Taming the Inner Alarm: Somatic Interventions for Anxiety

Taming the Inner Alarm: Somatic Interventions for Anxiety (2HR)

$32.00

Course Description

Anxiety often lives in the body as much as in the mind—manifesting as racing heart, shallow breath, muscle tension, and a pervasive sense of threat. This training introduces clinicians to body-based approaches for calming the nervous system and restoring a sense of safety. Drawing from polyvagal theory, mindfulness, and somatic psychotherapy, this training explores how anxiety is maintained through physiological patterns and how targeted somatic techniques can interrupt these cycles. Participants will learn practical, evidence-informed interventions that help clients tune into body awareness, regulate their autonomic nervous system, and reduce anxiety symptoms, fostering a deeper sense of presence and resilience.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

Explain the physiological basis of anxiety using concepts from polyvagal theory.
Identify at least three somatic indicators of anxiety in clients.
Apply at least two body-based interventions for helping clients regulate their nervous system and reduce anxiety.

Social workers completing this course receive 2 Clinical asynchronous continuing education credits.

For other board approvals, this course qualifies for 2 hours of Clinical continuing education training.

Course Instructor: Dreya Blume, LCSW

Recording Date: 04/15/2026

Course Format

NBCC ACEP # 7091, CE Training Workshops has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP #7091. Programs that do not qualify are clearly identified. CE Training Workshops is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. CE Training Workshops designates this continuing education activity for 3 continuing education hours.

CE Training Workshops, LLC, #1770, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 08/02/2025 to 08/02/2028. Social workers completing this course receive 3 Clinical continuing education credits.

Meet Your Facilitator

Dreya Blume, LCSW, has traveled a long and winding road to arrive where she is today,as a therapist, coach, author, and group facilitator.

She has taught English in Thailand, Japan, Australia, and Hawaii. She has worked in psychiatric wards, served as a case manager, and eventually launched her own private therapy practice.

She has taught part-time as an adjunct professor for over twenty years, led multi-day international retreats, and written seventeen books, with an eighteenth on the way.

Syllabus

Introduction

This course explores anxiety through a somatic and nervous system-based lens. Participants will examine how anxiety manifests physiologically and learn body-based strategies to support regulation, resilience, and emotional awareness in clinical practice.

Objective 1: Understand Anxiety and the Nervous System

Participants will explore the foundations of anxiety, including sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system activation. The course will examine the body’s internal “alarm system” and how anxiety responses develop and persist.

Objective 2: Examine the Body’s Role in Anxiety

This section focuses on the physiological symptoms and sensations associated with anxiety. Participants will review the concept of the window of tolerance and explore how bodily responses can reinforce and maintain anxiety patterns.

Objective 3: Apply Somatic Intervention Strategies

Participants will learn practical somatic tools for anxiety regulation, including breathwork, grounding exercises, orientation techniques, and body-based regulation practices designed to support nervous system stabilization.

Objective 4: Integrate Somatic Techniques Into Clinical Practice

Participants will explore how to incorporate somatic interventions into therapy sessions to increase client awareness, strengthen emotional regulation, and build resilience over time.

Summary and Q&A

The course concludes with a review of key concepts and an opportunity for reflection and discussion to support integration into clinical practice.