Nervous System 101 Neuroscience, Somatics & Ethical Considerations

A Live Continuing Education Intensive for Therapists, Counselors, Social Workers, Healers, and Mental Health Professionals

Friday, August 21, 2026
9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. ET
Live on Zoom

9 Continuing Education Hours
5 Core Hours + 4 Ethics Hours

Investment: $150 plus a 3% processing fee

Virtual

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Live attendance is required to receive continuing education credit. No recording will be provided.

*These CEs are approved by Georgia Board Marriage & Family Therapists, Licensed Professional Counselors, & Licensed Social Workers.

Being Nervous System-Informed Isn’t Optional, It’s the Foundation.

 

Nervous System 101 is a live continuing education intensive designed for therapists, counselors, social workers, healers, and mental health professionals who are ready to move beyond talk-only approaches and provide care that is holistic, trauma-informed, embodied, and nervous system-informed.

During this one-day training, you will develop a foundational understanding of holistic mental health, the nervous system, Polyvagal Theory, regulation, dysregulation, and the ethical integration of somatic and holistic practices.

You will not only learn about nervous system regulation. You will experience simple somatic practices, practice facilitating selected tools, and explore how to make thoughtful, ethical, and culturally responsive decisions when incorporating these practices into your work.

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🎟️ Cost: Replay available 

Date: Friday, August 21, 2026
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. ET
Location: Live on Zoom
Continuing Education: 9 hours, including 5 Core and 4 Ethics
Investment: $150 plus a 3% processing fee
Recording: No recording will be provided

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CEs approved through the Georgia Board of MFTs, LPCs, & LCSWs

 

Why This Training Matters

If you are holding space for people navigating trauma, chronic stress, anxiety, emotional overwhelm, shutdown, or disconnection, understanding the nervous system is essential.

Your clients may intellectually understand their patterns and still struggle to feel safe, present, connected, or regulated. Talk therapy can provide meaningful insight, but insight alone does not always create an embodied sense of safety.

Nervous system-informed care helps us recognize what regulation and dysregulation look like in the therapy room. It also gives us a broader range of tools for supporting clients beyond cognitive understanding.

This training bridges neuroscience, holistic mental health, somatic practice, and ethical clinical integration so you can approach this work with greater confidence, care, and intentionality.

This training will help you:

  • Understand holistic mental health as the foundation of nervous system-informed care
  • Understand how trauma and stress affect the brain, body, and nervous system
  • Recognize signs of regulation and dysregulation in the therapy room
  • Understand Polyvagal Theory and the role of the vagus nerve
  • Explore yoga, breathwork, sound healing, meditation, and somatic practices as tools for regulation
  • Experience simple somatic practices you can use personally and professionally
  • Practice facilitating selected nervous system regulation tools
  • Learn the four core elements of ethical integration
  • Make more informed decisions about which practices may be appropriate for different clients
  • Apply scope-of-practice, informed-consent, and culturally responsive considerations
  • Explore real-life case studies involving holistic and somatic integration

What You'll Learn

Holistic Mental Health as the Foundation

Explore what it means to take a holistic approach to mental health and healing. You will examine why nervous system-informed work must consider the interconnected physical, energetic, mental and emotional, spiritual, and communal dimensions of the person.

Understanding the Nervous System

Develop a clear, digestible understanding of the nervous system and its relationship to trauma, stress, emotional well-being, healing, and behavior.

Polyvagal Theory and the Vagus Nerve

Explore the foundational principles of Polyvagal Theory, the role of the vagus nerve, and how different nervous system states may appear within therapy and healing spaces.

Regulation and Dysregulation in the Therapy Room

Learn how to recognize possible signs of activation, overwhelm, disconnection, shutdown, and regulation while remaining attentive to the individual client and clinical context.

Somatic and Holistic Practices

Explore how yoga, breathwork, sound healing, meditation, and other somatic practices may support nervous system regulation when used appropriately.

Experiential Practice

Experience simple somatic practices and receive opportunities to practice facilitating selected tools in a supportive learning environment.

The Four Core Elements of Ethical Integration

Learn a practical framework for evaluating and integrating holistic and somatic practices ethically, intentionally, and within your professional scope.

Clinical Application and Case Studies

Review case studies and practice determining which holistic or somatic practice, if any, may be appropriate based on the client, presenting concern, diagnosis, cultural context, informed consent, and practitioner competence.

