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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, Relationships, Education, Self-improvement

4.71.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Tune in as we follow up on last week's episode, and sit down with amygdala expert, Dr. Joseph LeDoux. We discuss the non-conscious versus unconscious, protein synthesis, the differences between fear and threat, and how it all applies in the world of attachment. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

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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