Jan Winhall

Faculty

About

Jan Winhall, M.S.W. P.I.F.O.T. is an author, teacher and seasoned trauma and addiction psychotherapist. She is an Educational Partner with the Polyvagal Institute where she offers a training program based on her books Treating Trauma and Addiction with the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model and 20 Embodied Practices for Healing Trauma and Addiction: Using the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model, (Norton) 2025. She is an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Toronto and a Certifying Co-Ordinator with the International Focusing Institute. Jan is director of the FSPM Institute, where she teaches courses, trains therapists and supervises graduate students. She enjoys teaching all over the world. You can reach her at janwinhall.com.

Courses by Jan Winhall

Addiction & Recovery: A Somatic Approach

A course on the somatic lens of addiction and recovery. Body-based tools to recognize protective functions, address underlying dysregulation, and support sustainable healing from addiction and compulsive patterns.