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The Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal Theory

By: Stephen W. Porges
Narrated by: Joe Hempel
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When The Polyvagal Theory was published in 2011, it took the therapeutic world by storm, bringing Stephen Porges's insights about the autonomic nervous system to a clinical audience interested in understanding trauma, anxiety, depression, and other mental health issues. 

The book made accessible to clinicians and other professionals a polyvagal perspective that provided new concepts and insights for understanding human behavior. The perspective placed an emphasis on the important link between psychological experiences and physical manifestations in the body. That book was brilliant but also quite challenging to read for some.

Since publication of that book, Stephen Porges has been urged to make these ideas more accessible and The Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal Theory is the result. Constructs and concepts embedded in polyvagal theory are explained conversationally in The Pocket Guide and there is an introductory chapter which discusses the science and the scientific culture in which polyvagal theory was originally developed. 

Publication of this work enables Stephen Porges to expand the meaning and clinical relevance of this groundbreaking theory.

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Or for anyone who is close to someone who has, this book provides insight you need.

for anyone who has experienced trauma

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Not the easiest to follow as it's specialised content, but overall there are good examples for each point

Dense but Well presented

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The conversational nature of the audiobook was a really effective way to deliver the dense content.

So interesting

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I find polyvagal theory fascinating and this format of question and answer really made it easy to understand oftentimes complex concepts.

Fascinating subject

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