Erica Siegal, LCSW is a psychedelic-assisted psychotherapist, community organizer and harm reduction advocate. She has spent the past 20 years exploring diverse ways to create impactful, connective experiences while increasing community safety and wellness. Erica worked on psychedelic psychotherapy clinical trials from 2014 - 2019 and has spent over a decade providing harm reduction and crisis response services at events and festivals worldwide.
She is the founder NEST Harm Reduction, a California-based corporation that provides psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, professional training and event services. Given her years of experience and unique lens on Psychedelia, Erica provides commentary and insight into the risks and potential harms in the mainstreaming of psychedelics into society and culture.
Grounding Skills for Trauma Survivors
Explore tools and techniques that can assist with emotional regulation in NEST's 90-minute workshop, where we delve into a variety of simple grounding tools.
This workshop goes beyond theory, offering several experiential practices that can cultivate resilience and self-awareness. Through mindfulness, breathwork, sensory engagement, and innovative modalities, participants will gain insight into the profound ways simple grounding practices can foster emotional regulation and restore a sense of ease.
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Learning Objectives
- Participants will be able to explain the key characteristics of trauma, its impact on an individual's emotional well-being, and its global prevalence, with an emphasis on its pervasive nature.
- Participants will be able to clearly understand all the different facets of how trauma affects people, biology, emotionally, mentally and cognitively.
- Participants will be able to explain the functions and interactions of the parasympathetic and autonomic nervous systems and describe the significance of the "window of tolerance" in maintaining emotional regulation, clear thinking, and effective functioning.
- Participants will be able to clearly define their own routes of safety in any given situation
- Participants will gain the skills of various meditation techniques and breathing techniques
Target Audience
This educational activity is intended for behavioral health professionals, including Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, and MFT's, as well as trauma survivors.
Wednesday, November 08, 2023
Live Interactive Webinar
02:00 PM PST - 03:30 PM PST
About the speakers
Erica Siegal, LCSW
CEO, Founder, NEST Harm Reduction & Consulting
Heidi J Garret, MSW Student Intern
Heidi Garrett is a clinical western herbalist, owner of Morning Glory Apothecary, reiki practitioner, death doula, & Kambo practitioner. She received her bachelor’s degree in Human Biology at NC State. She is concurrently in a MSW program at New Mexico State and in a year long psychedelic assisted therapy program called Vital with Psychedelics Today.
Agenda
Introduction (10 min):
Opening - pronouns/land acknowledgements
Facilitator intro
Consent/Bio Guidelines
Psychoeducation (20 min):
Trauma 101
Window of Tolerance
Routes of Safety
Building a Tool Kit (40min):
Practicing guided meditation - 6 min
*reset* 1 min
5 Senses Technique - 6 min.
*reset* - 1 min
Timed breathing (4-4-8) - 6 min
*reset* - 1 min
Practice circular breathing technique 6 min
*reset* - 1 min
Bilateral stimulation/music - 6 min
*reset* - 1 min
Practice self compassion meditation - 6 min
Closing/Q&A/Sharing (25 min)