Stephen Porges PhD

Leading expert on Polyvagal Theory; Distinguished University Scientist at the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University Bloomington and Research Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Biography

Week 28 Video #4

Why Feeling Safe with Another Person Supports Resilience

Week 35 Video #1

The Immobilizing Power of Shame

Week 37 Video #1

How Shame Triggers the Body’s Shut-Down Response

Week 43 Video #3

When the Body Misinterprets the Origin of Shame

Week 45 Video #2

How to Work with the Physiology of Anger

Week 50 Video #1

The Nervous System’s Response to Violations of Expectancy

Week 62 Video #1

How Physiological States Affect Self-Worth

Week 68 Video #1

Respecting How the Body Has Been Changed by Trauma

Week 73 Video #1

The Primary Mechanism for Regulating Anxiety

Week 82 – Mistakes That Led to Breakthroughs

Week 85 – Personal Advice

Week 90 – What Does a Client’s Criticism Bring Up in You?

Week 95 – Why We Need to Understand the Neurobiology of Depression

Week 100 – Approaching Depression in Different Populations

Week 104 – How to Help Clients Develop a Healthier Relationship with Their Inner Critic

Week 111 – How to Build a Solid Foundation in a First Session

Week 122 – Building Connections to Lessen a Client’s Tendency to Blame

Week 131 – Working with Trauma-Based Emotional Triggers

Week 136 – Working with Abandonment in a Client’s Closest Relationships

Week 141 – Working with Socially Sanctioned Perfectionism

Week 146 – Key Skills for Clients Who Struggle with Avoidance

Week 155 – Helping Clients Gain More Insight into the Context of Their Self-Narrative

Week 162 – How Impostor Syndrome Can Affect the Practitioner

Week 163 – Working with the Key Factors That Fuel a Fear of Rejection

Week 171 – Why Relationships Can Be Crucial in Working with Emptiness

Week 175 – Self-Absorption as an Embodied Experience

Week 181 – Normalization and Psychoeducation – Two Important Tools for Helping Clients Learn to Tolerate Distress

Week 182 – Strategies for Helping Clients Regulate Their Emotions

Week 189 – Body-Oriented Strategies for Working with Shame

Week 192 – The Pervasive Problem of Loneliness

Week 195 – Loneliness That Stems from Attachment Failure and Trauma

Week 201 – Rumination as an Adaptive Survival Response

Week 202 – Skills and Exercises for Disrupting Rumination

Week 212 – The Connection between Trauma, Safety, and Please and Appease

Week 219 – Working with Rigidity at the Nervous System Level

Week 222 – Trust Examined

Week 225 – Teaching the Body to Trust

Week 229 – Working with Despair Through a Physiological and Neurobiological Lens

Week 233 – Working with the Sociocultural Factors That Can Amplify Despair

Week 242 – The Critical Link Between Connection and Belonging (and Strategies to Help Clients Build Both)

Week 247 – What Fosters Narcissism and Grandiosity, and How Do They Impact Our Clients?

Week 250 – Treatment Approaches for Working with Narcissism and Grandiosity – Part 2

Week 255 – Practical Strategies to Help You Work with the Link Between Shame and the Shadow Side

Week 262- Helping Clients Understand How Race, Culture, and Privilege Can Impact Feelings of Unworthiness

Week 263-Strategies to Address Feelings of Unworthiness That Feed Imposter Syndrome

Week 267 – Helping Clients Understand the Body’s Response to Never Fitting In

Week 274 – Helping Clients Understand the Body’s Response to Conflict

Week 278 — When a Client’s Need for Control Frustrates the Therapeutic Relationship

Week 282 – Helping Clients Understand How the Brain Responds to Overwhelming Events

Week 291 – Working with Clients Whose Inability to Change Is Linked to Trauma