Breathwork for Regulation and Trauma Resolution

Breathwork for Regulation and Trauma Resolution

With Deborah Maddison and John Paul Mason

How do we help clients regulate when they experience challenging emotions and sensations?

And as therapists how do we regulate ourselves so we can better support our clients through these challenges?

One of the ways we can do this is through the breath.

In this workshop you will learn about the three different categories of breath techniques and how each of them can be used to help clients not only to regulate themselves, but also to resolve trauma.

Through our breath we can directly impact our nervous system state, to up or down regulate. We can learn how to bring calm to our nervous system and how to use our breath to build resilience.

Once we help a client regulate their nervous system, we can then go deeper with a particular type of breathwork practice into the unconscious, to help them resolve the trauma that they carry and to find lasting peace and wholeness.

The realm of breathwork can be very confusing, as there are so many different types of breathwork and ways of working with breath. In this workshop, John Paul and Deborah will demystify and simplify the world of breathwork, so that you can leave with an understanding of what types to safely recommend for clients when and also learn some simple yet powerful techniques that you can start using straight away to help you and your clients co-regulate during your sessions and to self-regulate before and after sessions. This will help create an increased felt sense of safety to go deeper in your existing work

This will be an experiential workshop where you will explore different breath practices you can use for both you and your clients.

Contraindications

As part of this workshop, you will have the opportunity to experience a deeper breathwork journey using the Conscious Connected Breath. This is mostly a deeply relaxing experience but can also result in physical or emotional release. As such, certain conditions are contraindicated. Please inform Online Events either before the workshop or John Paul during the workshop if you have any of the conditions below. You can still participate in the workshop and John Paul will guide you appropriately.

• First trimester of pregnancy
• Cardiovascular disease including angina, previous heart attack or stroke
• Epilepsy
• High Blood Pressure (not controlled by medication)
• Uncontrolled thyroid conditions and diabetes
• History of psychosis, bipolar or schizophrenia
• Glaucoma or detached retina
• Aneurysm of brain or abdomen
• Asthma – you may wish to bring your inhaler to the session.

Learning Objectives Participants Can Expect From This Event

• To learn how the breath can be used to help your clients regulate their nervous system.
• To learn how breathwork can be used to help clients integrate trauma to a place of resolution
• To learn how Breathwork may be combined with your current therapeutic practice.

Who is This Workshop Appropriate For?

• We welcome counsellors, psychotherapists, psychiatrists, coaches and holistic practitioners with an interest in somatic work and finding new ways to work with trauma and supporting clients to feel safer and get more out of your sessions.

How May This Workshop Impact Your Practice?

• This workshop will help expand your awareness of how to help clients who have experienced trauma and will give you several tools you can use immediately to help them find more peace, connection and nervous system regulation.

You’ll also be given access to a free e-book and some free resources – guided practices and educational audios and videos- on Deborah’s App to help with breathwork and nervous system regulation after the event.

What are others saying:

‘This was one of the most enjoyable and insightful workshops for me to date. It was my first experience of breathwork. After presenting very informative slides, John Paul provided a 30 minute breathwork space for the group which was simply amazing. I highly recommend anyone who is curious about Breathwork as a psychotherapist for your clients, or for your own personal experience to link in with this man, he was wonderful.’

‘This was a great way for me to reconnect with my body and spend time taking a break from my responsibilities and worries and focusing solely on the breath. Deborah is well educated in breath practice and provides evidence and helpful explanations to support her practices. Her gentle manner and invitations to participate in the techniques make for a comfortable and safe environment to learn and experience the power of the breath. I’ll be sure to practice these techniques to continue deepening this practice and will be sharing them with my patients’

Psychiatry Resident, University of Toronto.

RECORDING 

This event will be recorded and you can use the ticket function to pre-purchase the recording before the event. This will be useful for colleagues who are not able to attend the event live and also for those who attend the event live and want to watch it again.

ZOOM 

This event will be hosted on the Zoom meeting platform where we will use our cameras and microphones to interact with each other as a group.

SELF-SELECT FEE

The self-select fee is a radical inclusion policy to open learning for all colleagues. The guide price for this event is £20.00, however, we appreciate that income varies greatly in different locations and circumstances. Please contribute what you can to help us maintain inclusive professional training.

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At Onlinevents, we and the presenters we collaborate with are committed to working in a way that aligns with the ethical codes and frameworks of our respective professional organisations. We expect all colleagues attending our events to uphold the ethical principles of their professional membership.

If you are not a member of a professional organisation, we ask that you participate in a way that is both authentic and respectful, fostering a space of mutual learning and professional engagement.

By registering for this event, you agree to be present and interact in a manner that reflects these principles.

Deborah Maddison

Deborah Maddison is a Breathwork Practitioner and a Trauma Release Exercises (TRE®) practitioner. Her experience of trauma work from her TRE training deeply informs how she works with Breathwork, ensuring she brings a slow, calm, regulated presence to client sessions. Her particular area of expertise is in working with clients with early, complex and developmental trauma. In 2024 she launched her own App, My Healing Space, as a platform for her flagship course, Understanding and Befriending Your Nervous System. The App has grown to become an immersive therapeutic experience and to encapsulate wider resources for Nervous System regulation, to provide support and education to clients in parallel with other healing modalities.

John Paul Mason

John Paul Mason is a Breathwork Practitioner who has been working with clients and deep trauma for the last 12 years. He has particular expertise in working with sexual trauma and abuse, helping clients to resolve and reclaim the past so they can feel empowered to live fulfilling lives. He works with clients one-one both online and in person and runs regular workshops, online courses and trainings for counsellors and other therapists to help them integrate breathwork into their own practice. You can find out more about John Paul and his work through his website.

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