Trauma and the Nervous System
Sierra Tucson & Addiction Professional Webinar
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Topic: Trauma and the Nervous System
Speaker: James Seymour, MD
We will be talking about bout a new perspective looking at trauma recovery not from a psychopathological view but through understanding nervous system regulation. We will discuss the Polyvagal Theory and will see how understanding the Polyvagal Theory can result in more effective clinical work. We will briefly review some somatically oriented treatments.
Objectives:
*Describe the neuro-regulation model of trauma recovery
*Explain the Polyvagal Theory and it’s relationship to trauma recovery work
*Define the ventral vagal complex (VCC)
*List two ways in which the neuro-regulation model affects clinical practice
James Seymour, MD, Director of the Trauma Recovery Program
James Seymour, MD, joined Sierra Tucson in 2010. Upon receiving his medical degree from the University of Tennessee and completing his psychiatric residency at the University of Virginia in 1987, Dr. Seymour trained for several years in Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP). Dr. Seymour was an officer with the United States Public Health Service, where he served as mental health director of the Tucson Area Indian Health Service (IHS). For 10 years, he served as the assistant medical director of a residential behavioral health and substance abuse program focused on the healing of mind, body, and spirit. Dr. Seymour is board certified by both the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the American Board of Addiction Medicine. Additionally, he is a Somatic Experiencing® practitioner. Dr. Seymour’s areas of expertise include trauma recovery, addictions, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and somatic mind-body therapies. Dr. Seymour believes strongly in the resilience of the human spirit and views the role of the psychiatrist as assisting the person in removing obstacles to the natural healing and recovery process. Dr. Seymour approaches post trauma symptoms as the natural nervous system’s response to trauma, rather than a disease or disorder, with a primary focus on increasing the capacity for better nervous system regulation, improvement in navigating interpersonal relationships, and mindfulness to support and encourage positive results in each individual.
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This is a Sierra Tucson co-hosted webinar with Addiction Professional
The Association for the Addiction Professionals - NAADAC
This course has been approved by Vendome Group, LLC, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider # 993121, Vendome Group LLC is responsible for all aspects of their programming.
About NAADAC
NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals, represents the professional interests of more than 85,000 addiction counselors, educators and other addiction-focused health care professionals in the United States, Canada and abroad. NAADAC’s members are addiction counselors, educators and other addiction-focused health care professionals, who specialize in addiction prevention, treatment, recovery support and education. An important part of the healthcare continuum, NAADAC members and its 47 state affiliates work to create healthier individuals, families and communities through prevention, intervention, quality treatment and recovery support.
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