podcast, and often speaks at conferences and workshops on topics such as the polyvagal theory, complex behaviors, trauma responsive techniques, and much more. Her more than 25 years of experience comes alive when working with those she believes are her biggest teachers (the people she feels blessed to work with). Learn more about Torri at her website, https://behca.com/aboutProduced and hosted by <a href="https://www.irlsocialskills.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">irlsocialskills.com</a>

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