
Being Human and a Therapist: Awareness of Burnout, Roles, Power, and Therapeutic 'Love' , Ep. 152
Light Up The Couch
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Activation Physiology 101 - Polyvagal Nervous System
The sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system can you speak a little bit about that on just for this activation physiology 101 of understanding like this is what's happening in our bodies. We therapists are not immune to this there isn't any way for us to turn this off and I would also argue nor should we but to accept that this is just part of the human conditionerWhat the body is supposed to do when it's activatedYeah absolutely I am definitely no expert in this but I've been geeking out on polyvagal nervous system theory lately and absolutely it affects everyone who's in a human body.
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