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What is a Polyvagal Therapist and How Can They Help You?

Wondering what a polyvagal therapist is? This guide explains how they use the science of the nervous system to help clients heal from trauma

What you're getting wrong in trauma recovery

Therapists, coaches and "self-healers" ignore one crucial aspect in trauma recovery and it could end up being disastrous and retraumatizing.

I'm a therapist and I was wrong about trauma recovery

When I first learned the Polyvagal Theory and the autonomic aspects of trauma recovery, I got something wrong...

Just You. No ego, no shadow, no parts... / SNB 149 poster and show notes

It's just you. No ego, no parts, no shadow. Show notes and poster for episode 149.

When therapy clients say “I’m good”

with teen clients comes “I’m fine” or “I’m good” or even “It’s Gucci” (barf btw) when I ask them how they’re doing at the beginning of a s..

Therapy retraumatization

Therapy is supposed to be a place where people can go to work through emotional or cognitive obstacles. Sadly, clients sometimes find...

Be patient. Getting Unstuck Takes Time.

Reminder - Be patient! I am willing to bet that you're more than a bit frustrated or anxious with your process of getting unstuck...

Safety Cue Dependency? / SNB 135 quotes & show notes

In this episode, I discuss what safety cues are and how to help therapy clients develop the ability to notice and savor them...

"That's Bulls**t" - Trauma & the Body?

We were never taught what "trauma lives in the body" actually means in therapy school.

Normalization

Normalization doesn't really fix the issue. But it does help to make sense of it.

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Therapy

What is a Polyvagal Therapist and How Can They Help You?

What you're getting wrong in trauma recovery

I'm a therapist and I was wrong about trauma recovery

Just You. No ego, no shadow, no parts... / SNB 149 poster and show notes

When therapy clients say “I’m good”

Therapy retraumatization

Be patient. Getting Unstuck Takes Time.

Safety Cue Dependency? / SNB 135 quotes & show notes

"That's Bulls**t" - Trauma & the Body?

Normalization

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