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Dr. Stephen Porges: What is the Polyvagal Theory

By Stephen Porges — 2018

Dr. Stephen Porges explains Polyvagal Theory in his interview with PsychAlive.org.

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Trauma and the Nervous System: A Polyvagal Perspective

This video was developed to give a basic introduction and overview of how trauma and chronic stress affects our nervous system and how those effects impact our health and well-being.

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Stephen Porges
2021
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03:59

Understanding Trauma Triggers, with Stephen Porges, PhD

Stephen Porges, PhD shares a Polyvagal-informed approach that can help clients better understand their triggers and begin to feel more at home in their own bodies. In the aftermath of trauma, some clients struggle to feel a sense of connection to their bodies.

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Stephen Porges
2021
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11:48

Titration Explained: Never Rush Trauma Healing

Hands down, one of the toughest things to grok when one starts their healing journey, à la nervous system level, is that it takes time. We can’t rush this work. Doing so can be disastrous. But let’s face it, miracle cures, while seductive, are short lived.

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2020
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Vagus Nerve Reset to Release Trauma Stored in the Body

This vagus nerve reset is designed to relieve stress and anxiety by restoring the social engagement state referenced in Polyvagal Theory developed by Stephen Porges. Vagus nerve exercises also turn off fight or flight in the sympathetic nervous system to release trauma stored in the body.

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2020
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The Effect of Trauma on the Brain and How It Affects Behaviors | John Rigg | TEDxAugusta

In his work with trauma patients, Dr. Rigg has observed how the brain is constantly reacting to sensory information, generating non-thinking reactions before our intelligent individual human brains are able to process the event and formulate a self-driven response.

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2015
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How Trauma Gets Stuck in the Body (and How to Work with It), with Peter Levine

In this video, Peter Levine will share how he helped uncover an incomplete traumatic response that was stuck in the body.

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Peter A. Levine
2017
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Origin of Somatic Experiencing®

In this 5-minute video, founder of Somatic Experiencing, Dr. Peter Levine discusses how he came to create his powerful approach to trauma

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Peter A. Levine
2012
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24:55

Somatic Experiencing® — Ray’s Story

This video tells the compassionate story of the healing process of Ray, a marine who had been injured by two explosive devices (IEDs) and diagnosed with both severe PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). He was brought to see Peter A.

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Peter A. Levine
2014
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Peter Levine on How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness

This is a video excerpt featuring Peter Levine, Ph.D., from his video lecture entitled "How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness".

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Peter A. Levine
2016
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