Basics Of The Polyvagal Theory

Author : Stephen W. Porges
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 039370906X
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological Foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, and Self-regulation (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology) written by Stephen W. Porges and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2011-04-25 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of groundbreaking research by a leading figure in neuroscience. This book compiles, for the first time, Stephen W. Porges’s decades of research. A leading expert in developmental psychophysiology and developmental behavioral neuroscience, Porges is the mind behind the groundbreaking Polyvagal Theory, which has startling implications for the treatment of anxiety, depression, trauma, and autism. Adopted by clinicians around the world, the Polyvagal Theory has provided exciting new insights into the way our autonomic nervous system unconsciously mediates social engagement, trust, and intimacy.

Author : Stephen W Porges, Phd
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0393707873
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal Theory written by Stephen W Porges, Phd and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bridging the gap between research, science, and the therapy room. When The Polyvagal Theory was published in 2011, it took the therapeutic world by storm, bringing Stephen Porges’s insights about the autonomic nervous system to a clinical audience interested in understanding trauma, anxiety, depression and other mental health issues. The book made accessible to clinicians and other professionals a polyvagal perspective that provided new concepts and insights for understanding human behavior. The perspective placed an emphasis on the important link between psychological experiences and physical manifestations in the body. That book was brilliant but also quite challenging to read for some. Since publication of that book, Stephen Porges has been urged to make these ideas more accessible and The Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal Theory is the result. Constructs and concepts embedded in polyvagal theory are explained conversationally in The Pocket Guide and there is an introductory chapter which discusses the science and the scientific culture in which polyvagal theory was originally developed. Publication of this work enables Stephen Porges to expand the meaning and clinical relevance of this groundbreaking theory.

Author : Stephen W. Porges
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 1324000511
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Clinical Applications of the Polyvagal Theory: The Emergence of Polyvagal-Informed Therapies (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology) written by Stephen W. Porges and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2018-06-12 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Innovative clinicians share their experiences integrating Polyvagal Theory into their treatment models. Clinicians who have dedicated their work to bringing the benefits of the Polyvagal Theory to a range of clients have come together to present Polyvagal Theory in a creative and personal way. Chapters on a range of topics from compassionate medical care to optimized therapeutic relationships to clinician's experiences as parents extract from the theory the powerful influence and importance of cases and feelings of safety in the clinical setting. Additionally, there are chapters which: elaborate on the principle of safety in clinical practice with children with abuse histories explain the restorative consequences of movement, rhythm, and dance in promoting social connectedness and resilience in trauma survivors explains how Polyvagal Theory can be used to understand the neurophysiological processes in various therapies discuss dissociative processes and treatments designed to experience bodily feelings of safety and trust examine fear of flying and how using positive memories as an active "bottom up" neuroceptive process may effectively down-regulate defense shed light on the poorly understood experience of grief Through the insights of innovative and benevolent clinicians, whose treatment models are Polyvagal informed, this book provides an accessible way for clinicians to embrace this groundbreaking theory in their own work.

Author : Deborah A. Dana
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0393712370
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Polyvagal Theory in Therapy written by Deborah A. Dana and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2018-06-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The polyvagal theory presented in client-friendly language. This book offers therapists an integrated approach to adding a polyvagal foundation to their work with clients. With clear explanations of the organizing principles of Polyvagal Theory, this complex theory is translated into clinician and client-friendly language. Using a unique autonomic mapping process along with worksheets designed to effectively track autonomic response patterns, this book presents practical ways to work with clients' experiences of connection. Through exercises that have been specifically created to engage the regulating capacities of the ventral vagal system, therapists are given tools to help clients reshape their autonomic nervous systems. Adding a polyvagal perspective to clinical practice draws the autonomic nervous system directly into the work of therapy, helping clients re-pattern their nervous systems, build capacities for regulation, and create autonomic pathways of safety and connection. With chapters that build confidence in understanding Polyvagal Theory, chapters that introduce worksheets for mapping, tracking, and practices for re-patterning, as well as a series of autonomic meditations, this book offers therapists a guide to practicing polyvagal-informed therapy. The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy is essential reading for therapists who work with trauma and those who seek an easy and accessible way of understanding the significance that Polyvagal Theory has to clinical work.

Author : Eric Hermann
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Polyvagal Theory Made Simple written by Eric Hermann and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-14 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you want to easily understand how generic traumas, anxiety, stress and chronic diseases may influence your nervous system and consequently your mental and physical health? Well, you should keep reading. The Polyvagal theory was published some years ago, thanks to the brilliant intuition of Dr. Stephen Porges, who published an extremely technical book, that was not accessible to everyone. The understanding of some diseases, and the way the influence our nervous system and our body, is at the basis of this theory. The polyvagal theory helps us understand how we can defend ourselves, and how we can face diseases better, especially mental disorders, such as anxiety, stress, depression, etc. The aim of this book is helping people understand the polyvagal theory, its interconnection with the vagus nerve, and the extremely effective benefits that it could bring to our body and our health. So, this is what you will learn at the end of the reading: The main principles of the polyvagal theory, explained in a simple way Why the nervous system is so important in the management of chronic diseases How to face traumas in the best way What is the vagus nerve and why its function is important How to stimulate the vagus nerve with advices and exercises Understand and face stress, anxiety, depression, PTSD, etc If you are not an expert in scientific issues or you don't know how to face those problems, this book will help you in an easy way, directed to a clear understanding of the polyvagal theory, unleashing your vagus nerve and improving your everyday life. Buy The Polyvagal Theory Made Simple now, swipe up and click on the "Buy Now" button!

