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Stephen Porges talk about Polyvagal Safety

The Science of Psychotherapy

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Polyvagal Theory

polyvagal theory emphasizes that underlying the structure that we see the person, their underlying normal regulation of their physiology determines how they react to the world. And if we can literally intervene in a way that changes their physiological state, calms them down, puts them into a state of safety then they can be modified in a more pro social way. In this pathway is functionally not only a pathway for compassion, it's a pathway for sociality, or it’s a pathway for our own humanity.

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