Felt Sense Polyvagal Model™
Courses &
Facilitator Training Sequence
When we harness the power of our body’s natural healing process through accessing the autonomic nervous system and our felt sense, transformation occurs right before our eyes.
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Jan Winhall, MSW, FOT, has developed the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model ™: a paradigm-shifting, bottom-up approach that considers addiction as an adaptive attempt to regulate emotional states and trauma. The Felt Sense Polyvagal Model™ is a compassionate approach to understanding and treating trauma and addiction that is highly adaptable to any school of psychotherapy, and will appeal to addiction experts, trauma specialists, and clinicians in all mental health fields. Read on to learn about Jan's professional courses and full training series that begins at Polyvagal Institute and continues on at The FSPM Institute.
Meet Jan Winhall, MSW, FOT
PVI Course Partner
Developer of the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model ™
You may be reading this because you are curious about fresh ways of understanding trauma and addiction.
There is in fact a better way to understand trauma and addiction. A way that honors the wisdom of the body while integrating the latest findings in neuroscience.
A way that creates a new social movement of liberation away from being shamed and pathologized just for responding in ways that have not been appropriately understood.
A way where we can respectfully understand addiction and treat trauma responses with deep embodied listening. Come explore this with me and our PVI Community of learners. Earn a Certificate, and go further to train as a future facilitator, too!
Jan Winhall, MSW, FOT is an author, educator, and seasoned trauma and addiction psychotherapist. She is an Educational Partner and Course Developer with the Polyvagal Institute where she teaches courses and trainings based on her book, 'Treating Trauma and Addiction with the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model,' (Routledge 2021). Jan is an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Toronto and a Certifying Coordinator with the International Focusing Institute. Jan is Co-Director of the Borden Street Clinic, where she supervises graduate students. Jan teaches and lectures internationally on her Felt Sense Polyvagal Model.
Jan Winhall brings together the essence of groundbreaking modern therapeutic practices with her own decades of hard-won clinical experience to fashion a new, deeply humane and promising model of addiction treatment. -Gabor Maté, MD
Professionals: Shift your paradigm.
Train with Jan Winhall and PVI to learn the
Felt Sense Polyvagal Model™
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Self-Paced: Revolutionizing Trauma and Addiction with the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model™
In this self-paced six hour course, we will explore the intersection of trauma and addiction and how to address both with an embodied approach. Trauma and addiction responses are increasing day by day and we desperately need a fresh approach that treats the trauma of addiction where it lives--in the body. The fields of trauma and addiction have developed separately, yet when we treat one we are very often working with the other. And the state of addiction is traumatic in and of itself. So, how do we work with both? In this course we will explore the intersection of trauma and addiction and how to address both with an embodied approach.
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Live-Online: Felt Sense Polyvagal Model™ Training - Step One
"I am very grateful that I have had the opportunity to learn and grow with Jan and others whom I have connected with while learning... helping me grow as a clinician and inspiring me to understand my own addiction as an adaptive strategy to regulate unbearable emotional pain." -River Malone
In this 9-month program we explore the intersection of trauma and addiction and how to address both with an embodied approach. Participants of this course will gain focusing partnerships and become part of a growing supportive community of like-minded therapists who understand the importance of a polyvagal lens in working with clients. In addition to play-on-demand lectures, there will be nine live monthly zoom classes, as well as monthly focusing with your assigned partner. Upon successful completion, participants will receive a Partner Focusing Proficiency Award from the International Focusing Institute, a Certificate of Completion from the Polyvagal Institute.
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Live-Online: Supervision Group for FSPM- Applying the Model in Your Practice- Step 2
"This group is like a think tank/practice lab. It has helped me to formulate and shape my ideas and practices. It is one of my favorite places to be." -Jan Winhall
Continue on your FSPM journey by joining Jan and her team of facilitators in a safe space where you will receive clinical supervision and share with your colleagues. This course takes place at Jan's FSPM Institute; click below to connect with them for more information.
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Live-Online: Felt Sense Polyvagal Model Facilitator Training - Step 3
Participants in this course will learn how to teach polyvagal-informed focusing, based on Jan Winhall’s Felt Sense Polyvagal Model™ . Specific tools and strategies will be shared so that you will feel confident in teaching focusing and the basics of the FSPM.
This course takes place at Jan's FSPM Institute; click below to connect with them for more information.
Jan Winhall’s ability as a teacher and mentor to create a safe space for you to explore, experience, and embody the material is truly special. You will learn the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model, but more importantly, you will develop a more grounded and embodied presence.
-Michelle Lawyer, Somatic Educator
Books by Jan Winhall
Why should I study at PVI?
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Polyvagal Institute, co-founded by Stephen Porges and Deb Dana, is the home of Polyvagal Theory. When you study with our experts, you can be confident that you are learning the most current research from the best in this field of study.
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PVI is proud to offer our high-touch, personalized learning experience. Our class sizes allow for more connection with your instructor and your fellow learners. Ask questions, engage in discussion, and make the most of your time together.
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Outside of your course sessions and focusing meetings, learners can continue to inquire and converse within a private, digital space on the Polyvagal Institute Online Community Space. You’ll be simultaneously immersed in the broader, supportive Polyvagal community of informed individuals, professionals and fellow learners. ​
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Stephen Porges, PhD, developer of Polyvagal Theory, with Jan Winhall, MSW FOT
Jan Winhall is a remarkably gifted instructor, an excellent guide for therapists.
Her course expanded me professionally, intuitively, and as a human. She is without parallel in knowing how to deepen embodied practice, and advance understanding of our skills.
-Ann Dowsett Johnston, M.S.W.
Gift Certificates
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Scholarships
If you need financial assistance to enroll any of the courses mentioned on this page, please fill out our Scholarship Application here.
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Training at a Flexible Pace
You can progress through this program at your pace, taking the courses sequentially in a live-online environment,
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