Why Graded Exposure Is Essential to Trauma Informed Pelvic Health with Lara Desrosiers

Mentioned in this podcast:The first ever Trauma-Informed Pelvic Health Certification by Lindsey + LaraOT Pioneers: Intro to Pelvic Floor Therapy opens Sept 11-15, 2023What we talk about in this episode:Graded exposure vs graded activity - what is the difference?Why Graded Exposure is a critical component in trauma informed careHow we can give clients new tools to Manage distress in new waysWhy it's important for graded exposure to be  led by the individualThe importance of survival reactions + our adaptationsSensory aspects of our nervous systemIs it possible to avoid triggering our clients? What are key reflective processes in graded exposure?Meet Lara Desrosiers, my guest and co creator of the first ever Trauma-Informed Pelvic Health Certification Lara is an Occupational Therapist in Ontario, Canada that has a private practice, Pelvic Resilience, dedicated to helping individuals struggling with pain and pelvic health challenges to get back to living life.  Lara has also leveraged her 10+ years of experience working in community mental health to mentor clinicians and teach courses designed to help practitioners from a variety of disciplines and settings to build more psychologically-informed and trauma-informed practices.____________________________________________________________________________________________Pelvic OTPs United - Lindsey's off-line interactive community for $39 a month! Inside Pelvic OTPs United you'll find:​Weekly group mentoring calls with Lindsey. She's doing this exclusively inside this community. These aren't your boring old Zoom calls where she is a talking head. We interact, we coach, we learn from each other.​Highly curated forums. The worst is when you post a question on FB just to have it drowned out with 10 other questions that follow it. So, she's got dedicated forums on different populations, different diagnosis, different topics (including business). Hop it, post your specific question, and get the expert advice you need.More info here. Lindsey would love support you in this quiet corner off social media!