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Therapist Uncensored Podcast

The Amygdala Unpacked with Dr. Joseph LeDoux (174)

Therapist Uncensored Podcast

Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD

Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Science, Education, Self-improvement, Relationships

4.71.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

The amygdala has become a "cultural meme" - so let's get the science-based updated story of it's role in human relationship regulation. We are honored to have Dr. Joseph LaDoux join us to bring us the facts. We discuss the amygdala, the threat response system in general, non-conscious states and directions for therapy. More www.therapistuncensored.com/episodes. Join our online community www.therapistuncensored.com/join

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Self-regulation is very important.

0:02.0

And our work has been more about trying to understand

0:06.5

what really is driving these kind of bad behaviors,

0:11.3

more so than how to fix them.

0:14.2

We have had discoveries that have the potential at least

0:17.3

for helping treat things such as work on reconsolubation.

0:23.0

And a lot of our work early work on extinction,

0:26.5

showing that the prefrontal cortex was involved

0:29.8

in regulating the amygdala and extinction that was very.

0:33.4

I think that was a good connection

0:34.9

into the world of exposure therapy.

0:37.7

But we don't have big home runs that I can tell you

0:40.7

that really can be used by people.

0:43.6

I think just taking that breath is a good thing.

0:46.8

I mean, talking about the vagal theory,

0:48.6

you take the breath and that kind of begins

0:51.0

to slow everything down.

0:53.0

That works because the nervous system is wired,

0:56.1

like that sympathetic is trying to take you down the road

0:59.3

and the power sympathetic can slow it down a bit.

1:04.1

Welcome to Therapist Uncensored.

1:06.0

Building on decades of professional experience,

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