Polyvagal Podcast
By Justin Sunseri
Polyvagal PodcastSep 12, 2019
3 Minute Meditation w/ Carla-Jo Geraghty
Many many thanks to Carla-Jo Geraghty, who sets a very high bar for what a Super Fan/Trauma Nerd is!
Check out more from Carla-Jo:
- Website - https://www.carlajo-mindfulness.com/
- YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEeoH1GjDNf66Z-ZSSu6-WQ
- Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/carlajo_geraghty/
- Our interview with Carla-Jo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKv9BKfc_8Q
- LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/carla-jo-geraghty-49687225/
- Twitter - https://twitter.com/CarlaJoGeraghty
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- Email - carlajogeraghty@gmail.com
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You Want More - Motivation vs Shutdown / Open Letter 03
If you prefer to read the Open Letter, it's available here.
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"Safe & Social" Song by Miles Irving & Forager, Ltd.
Watch the “Safe & Social” music video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql2TGMRDh7k&feature=youtu.be
Miles Irving Website - https://www.milesirving.com/
Forager - https://www.forager.org.uk/wild-food-blog/19-ideas-philosophy/140-worldwild-podcast
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Benjo Beats - https://soundcloud.com/benjobeats
Consequence Fundamentals for Parents
All about consequences in this episode:
- Why they are important
- When they mean nothing
- Positive consequences vs gift/reward/bribe
- Natural consequences
Your homework assignment - Plan out your consequence structure and discuss with everyone that needs to be a part of it.
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Intro/Outro music & Transition Sounds by Benjo Beats - https://soundcloud.com/benjobeat
Deb Dana Interview: Story Follows State, Climbing the Ladder and Diagnosing
Deb Dana - one third of my Polyvagal Trinity. Deb Dana is called "the Pied Piper of the Polyvagal Theory," and honestly someone I want to be like when I grow up. She does the stuff I do, but better and first. I gotta be honest. We talk in depth about:
- "Story follows State"
- Climbing the Polyvagal Ladder
- Diagnosing
DEB DANA - http://www.debdanalcsw.com/
(these next two links will take you to Amazon, where I get a portion of the sale as an Amazon Affiliate.)
The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy - https://amzn.to/3409v8z
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Intro/Outro music by Benjo Beats - https://soundcloud.com/benjobeats
You Are Not Your Diagnosis
You're not you're diagnosis. It's a label - a shorthand system for professionals to use - to collect "symptoms" that typically occur together. It makes communication among therapists, psychologists and psychiatrists easier. And that's the point of diagnoses. And insurance building.
4 Ways to Express Love That Your Kids will Experience as Love
We go in depth into each of these four ways to express love. It's not enough to just love your kiddos, you also need to express it. And express it in ways they will be able to get.
1. Say it out loud
2. Write it down
3. Physical affection
4. Play
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Assume the Best / Open Letter 2
You will make the change you want to make. It will happen. Assume the best.
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Parental Anxiety About Kids' Trauma and Kids' Anxiety About School
We answer two questions from our amazing Listeners. We originally answered these on our weekly Instagram Live segment, which you can be a part of every Sunday at 915pm PST.
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Applying Parental Co-Regulation
Lots of co-regulation ground covered in this episode:
- Kids neurocepting danger cues
- your state vs your empathy
- your empathy vs your compassion
- face to face interaction
- self-regulation (for you, parent)
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Avoiding Creating a Trauma in Your Kids & Approaching a Parent who is Stuck
We answer two more questions from our Dear Listeners about parenting -
1. "How can parents avoid creating a trauma with their kids?"
2."How do you approach a parent who is stuck?"
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Understanding Parental Co-Regulation Before Kids' Self-Regulation
Self-regulation is built upon co-regulation. Kids aren't born able to self-regulate, but they are born ready to receive a parent's co-regulation.
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Parental and Toddler Polyvagal State Shifts
We answer two questions submitted by two of our amazing listeners:
1. How to best overcome a parental state shift?
2. Do toddlers experience defensive states more often than adults?
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We Don't Control Our Kids and How to Strengthen Their Vagal Brake
The Role of Narratives in Surviving a Sexual Assault
Taken from an Instagram Live on July 21, 2019. we discuss the function of "Stories" or "Narratives" that a survivor of sexual assault may be living with.
Join us on Instagram every Sunday night around 915pm PST. We answer questions and let people listen to a bit of what we're recording!
I Think You're Normal - an Open Letter
Something I wrote in response to what I know you're thinking about yourself - that you're abnormal. This is a bit different than the usual weekly episode from Mercedes & I, but something I wanted to put out into the world.
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Therapy and the Polyvagal Theory
We apply the polyvagal theory to the process of psychotherapy.
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Placebo
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6003660/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0165032706000395
https://psychiatrypodcast.com/psychiatry-psychotherapy-podcast/2018/11/19/understanding-placebo
Bad Therapy 3
more detailed show notes on justinlmft.com/post/episode22 TREATMENT ABANDONMENT -
www.apa.org/monitor/2009/09/ethics
www.aamft.org/Legal_Ethics/Code_of_Ethics.aspx
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Bad Therapy 2
Bad Therapy 1
We continue the Bad Therapy series, this time with real examples submitted to us by listeners and Instagram followers. We dissect the therapeutic issues at play here, discuss what is and isn't therapy and share our own thoughts based on how we practice therapy.
