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Incorporating Somatic
Based Practices in Conflict

Resolution
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Kathleen Bellamano BSW, RSW

November 5, 2018
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permission of Kathleen Bellamano.
We have the ability to regulate our own
physiology, including some of the so-called
involuntary functions of the body and brain,
through such basic activities as breathing,
moving, and touching.
Dr Bessel van der Kolk; The Body Keeps the Score (2014)
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What are somatic based
practices?
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Why are they helpful?
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Because of Stress: “the non-specific
response of the body to any demand”
(Everly,Jr. and Lating, J. 2014)
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What is Trauma?
• Overwhelming
• Unexpected
• Powerless to stop
• Singular or
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multiple
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6 Prevalence of Trauma
 76.1% of adults in Canada have experienced at least one traumatic event

sufficient to cause PTSD in their lives
 The most common forms of trauma resulting in PTSD, include:
 Unexpected death of a loved one
 Sexual assault
 Seeing someone badly injured or killed
 Women are more likely to develop PTSD than men
 At least 50% of Canadian women and 1 in 3 Canadian men have survived
at least one incident of sexual or physical violence
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What is PTSD? 7
 Trauma symptoms that remain

unresolved after the event
 Have lasted at least a month
 Negatively impact your life
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How do you get it?
 Experience a traumatic event

 Unable to finish processing the
event
 Lack of pro-social messages
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9 Sympathetic Nervous System
The “Gas”
Prepares for physical activity
Fight/flight
Breed/Feed
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10 Parasympathetic Nervous System
The “Brakes”
Relaxes the body and slows
high energy functions
Rest and digest
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11 Social Nervous System
The Connector
Operate in response to safety
Self-expression,
communication, social
connection
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When we are having a Stress
Response…
Compressed
Window of
Functioning
13 High Stress responses
Dysregulated emotions
Over-reactions to minor stress
Emotional numbing
Coping mechanisms
Difficulty developing trust
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When the Parasympathetic Branch is in
Charge…
Wide
Window of
Functioning
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Then our Social Nervous System kicks in…
Instinct, gut feelings, “Spidey sense”

Body language and facial
expressions
Can calm the SNS
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Mirror Neurons
Hard wired for social connection

Observing in others and experiencing;
same neurons fire
Cause us to mimic the physiological
responses breathing, posture
Allow us to learn from and imitate others
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Body-based Strategies
Focus on the present
Bring in the senses
Establish and use connections
Express self
Regulate Nervous System
Apply mindfulness strategies
Use play, creativity, imagination
Attend to nature, beauty, positivity
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Examples…
 Awareness Strategies
 Calming Strategies
 Grounding Strategies
 Thinking Strategies
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Take cherry blossom breaks
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20 Awareness Strategies
Stress Thermometer
Stress Plan
Stress Management Goal
How present are you?
…How present do you want to be?
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21 Calming Strategies
Breathing
Body Scan
Progressive Muscle Relaxation
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22 Grounding Strategies
View of the Room

5 x5
Describe the Present
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23 Strategies that work for you will vary
Based on your
• Profession
• area of practice
• practice environment
• personal comfort
• Training
• education
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24 Ethical Obligations of DR Professionals
Competency
Example: BCPCRS Guidelines
1.01 A PC must be qualified by education,
training and experience to undertake
parenting coordination with the skill and
capacity required to deal appropriately
and effectively with high conflict
parenting issues.
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25 Ethical Obligations of DR Professionals
Competency
Example: Mediate BC
6.4 A mediator should ensure that he or
she has knowledge and procedural skills
sufficient to properly identify and
manage cases involving vulnerable
participants, abuse, or the inappropriate
use of power by any participant.
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What we can do
Recognize and acknowledge the impact of stress

Build safety and trust in environment and processes
Make space for stress awareness and management
Reframe behaviors as adaptive response to stress
Help identify and minimize stressors, activating events
and unsafe situations
Support self-care for clients and ourselves
Avoid adding further stress unnecessarily
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Some approaches to consider
 Planning ahead
 Policies, procedures
 Available resources
 Flexibility
 Timing (staggered start times), location, logistics, alternative platforms (ODR)
 Breaks
 Planning for self-care
 Pre-meeting discussions about needs
 Support people
 Memory aids
 - pre-reading
 - Flipcharts or projection
 - Photos of notes
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References p. 1
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 Black, Timothy G (2018). Building Resiliency on the Front Lines

[PowerPoint slides].
 Black, Timothy G (2015). Understanding Trauma [PowerPoint
slides].
 Everly, Jr, G. and Lating, J. (2014).A clinical guide to the treatment
of the human stress response. New York: Springer.
 Levine, P. (1997) Waking the tiger. Berkeley, CA: Atlantic Books.
 Ogden, P, and Fisher (2014). Sensorimotor Psychotherapy:
interventions for trauma and attachment. New York: Norton.
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References p. 2
29  Ponic, P., Varcoe, C. and Smutylo, T. (2016). Trauma- (and
violence-) informed approaches to supporting victims of violence:
Policy and practice considerations. Victims of Crime Research
Journal, 9, 3-15.
 Porges, S.W. (2011). The Polyvagal Theory: neurophysiological
foundations of emotions, attachment, communication, and self-
regulation. New York: WW Norton.
 Richard, C (2015). 20 quick strategies to help patients and clients
manage stress. Brush Education.
 Rothschild, B. (2000). The body remembers. New York: WW Norton.
 van der Kolk, B. A. (2014). The body keeps the score: brain, mind,
and body in the healing of trauma. New York: Viking.
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Incorporating Somatic

Based Practices in Conflict

Kathleen Bellamano BSW, RSW

 76.1% of adults in Canada have experienced at least one traumatic event

 Trauma symptoms that remain

 Experience a traumatic event

Instinct, gut feelings, “Spidey sense”

Hard wired for social connection

Take cherry blossom breaks

View of the Room

Recognize and acknowledge the impact of stress

 Black, Timothy G (2018). Building Resiliency on the Front Lines

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