Stephen Porges – Why the Vagal System Holds the Key to the Treatment of Trauma

How Polyvagal Theory Can Strengthen Your Trauma Work with Clients

With Polyvagal Theory, you can track trauma’s impact on the nervous system to reduce symptoms and speed healing.

And once you know how trauma impacts your patient’s nervous system, you can adapt interventions to be faster and more effective.

That’s why we’re bringing you this short, focused course (at a discount) . . .
Why the Vagal System Holds the Key to the Treatment of Trauma
Stephen Porges, PhD

The neural breakdown that leaves trauma survivors so vulnerable to future trauma
One simple strategy to inhibit a client’s physiological response to threat
Why some people are better able than others to feel safe again after trauma
Three critical ways the head and facial muscles activate to calm a fear response
How neuroception can help fuel a client’s irrational thoughts and behavior
The specific way trauma impacts the hierarchy of the nervous system’s response
What makes clients with a trauma history so vulnerable to trigger-behavior loops
How trauma retunes the nervous system to be oversensitive to threats
How to activate the part of the nervous system that promotes stronger social engagement
How to shift a client’s physiological state to move them out of shutdown

Here’s What You’ll Get:

Everything is yours to keep forever in your professional library
Check mark Downloadable video and audio to watch or listen to when it’s convenient for you
Check mark TalkBack Segment to distill key ideas (this is where we “land” the session)
Check mark Next Week in Your Practice video to give you concrete strategies to use with patients
Check mark Printable QuickStart Guide to make review and action simpler than ever
Check mark Professionally-formatted transcript of the session