Author : Marilyn R. Sanders
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393714292
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Polyvagal Theory and the Developing Child: Systems of Care for Strengthening Kids, Families, and Communities (IPNB) written by Marilyn R. Sanders and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How sustained disruptions to children’s safety have physical, behavioral, and mental health impact that follow them into adulthood. At its heart, polyvagal theory describes how the brain’s unconscious sense of safety or danger impacts our emotions and behaviors. In this powerful book, pediatrician and neonatologist Marilyn R. Sanders and child psychiatrist George S. Thompson offer readers both a meditation on caregiving and a call to action for physicians, educators, and mental health providers. When children don’t have safe relationships, or emotional, medical, or physical traumas punctuate their lives, their ability to love, trust, and thrive is damaged. Children who have multiple relationship disruptions may have physical, behavioral, or mental health concerns that follow them into adulthood. By attending to the lessons of polyvagal theory—that adult caregivers must be aware of children’s unconscious processing of sensory information—the authors show how professionals can play a critical role in establishing a sense of safety even in the face of dangerous, and sometimes incomprehensibly scary, situations.

Author : Deb Dana
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393713865
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Polyvagal Exercises for Safety and Connection: 50 Client-Centered Practices (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology) written by Deb Dana and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2020-04-21 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical guide to working with the principles of polyvagal theory beyond the therapy session. Deb Dana is the foremost translator of polyvagal theory into clinical practice. Here, in her third book on this groundbreaking theory, she provides therapists with a grab bag of polyvagal-informed exercises for their clients, to use both within and between sessions. These exercises offer readily understandable explanations of the ways the autonomic nervous system directs daily living. They use the principles of polyvagal theory to guide clients to safely connect to their autonomic responses and navigate daily experiences in new ways. The exercises are designed to be introduced over time in a variety of clinical sessions with accompanying exercises appropriate for use by clients between sessions to enhance the therapeutic change process. Essential reading for any therapist who wants to take their polyvagal knowledge to the next level and is looking for easy ways to deliver polyvagal solutions with their clients.

Author : Stephen W. Porges
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 1324016280
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Polyvagal Safety: Attachment, Communication, Self-Regulation (IPNB) written by Stephen W. Porges and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The foundational role of safety in our lives. Ever since publication of The Polyvagal Theory in 2011, demand for information about this innovative perspective has been constant. Here Stephen W. Porges brings together his most important writings since the publication of that seminal work. At its heart, polyvagal theory is about safety. It provides an understanding that feeling safe is dependent on autonomic states, and that our cognitive evaluations of risk in the environment, including identifying potentially dangerous relationships, play a secondary role to our visceral reactions to people and places. Our reaction to the continuing global pandemic supports one of the central concepts of polyvagal theory: that a desire to connect safely with others is our biological imperative. Indeed, life may be seen as an inherent quest for safety. These ideas, and more, are outlined in chapters on therapeutic presence, group psychotherapy, yoga and music therapy, autism, trauma, date rape, medical trauma, and COVID-19.

Author : Deb Dana
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 1324020091
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Polyvagal Flip Chart: Understanding the Science of Safety (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology) written by Deb Dana and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2020-10-13 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers therapists a low tech–high impact, interactive way to explain polyvagal theory to clients. When clients are stuck in the cognitive experience of their story, an explanation of polyvagal theory helps to bring their attention to the autonomic experience— to bring the importance of the biology of their experience back into awareness. Yet polyvagal theory can be challenging and intimidating to explain. This flip chart offers therapists an easy, standardized way to support clients in understanding the role of the autonomic nervous system in their lives. Using a flip chart makes psycho-education an interactive experience. Therapists can feel confident in teaching their clients polyvagal theory by following the chart. With a flip chart visible during sessions, the therapist can: remind clients of the ways the autonomic nervous system has been shaped and is active in their daily living experience, display a page corresponding to the present moment, thus anchoring that experience in the theory, keep a page of the hierarchy visible when working with a client's habitual response pattern.

Author : Robert Bright
Publisher : Robert Bright
ISBN 13 : 9781801875011
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Polyvagal Theory written by Robert Bright and published by Robert Bright. This book was released on 2021-03-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your customers will learn how to cure a variety of illnesses and improve their sleep by healing the vagus nerve with instructions and exercises easy to follow.