Tools for Nervous System Regulation While Tapering
While this is a presentation, we will leave 15-min for questions at the end. Feel free to leave a question for Amber when you register for the event. Please be mindful that Amber will not provide taper-specific advice nor comment on medication management.
About the event
Join us to learn first-hand what is it like to battle and manage chronic pain while tapering off of an antidepressant.
In this webinar, Amber Saldivar, LMHC, will introduce evidence-based, practical tools to help regulate the nervous system during medication tapering and chronic symptom recovery. Participants will explore somatic, emotional, and cognitive techniques designed to calm physiological stress responses, improve resilience, and restore a sense of self beyond illness.
Tapering off antidepressants while also living with chronic pain can be an overwhelming journey—especially when withdrawal or flare-ups trigger intense emotional and physical responses. Some patients originally started taking antidepressants to manage pain, or to manage depression while dealing with pain and other chronic symptoms. Tapering off an antidepressant can bring up a host of questions: not only about managing the tapering symptoms, but managing the original pain condition - but this time, without the antidepressant.
Attendees will learn more about:
The interplay between chronic symptoms, tapering withdrawal, and the mind-body connection
Nervous system regulation tools that can be safely integrated alongside clinical care
Supporting the brain’s recovery using somatic and mind-body practices
Cultivating joy, play, and meaning to counterbalance the challenges of tapering and recovery
Whether you are a clinician, a patient, or a support person, you’ll leave with strategies to bring relief, making the journey more compassionate and more sustainable.
Who is this for?
Anyone currently taking or considering tapering off psychiatric medications
Clinicians seeking to understand real-world withdrawal experiences
Peer support providers, therapists, caregivers, and advocates
Anyone interested in building safer, more humane mental health care systems
Speakers
Amber Saldivar
Licensed Mental Health Counselor specializing in the intersection of mind-body healing, chronic symptom recovery, and trauma. In her private practice, she works with adults navigating complex trauma, chronic pain, and persistent physical symptoms, integrating psychodynamic and mind-body approaches. Drawing from both professional expertise and personal experience with chronic symptoms, Amber helps clients develop practical tools to regulate their nervous systems, restore a sense of safety, and reconnect with life beyond illness. She is passionate about equipping individuals with strategies that honor the body’s innate capacity for healing. In addition, she brings experience supporting clients who are going through the tapering process.
About Outro
Outro is a virtual care platform specializing in safe, personalized, antidepressant tapering. Our clinicians use hyperbolic tapering—a neuroscience-backed approach—to help patients discontinue psychiatric medications with greater safety and attention to withdrawal symptoms. Learn more at www.outro.com.