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Understand you or your child’s nervous system from a neurodivergent perspective
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Apply Polyvagal Theory to interpret behaviour and reactions
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Support calm, regulation, and presence for both you and your child
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Build interoception and self-awareness
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Reduce anxiety and support learning and engagement
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Strengthen confidence and connection in your parenting
As a parent…
Do you want your child / teen to feel happier?
Be more comfortable in their own skin?
Grow into the best version of themselves?
But are they reactive, non-responsive; locked-out more often than not?
Have you found limited success - or experienced a lot of resistance with other therapies?
Do you spend precious time and money on programs that don’t make a difference, that have you all running on a hamster wheel of appointments?
Do you worry about the future?
As an neurodivergent adult...
Do you go from high to low with no brakes?
Feel outside of yourself?
Struggle with digestive issues, poor sleep, anxiety, low energy, meltdowns and loss of control, low self-esteem?
Is it hard just to get out of bed because you’re always so tired?
Is it sometimes impossible to do basic things like shower and brush your teeth, or follow a movie?
And does it sometimes seem as if there’s no way out of feeling like this?
As an Allied Health professional…
Are you looking for ways to expand your means of working with and supporting your diverse range of clients?
Perhaps you’re frustrated by some of the limitations of other techniques and you are aware there is more you can be doing to help?
A.R.T. FOUNDATIONS
A gentle, powerful introduction to the
Anxiety Reframe Technique
Gain a fresh and intelligent outlook on how the body influences the mind; and how we can work with the body to enhance self-mastery and self-regulation. This work is applicable for all humans, and especially for those who are unable to use breathing and meditation techniques.
AUTISM / ADHD / NEUROLOGICAL ISSUES
TESTIMONIALS
PROFESSOR STEPHEN PORGES
University of North Carolina; Creator of The Polyvagal Theory
Holly continues to refine her clinical style, to enable her to support her clients’ journey to have richer lives and to experience the benefits of being safe enough to co-regulate with others. She has successfully expanded her clients’ range of social behaviour and resilience.
DR. SREE THAMBURAJA
Consultant Forensic Psychologist, FRCPsych
As a Psychiatrist, A.R.T exercises and vocabulary has given many patients with chronic mental health issues the much needed ‘exhale’, the words describing their experience living in and with their bodies. A.R.T in many ways is a portable toolkit for clinicians wishing to work with patients in a therapeutically non intrusive way.
ANGELINE HAZEBROEK
Senior OT
My young client previously presented with a very blunted affect, but is now displaying a wide range of emotions and facial expressions, as well as expressing his needs. I have watched as this young person has “come alive”, he is asking questions, advocating for himself and expressing himself with greater clarity and insight.
DR. GERARD COSTA
Former Director, Centre for Autism, Early Childhood Mental Health.
Montclair State University, New Jersey
Holly is one of those rare “translators” of science into application and practice. She teaches professionals and families and supports those with developmental difficulties with deep understanding, passion and care. She is a gift to our work.
Polyvagal, Trauma, Neurodiversity Informed
A.R.T. EVALUATION: Autistic Intertia / ADHD Paralysis
COURSE MODULES
MODULES 1: Setting a New Stage
We begin by exploring Ken Wilber's Integral Theory and how healing expands when we consider the whole person, not just their diagnosis or symptoms. From there, we examine autism and mental illness within their historical and cultural context, reflecting on how Western assumptions have shaped our understanding and our bias. We begin to look at how this has shaped our thinking - and we kindly challenge it - so we can make a clean space to work from.
MODULE 2: Polyvagal Theory
This module takes a unique look at Polyvagal Theory and its practical application to autism. By integrating additional biology and anatomy, it provides a broader understanding of experiences including meltdowns, shutdown, autonomic states, well-being. We explore how the body influences the mind and just how much who we are - is dependent on the state of the nervous system.
MODULE 3: Brain/Body Circuitry
Discover how the many systems of the body work together to shape our mental, emotional and physical states. This module brings together current research on the vestibular, immune and limbic systems, and the brain, to explain how they support movement, emotional regulation and executive functioning - and what this means for understanding and supporting delicate nervous systems. This module helps so many things make sense.
MODULE 4: Brain Plasticity
Building on Anat Baniel's Nine Essentials, introduced in the Reframe Your Thinking Around Autism book, this module explores how these principles can be applied through an A.R.T. lens. Learn how to work with greater sensitivity, curiosity and precision to support neurodivergent nervous systems through movement, play, connection and a greater sensitivity to those in your care. This then allows us to modify our A.R.T. practice.
MODULE 5: Hara Ball Exercise
Learn how the autonomic nervous system supports health, resilience and well-being, and why physiological flexibility is central to regulation. You'll then be guided through Holly's Hara Ball Exercise - a simple yet powerful practice designed to support this process. Includes practical demonstration videos so you can confidently use the technique yourself. Some people say this exercise is "better than botox!". It can bring you into a surprising state of calm.
MODULE 6: Hara Hand Points
Discover how the brain tracks and organises sensory information, and how these patterns influence behaviour, emotions and regulation. This module explores neurosensory alignment and how learned physiological responses can be reshaped through targeted sensory input. You'll then learn to apply Holly's A.R.T. Acupressure Hand Points through practical instruction and a real-life case study. We learn how to attend to the human in our care here, not just apply what we think they need.
This is the art of A.R.T.
WHAT'S COVERED IN THE PROGRAM?
While the exercises Holly teaches can seem simple, the application of them is not. We are learning to hold space for a highly sensitive nervous system; hold mulitple variables at a time; and unlearn a load of training we have had of pushing past, and pushing through. Instead, we are learning to work with the intelligence of the nervous system.
A.R.T. is a very different kind of program.
For each module, there are two deeply integrated x 1.5 hour video recordings from Holly for each module. These were recorded when the course was taught live. These include tuition, conversations with participants and demonstrations of the exercises.
PARENTS
Generate authentic wellbeing and feel more peace in mind and body
Use simple tools to manage meltdowns and avoidance
See yourself with compassion by understanding your physiological responses
Build resilience, self-confidence, and self-care skills
Understand meltdowns and how physiology affects coordination, memory, and executive function
Befriend your nervous system and support your overall regulation
PRACTITIONERS
Deepen your understanding of Polyvagal Theory and its practical application
Apply the theory with dignity for neurodivergent, ageing, or delicate clients
Expand skills in supporting Autism, ADHD, intellectual disability, ageing and trauma states
Promote client-led approaches, psychological safety, and connection
Integrate body-informed practice into your current theoretical framework
Enhance clients’ interoception, self-awareness, confidence, and regulation
PURCHASE
WHAT YOU GET
Free e-copy of Holly's book - ‘Reframe Your Thinking Around Autism'
6 online modules & accompanying fillable workbooks.
12 video replays of live calls - on the practical application of concepts and techniques of Anxiety Reframe Technique (A.R.T.)
6 month access to content - so you’re not rushed to work through it and can refer back to the teachings.
Complicated science made simple
Go at your own pace
Online Certification Exam (optional)
USD $497
Foundations is both a standalone course - and the initial training to progress toward A.R.T. therapist accreditation
Ready to learn the foundations of this new way of working to help yourself - your child or client ?
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