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VIDEO: What Therapists Need to Know About Polyvagal Theory
...And How to Use Safe Touch in Therapy
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Although many therapists are wary of it, using touch in therapy can have a huge impact on your clients' healing processes. Here, Deb Dana, author of The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy, talks about the science behind the power of touch in sessions, what this healing looks like in session, and what types of touch elicit which emotional responses.
"Biology, it turns out, is the prime mover of our relationship stories, before emotion ever gets involved," Dana writes in her Networker article, The Touch Taboo. "With a more comprehensive understanding of the body’s role in creating connection and disconnection—and a precise language to describe it—we have a better map to help guide our clients back to safety."