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By the End of This Training, Participants Will Be Able To:

  • Describe foundational principles of holistic mental health and nervous system-informed care
  • Identify key nervous system structures and explain their relationship to trauma, stress, and emotional regulation
  • Explain foundational concepts from Polyvagal Theory and the role of the vagus nerve
  • Recognize potential indicators of regulation and dysregulation within therapy and healing spaces
  • Describe how mindfulness, yoga, breathwork, meditation, and sound-based practices may affect the brain, body, and nervous system
  • Demonstrate selected somatic practices that may support nervous system regulation
  • Identify ethical considerations related to scope of practice, practitioner competence, informed consent, cultural responsiveness, and client appropriateness
  • Apply the four core elements of ethical integration to clinical scenarios
  • Evaluate case studies and select appropriate nervous system-informed interventions based on client needs and professional scope
  • Develop a basic structure for ethically incorporating selected holistic or somatic tools into a client session

Earn 9 Continuing Education Hours

This live training has been approved for nine continuing education hours for eligible Georgia marriage and family therapists, professional counselors, and social workers.

The training includes:

  • 5 Core Continuing Education Hours
  • 4 Ethics Continuing Education Hours

Participants must attend the complete live Zoom training and satisfy all stated completion requirements to receive continuing education credit and a certificate of completion.

Professionals outside Georgia are welcome to participate. Continuing education acceptance requirements vary by state and licensing board. Participants licensed outside Georgia are responsible for confirming acceptance with their individual licensing board before registering.

Non-licensed professionals, coaches, healers, yoga teachers, and other helping professionals are also welcome to attend. Those who complete the live training will receive a certificate of completion, but the certificate does not guarantee continuing education credit from a licensing board.

This Training Is For You...

  • You are a therapist, counselor, social worker, psychologist, mental health professional, coach, healer, yoga teacher, educator, or helping professional
  • You want to understand the nervous system beyond surface-level social media language
  • You want to recognize how regulation and dysregulation may present in the therapy room
  • You want to become more holistic, trauma-informed, embodied, and somatic in your approach
  • You are interested in yoga, breathwork, sound healing, meditation, and somatic practices
  • You want practical tools that can support regulation and embodied healing
  • You want to understand how to integrate holistic practices ethically and within your scope
  • You want opportunities to experience and practice selected nervous system regulation tools
  • You are ready to move beyond talk-only approaches while remaining clinically and ethically grounded

 

This Is What Embodied Healing Looks Like

“Healing isn’t just about talking. It’s about regulating.”

Nervous system-informed care invites us to pay attention to more than what a client says. It asks us to notice the body, breath, energy, patterns of activation, capacity for connection, and the conditions that support a genuine sense of safety.

When you understand the nervous system, you can begin supporting yourself and your clients in ways that are more embodied, responsive, and holistic.

This training is about moving beyond the mind and learning how the body, breath, sound, movement, relationships, environment, and nervous system influence the healing process.

 

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Meet Your Facilitator

LeNaya Smith Crawford, M.A., LMFT, ERYT-500

LeNaya Smith Crawford is a licensed marriage and family therapist, holistic mental health educator, trauma-informed yoga, breathwork, and meditation teacher, sound healer, speaker, and wellness CEO with more than a decade of experience across mental health, wellness, education, and entrepreneurship.

Through her holistic framework, LeNaya equips therapists, helping professionals, entrepreneurs, leaders, and organizations to move beyond fragmented approaches and return to wholeness by integrating every layer of who we are: physical, energetic, mental and emotional, spiritual, and communal.

Her work blends clinical expertise with evidence-informed, somatic, spiritual, ancestral, and holistic practices. She is the creator of The Holistic Therapist Academy and founder of LSC Wellness and Kaleidoscope Therapy & Holistic Wellness.

LeNaya’s work has been featured in The New York Times, Essence, Healthline, and Bravo.

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Ready To Join Us?

If you hold space for others, understanding the nervous system is foundational.

Join LeNaya Smith Crawford for a live, experiential continuing education intensive that brings together holistic mental health, neuroscience, Polyvagal Theory, somatic practice, and ethical integration.

Leave with a deeper understanding of the nervous system, practical tools you can experience and apply, and a clearer framework for integrating this work responsibly.

Friday, August 21, 2026
9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. ET
Live on Zoom
9 Continuing Education Hours
$150 plus a 3% processing fee

 

 

 

Live attendance is required. No recording will be provided.

Register for the Live Training