Module 1 Training
What You Learn
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The Anatomy of Stress and Trauma
Each morning we will explore pertinent nervous, muscular, and fascial system aspects of stress and the stress response in the body.
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Approaches and Departures
How we approach the body, and how we exit our touch, can make or break a session. Learn to do this with skill and grace.
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How to guide agitated or chatty clients into quiet calm
Cat will teach you simple steps to coach your clients in down regulating their nervous system out of anxiety, stress, and chatter. Vagus nerve reset, specific breathing for stress and pain reduction, and mindfulness practices are taught.
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Learn the two most soothing strokes/contacts you can offer a client, and why
Meet Cat Matlock
NC LMBT #1080, NCBTMB Provider #452039-12
Cat Matlock is the founder, lead therapist, and instructor at FreeBody Trigger Point Massage Clinic and Training Center in Asheville, NC. She has worked with tens of thousands of clients and students.
Since 1993, Cat has continuously studied the body and mind (and heart), developing her methods of addressing dysfunction, injury, and chronic pain. Her work is rooted in Trigger Point Therapy and a strong belief in the essential practice of working with the nervous system to gain access to the muscles and connective tissues.
Cat is a Trauma Informed Yoga Therapist™, an instructor of Overcoming Anxiety™, and a longtime practitioner of yoga and meditation. She began instructing yoga in 2001 and instructing massage therapy in 2005. She expertly weaves in her knowledge of the nervous system and vagal tone (essentially, being able to handle difficult things more easily) with her anatomical and precise trigger point location skills.
Since 2020, Cat has focused her studies with The Embody Lab. She has completed their Integrated Trauma Therapy Certificate, Somatic Parts Work, and their Somatic MindBody Coaching training programs.