Contributed by Stephen Porges
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VIDEO: Ask Me Anything with Deb Dana
Developer of Polyvagal Informed Therapy
VIDEO: The Building Blocks of Healthy Relationships
Stephen Porges Explains What Connection Actually Looks Like
VIDEO: Stephen Porges on How Trauma Affects Our Ability to Connect
The Science Behind Healthy Relationships
Stress responses aren't only vested within the sympathetic nervous system’s capacity to support fight-or-flight behaviors. There’s another defense system that’s mediated through a vagal circuit, says Stephen Porges, creator of the Polyvagal Theory. In the following video from his 2016 Networker Symposium keynote address, he explains how the vagus nerve is affected by trauma, and what this means for our ability to build meaningful relationships. Read More
Rethinking the Autonomic Nervous System
Stephen Porges on a Popular Neuroscientific Misconception
Stephen Porges
Stephen Porges, PhD, is Distinguished University Scientist at Indiana University, where he’s creating a trauma research center within the Kinsey Institute. He’s author of The Polyvagal Theory.