Understanding the Stress Response System
How to Help Clients Regulate Their Nervous System
A Practical Training for Mental Health Professionals
Clients don’t just struggle with thoughts and emotions. They often struggle with nervous systems that are stuck in survival mode.
When the stress response system stays activated for too long, it can show up as anxiety, depression, trauma responses, emotional dysregulation, burnout, and difficulty functioning in daily life.
Many clients are trying to solve nervous system problems with cognitive strategies alone.
This training helps clinicians understand what is happening in the nervous system and how to help clients develop the skills needed to move back toward regulation.
In this workshop, you’ll learn the physiology of stress responses, how to identify nervous system dysregulation, and how to integrate practical, evidence-informed interventions that support clients in developing the ability to self-regulate.
You’ll leave with both a deeper understanding of the science of stress and tools you can begin using with clients immediately.
What You’ll Learn
By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
✔ Identify 6 signs of a dysregulated nervous system
✔ Identify 3 indicators of a regulated nervous system
✔ Explain the physiology of the stress response system
✔ Recognize how life experiences and chronic stress shape nervous system responses
✔ Identify three interventions that support nervous system regulation
✔ Demonstrate facilitation of one regulation intervention with clients
Participants will also learn how to incorporate nervous system regulation strategies into treatment planning and psychoeducation.
Why Understanding the Stress Response System Matters
Understanding the biology of stress helps clinicians better recognize when clients are experiencing nervous system dysregulation rather than resistance or lack of motivation.
When clinicians understand how the stress response system works, they are better able to:
• Identify dysregulated states in clients
• Adjust interventions based on nervous system activation
• Provide effective psychoeducation
• Support clients in building sustainable regulation skills
This knowledge helps bridge the gap between neuroscience, trauma-informed care, and practical clinical interventions
Training Topics at a Glance
The Stress Response System
Learn how trauma and chronic stress affect the body and mind.
Diagnostic Considerations
Spot anxiety, depression, PTSD, burnout, compassion fatigue, and secondary traumatic stress.
Learning & Behavior Change
Discover how regulation skills develop through practice, repetition, and habit formation.
Assessment & Treatment Planning
Gather baseline data, set SMART goals, and track progress.
Pillars of Wellness & Resilience
Support nervous system stability with key lifestyle and wellness practices.
Regulation Interventions You Can Use
Breathwork, movement, mindfulness, journaling, and somatic techniques like EFT tapping.
Client Awareness Tools
Teach clients to notice and regulate their own nervous system states.
Who This Training Is For
Therapists, social workers, counselors, psychologists, case managers, and behavioral health professionals working with clients experiencing stress, trauma, or emotional dysregulation.
Meet Your Trainer
Lynn Jimenez, LCSW, PPSC is the founder of CFG and has ~20 years in the field. Her clinical specialties include: trauma, nervous system dysregulation, attachment, and substance abuse use. Lynn’s work is also informed by her own lived experience navigating complex trauma. This perspective deepens her commitment to helping individuals, families, and organizations understand the nervous system and build practical, sustainable pathways to regulation and resilience. Lynn maintains a private practice, provides clinical supervision, and provides engaging and informative workshops.
Training Details
Dates: April 14 & 21, 2026
Time: 9am -12pm PST
Online via Zoom
Many agencies spend thousands on trainings that give theory but few tools. This training delivers practical, science-backed interventions you can use with clients immediately—at a fraction of the cost.
This course meets the qualifications for 6hours of CE credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. Lunch and breaks are excluded from CE time.
Certificates awarded within 48 hours of completion.
Non BBS registered participants are welcome to attend, CE credits will not be awarded.
Lynn Jimenez dba Connect Flow Grow is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for school mental health professionals. Lynn Jimenez dba CFG maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content
CAMFT approval #1032823
Cancellation Policy
A complete refund, minus $45 administration fee, is given up to 3 weeks (21 days) prior to workshop’s start date. If cancellation occurs for any reason within the 3 weeks prior to the event, the student may apply the tuition paid towards any future workshops offered by Connect.Flow.Grow.
To request accommodations or submit a grievance please email info@connectflowgrow.com