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Basic Therapy
Welcome to the first installment of the Bad Therapy series. We need to first understand some basics of what therapy is and how it works. Clients are walking into sessions with a combination of hope and desperation - this is easily taken advantage of by a "therapist" that isn't up to snuff. We want you to be able to enter your sessions with some clarity on what YOU want out of your time/money as well as some clarity on what is SUPPOSED to be happening.
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LICENSING BOARD RESOURCES:
https://www.aamft.org/Directories/MFT_Licensing_Boards.aspx
THERAPEUTIC ALLIANCE AS a PREDICTOR of SUCCESS:
https://societyforpsychotherapy.org/evidence-based-therapy-relationships/
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2002-01390-002
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28936692
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2016-30467-001
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/figure/10.1080/10503307.2010.518635?scroll=top&needAccess=true\
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Top-Down Thoughts to Climb the Polyvagal Ladder
We tackle the issue directly - you're normal, you survived, your body is awesome and is probably working fine. Plus a whole lot more.
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Bottom-Up & Outside-In Ways to Change Your Polyvagal State
Mercedes & I discuss how we personally use different bottom-up techniques to climb the polyvagal ladder and reach a more safe & social state - music, dance, play, breathing and more. We also discuss what it means to "allow" the process to happen in simple day to day application.
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Climbing the Ladder with Listener Submissions!
Full show notes are available on https://www.justinlmft.com/post/episode16
We got some Listener submissions for how they use the polyvagal theory to climb their ladders! Thanks to Carla-Jo, Theresa and Emily!
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Dr Stephen Porges Interview: Mental Disorders, Substance Use, Psychiatry & the Polyvagal Theory
Full show notes are available on justinLMFT.com/post/episode15
I had the distinct pleasure of being able to talk in-depth with Dr Porges about the Polyvagal Theory and how it applies to various things, such as clinical disorders, the role of psychiatry, empathy vs compassion and much more. It's a jam-packed 50 minutes. Thanks to all my listeners that submitted questions for Dr Porges.
DR PORGES
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Books - https://www.stephenporges.com/books
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Teacher Self-Care & Being Ready to Teach
Relationships Over Academics
This is the Polyvagal Schools series, part 4 of 5 - A slew of trauma-informed ways for educators to improve relationships with their students. After the relationship is improved, with safety being the priority, things like motivation and behavior will improve.
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Intro music “Aspire” by Scott Holmes
Classroom Structure - Consequences, Fidgets & Flexibility
Polyvagal Schools episode part 3 of 5 - The Polyvagal Theory applied to the classroom structure. We look at suspensions, fidgets, quiet zones in the classroom, suspensions, consequences and a lot more. Also, learn how my hands turned orange during a meeting at work!
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Classroom Danger Cues & What to Do About Them
Part 2 of 5 of the Polyvagal School series - Danger cues in the classroom: the environment, the teacher and peers! And we give you some unique ways to problem-solve around these.
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Path of Transition & Cues of Danger in School
Mercedes Corona, LMFT joins me to talk in depth about what the Path of Transition is and how it applies to the school environment. Part 1 of our Polyvagal School Series!
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Attachment, Generational Trauma & the Polyvagal Theory
Attachment is integral to the mechanics of how generational trauma is actually passed on. I take a look at this through the lens of the amazing polyvagal theory (but you probably know that by now).
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http://www.d2l.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/all_statistics_20150619.pdf
Mixed States & the Polyvagal Theory
I cover the other Fs that I've been seeing, like "flop," "friend" and "fawn." Plus an in depth look into why I don't think these are primary autonomic responses to danger or life threat. And more, much more.
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More Fs / https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4690778/Researchers-reveal-SIX-responses-stress.html
More Fs / http://www.zoelodrick.co.uk/training/article-1
"Cash me ousside" Dr Phil / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8l2Ga3_wvU
Play, Stillness & the Polyvagal Theory
We've covered the primary states (Safe, Flight, Fight & Freeze), now let's look at a couple of state combos: play & stillness.
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Vagal Brake, Co-Regulation & the Polyvagal Theory
A look at the vagus, the vagal brake, the window of tolerance AND co-regulation. It's a jam-packed episode from your host, Justin Sunseri, LMFT99147.
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Trauma, Shame & the Polyvagal Theory
A way way in-depth look into how trauma works plus what shame and disgust have to do with it. From Justin Sunseri, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist 99147.
NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE
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https://healingshame.com/articles/2017/8/21/shame-and-trauma
TI SHARK - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NErt6zP2MBI
TI Rats - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1687864
TI Lizards - https://paperity.org/p/59862983/tonic-immobility-as-a-fear-response-in-lizards-anolis-carolinensis
Polar Bear - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmJDkzDMllc
Shame & Trauma - https://healingshame.com/articles/2017/8/21/shame-and-trauma
Peter Levine on Shame - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2CN5nhmfxk&vl=en
Freeze & the Polyvagal Theory
Justin goes in depth into the Freeze response - the bottom of the polyvagal ladder!
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TED video on the freeze response in wild animals - https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=_hBAr7uJ6L8
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Flight, Fight & the Polyvagal Theory
I dive into the sympathetic autonomic nervous system and how flight/fight arousal can become chronic and affect our day to day lives.
Justin Sunseri, LMFT 99147
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Safety, Social Engagement & the Polyvagal Theory
We start at the top of the Polyvagal Ladder with the Safety & Social Engagement autonomic nervous system, the face to heart connection!
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Intro to the Polyvagal Theory
An intro to the Polyvagal Theory from Dr Stephen Porges. Autonomic state shifts, creating narratives, neuroception and more!
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