Your Therapist Needs Therapy 138 - Polyvagal Theory Debunked!?!?!

About this episode

Jeremy discusses the controversies surrounding Polyvagal Theory and the importance of scientific rigor in therapy.

This week Jeremy tackles the ongoing drama in the world of Polyvagal Theory in the therapy room and online. Jeremy explains why some theories have better scientific data than others, and why therapy as a whole needs to do a better job of holding onto scientific rigour to not lose our professional credibility. Of course, we add the nuance that science cannot be so rigid that it stops being helpful. Jeremy looks at the factors like insurance companies and academia (and capitalism, obvs) influen...

People in this episode

Host: Jeremy Schumacher

Topics covered

• Polyvagal Theory
• therapy
• scientific rigor
• professional credibility
• insurance
• academia
• capitalism

Keywords

• Polyvagal Theory
• therapy
• scientific data
• professional credibility
• insurance companies
• academia
• capitalism

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: insurance companies, academia, capitalism

Books & works: Polyvagal Theory

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