Trauma Training

Practical Training in Nervous System Regulation

Trainer: Rebecca Kase 
On-Demand: Available with lifetime access for asynchronous learning. | This course was recorded on February 7th, 2025. 

Polyvagal Theory tells you why your clients respond the way they do. This course gives you what to do about it.

Led by Rebecca Kase, author of Polyvagal Informed EMDR and one of the foremost polyvagal-trained trauma clinicians in the country, this training moves beyond the foundational concepts and into concrete, session-ready interventions. You will learn how to use the autonomic nervous system as a clinical roadmap, how to build an autonomic blueprint with clients, how to apply the Preparation Hierarchy to intervention selection, and how to use Rebecca's signature BASC technique alongside breathwork, somatic movement, metta meditation, and parts work integration to build genuine, lasting nervous system resilience.

This course is for both EMDR therapists and non-EMDR therapists. If you work with trauma, anxiety, depression, addiction, or chronic stress, polyvagal-informed interventions belong in your practice. This training will show you exactly how to use them.

In this polyvagal theory interventions training, you'll learn how to:

• Create an autonomic blueprint with clients to map their nervous system baseline and identify autonomic themes that inform aligned polyvagal interventions throughout treatment
• Apply the Preparation Hierarchy as a guide for choosing interventions based on where a client's nervous system is, rather than defaulting to a one-size-fits-all approach
• Use polyvagal-informed assessments for neuroception to measure a client's level of psychological safety and apply that understanding directly to trauma processing and the therapeutic relationship
• Apply the orienting reflex to reduce triggers and moments of overwhelm in session
• Build vagal tone using Rebecca Kase's signature BASC technique, alongside breathwork, metta mantra meditation, somatic movement exercises, progressive yoga nidra, and reflexive orienting
• Work with autonomic parts using a polyvagal and parts work integration framework to identify and address the parts of a client's system that are organized around specific states of activation
• Use vagal stimulation techniques to promote parasympathetic functioning and build nervous system resilience across diverse client presentations

 Trauma Therapist Institute Founder Rebecca Kase is recognized as one of the foremost EMDR trainers and trauma experts in the U.S. She is an LCSW, professional EMDR consultant and trainer, registered yoga teacher, and author of Polyvagal Informed EMDR: A Neuro-Informed Approach to Healing (2023). Rebecca has been practicing in the field of trauma counseling since 2006. She’s an expert in working with complex trauma and dissociation and has practiced in both nonprofit and private practice settings. In her own therapy practice, Rebecca incorporates yoga therapy, ego states, somatic approaches, Polyvagal Theory and EMDR into her work with clients, which includes veterans and adults with Complex PTSD. Rebecca is known as a skillful, clear and enthusiastic teacher. She’ll keep you engaged and make you giggle, even in an online trauma training course!