8:00 – 8:30 Virtual Networking and Introductions

8:30 – 9:00 **Business Meeting with membership vote**

9:00 – 11:00 Virtual Presentation: “Using Polyvagal Theory to Regulate Workplace Stress During COVID-19” with Patti Ashley, PhD, LPC

Link to Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/162331194

The current COVID-19 pandemic has added many layers to workplace stress. Stephen Porges' Polyvagal Theory offers a helpful lens into the nervous system's responses to stress and how to manage it. This presentation will provide an understanding of Polyvagal theory as it relates to workplace stress, providing helpful tools for regulating emotion and self-sourcing emotional safety.

2 PDH’s - Domain TBD

Patti Ashley, PhD, licensed professional counselor has integrated 40 years of experience in special education, child development, and psychology into her wholehearted work as a psychotherapist, author, international speaker, and authenticity architect coach. She brings unique insights into the identification and treatment of shame, trauma, grief and dysfunctional family patterns.  

Dr. Ashley owns and operates Authenticity Architects in Boulder, Colorado. Her inimitable Authenticity Architecture model facilitates long-term changes in the brain and nervous system, helping clients break through unconscious barriers and rediscover a sense of self-love, belonging, and connection. As a licensed professional counselor since 2000, Dr. Ashley has counseled a myriad of individuals, couples, families and groups in mental health agencies, psychiatric hospitals, and private practice settings. She also has many years of experience developing continuing education courses for physicians, hospital wellness programs, universities, and other organizations. 

Patti holds a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in psychology from the Union Institute and University, a Master of Education Degree in early childhood from Old Dominion University, and a Bachelor of Science Degree in special education from James Madison University. She is the author of Living in the Shadow of the Too-Good Mother Archetype (2014), Letters to Freedom (2019), and Shame-Informed Therapy: Treatment Strategies to Overcome Core Shame and Reconstruct the Authentic Self (2020).