Presentation Information

Nurturing the Parental Nervous System: Somatic Therapy for the NICU Journey

• Speaker: Chelsea Crow-Fuentes , LMFT, PMH-C, SEP
• Presentation Type:
• Duration: 90 Mins
• Credits: 1 CERP, 1 Nursing CEU, 1 CME

Abstract:

Care providers in the NICU are called to sit with clients in the ambiguous, painful, and unexpected encounters a preterm birth brings. Counselling is meant to be helpful, supportive, and bring clarity to our clients to the best of our efforts, but how do we show up for our clients when the road ahead is so uncertain, and paved with fears of what’s to come and memories of what was? How can we take a bottom-up approach to offer healing and grounding to parents who are stuck in survival mode? How can we nurture integration and be the caretakers of our clients’ nervous systems? This presentation aims to answer some of these questions while equipping clinicians with practical tools to promote a holistic healing process through the NICU and beyond through the lens of Somatic Experiencing®.