Using Polyvagal Theory for Healing

About this episode

The episode discusses using polyvagal theory for trauma healing and nervous system regulation with Dr. Arielle Schwartz.

Listen to us as we discuss how you can rewire your nervous system for lasting calm, connection, and resilience with cutting-edge, polyvagal theory-based activities. Whether you have suffered a single traumatic experience or faced repeated difficult life events, you can be left feeling hypervigilant, irritable, and disconnected. Daily tasks like attending a work meeting or social gathering can feel overwhelming or even frightening. Most therapies for treating trauma require you to "revisit" your traumatic experience in potentially triggering ways. Best-selling author Dr. Arielle Schwartz provides a cutting-edge approach for trauma healing in " The Polyvagal Theory Workbook ". Her practical, body-based methods help you address trauma symptoms— without reliving trauma or being exposed to triggers. Dr. Schwartz offers evidence-based activities to help you heal trauma, rewire your nervous system, and return to a state of balance and calm. We discuss nervous system disruption, explore polyvagal theory, and the vagus nerve in post trauma response. We will reflect on the use of soothing, body-based practices to help you rewire your nervous response, including rhythmic movements (EMDR and…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Anna Baranowsky

Guest: Dr. Arielle Schwartz

Topics covered

• polyvagal theory
• trauma healing
• nervous system
• mental health
• resilience

Keywords

• polyvagal theory
• trauma
• nervous system
• healing
• resilience
• mental health
• body-based practices

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Polyvagal Theory Workbook

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