401: Polyvagal Theory + Feeling Safe With Dr. Stephen Porges
Therapy Chat
Laura Reagan, LCSW-C
4.4 • 728 Ratings
🗓️ 29 September 2023
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
Welcome back to Therapy Chat! This week I'm thrilled to be speaking with Dr. Stephen Porges, who proposed the Polyvagal Theory back in the 90's and has continued to study, write and speak about this important work ever since. In our conversation you'll hear the story of Dr. Porges's work over the past decades; find out how the Polyvagal Theory relates to our felt sense of safety; learn about the Safe & Sound Protocol; learn about the positive impact of our individual and collective healing; and much more.
Stephen W. Porges, PhD is a Distinguished University Scientist at Indiana University, where he is the founding director of the Traumatic Stress Research Consortium. He is professor of psychiatry at the University of North Carolina and professor emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Maryland. He has published more than 400 peer‐reviewed scientific papers that have been cited in more than 50,000 peer-review publications. He is the creator of the Polyvagal Theory and a music-based intervention, the Safe and Sound Protocol ™, currently used by approximately 3,000 therapists to reduce hearing sensitivities, improve language processing, and increase spontaneous social engagement. He is the author of The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, and Self-Regulation (Norton, 2011), The Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal Theory: The Transformative Power of Feeling Safe (Norton, 2017), and Polyvagal Safety, as well as co-author with Seth Porges of Our Polyvagal World (Norton, 2023), and co-editor with Deb Dana of Clinical Applications of the Polyvagal Theory: The Emergence of Polyvagal-Informed Therapies (Norton, 2018). Dr. Porges is a founder of the Polyvagal Institute.
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| 1:24.8 | 401. This is the Therapy Chat Podcast episode 401. This is the Therapy Chat podcast with Laura Reagan, LCSWC. |
| 1:33.3 | The information shared in this podcast is not a substitute for seeking help from a licensed mental health professional. |
| 1:40.3 | And now, here's your host, Laura Reagan, LCSWC. |
| 1:47.1 | I'm welcome back to therapy chat. I'm your host, Laura Reagan. And today, I told you that episode 400 was going to be special. And it was. I had Robin Goebel on and I loved our conversation. Her new book is doing really well. |
| 2:22.2 | So if you haven't checked it out yet, you might want to. And what she talks about in her book, |
| 2:28.1 | a lot of it comes from polyvagal theory, which is what we're going to talk about today in episode 401 with my |
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