Arielle Schwartz (Dr.)
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Courses by Arielle Schwartz (Dr.)
Applied Polyvagal Theory in Action
A trauma recovery course with Dr. Arielle Schwartz integrating Polyvagal Theory, therapeutic yoga, and embodied practice. Tools for nervous system regulation, vagal tone, and lasting resilience.
Applied Polyvagal Theory in Therapeutic Yoga for Trauma Recovery Certificate
Explore the vagus nerve as a bridge between body and mind — a 30-hour certificate in Therapeutic Yoga and Applied Polyvagal Theory with Dr. Arielle Schwartz, Dr. Stephen Porges, and Deb Dana.
Applied Polyvagal Theory: Science of Safety
A course with Dr. Stephen Porges and guests on the neurobiology of safety. Explore how nervous system states shape perception, behavior, and our capacity for connection, healing, and higher functioning.
Breathwork & Movement Therapy for Trauma Healing Certificate
A 60-hour online certificate with world-leading faculty on breathwork and somatic movement for trauma healing. Become a Breathwork & Movement Facilitator and guide clients from disconnection to vibrant aliveness.
Complex PTSD from a Somatic Perspective
An 8-hour on-demand Master Workshop with Dr. Arielle Schwartz on Complex PTSD through a somatic lens. Resilience-informed tools for working with dissociation, shame, and the felt sense of trauma.
Healing Childhood Trauma
A four-module course on somatic approaches to childhood trauma. Demonstrations of shape and countershape, psychodrama, and ideal figures — guiding the safe processing, release, and resourcing that support resilience.
Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy Certificate
Learn a holistic, body-centered framework for understanding and working with trauma — for yourself and your clients. A 3-month online certificate with world-renowned somatic trauma faculty.
Polyvagal Trauma Therapy Certificate
Neuroception determines whether your intervention lands or gets blocked. This teaches you to work with it. Most practitioners know about polyvagal theory. This program teaches you how to use it — session after session, with confidence and precision.
Somatic Anxiety Therapy Certificate
A 3-month online certificate offering a holistic, body-centered approach to healing relational wounds — bringing together the world's leading somatic attachment therapy teachers in one training.
Somatic Developmental Trauma Therapy™ Certificate
Learn to recognize and repair developmental trauma in adults — going beyond story and attachment theory into the body's earliest imprints. A somatic certificate program for therapists and practitioners.
Somatic EMDR Therapy Certificate
According to Bessel van der Kolk, somatics and EMDR are the two most effective trauma treatments — this 60-hour live online certificate brings them together, with Dr. van der Kolk, Dr. Arielle Schwartz, and Dr. Scott Lyons.
Summit: Embodied Journey
A one-day on-demand summit with six leading embodiment experts on the somatic journey home to the body. Yoga, breathwork, fascia embodiment, and meditation for connection and regulation.
Summit: Healing Developmental Trauma
A one-day on-demand summit with six leading somatic experts on healing developmental trauma. Body-based tools for early-life wounds, secure attachment, regulation, and the return to wholeness.
Summit: Healing Trauma with EMDR and Applied Neuroscience
An 8.5-hour on-demand summit with Dr. Bessel van der Kolk and seven leading experts on integrating EMDR with somatic therapy. Body-based tools, applied neuroscience, and play to deepen trauma healing.
Summit: Somatic Trauma Healing
A two-day on-demand summit on somatic trauma healing with 17 world-leading experts. Explore body-based tools for working with triggers, preverbal trauma, attachment wounds, nervous system regulation, healthy aggression, parts work, and collective trauma — plus bonus sessions with Peter Levine, Stephen Porges, Richard Schwartz, Arielle Schwartz, and Thomas Hübl.
Working with Trauma, Neglect & Belonging
A four-session demonstration course in somatic therapy. Witness body-based work with self-doubt, cultural trauma, childhood abandonment, and fear — and the somatic tools that transform them into self-connection and empowerment.