The Polyvagal Theory (Stephen Porges, 1994) expands our understanding of clinical problems through a lens of one’s ability to stay regulated. You will explore and learn the tool of intentional “top-down” processes. Then you will identify how these must be customised according to differences in individual polyvagal systems to ultimately provide the most effective treatment for your client.
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Part 1: Understanding How the Polyvagal Model Connects to Emotion Regulation and State Shifting
Here, you will grasp a brain-based explanation of the polyvagal model and how it helps our understanding of a wide range of clinical problems, all of which share difficulties with regulating strong affect, and staying in “the window of self-regulation”. Dr. Baylin believes that therapists can incorporate knowledge about the polyvagal model into their daily practice more effectively when they first have a good working knowledge of these processes. He will discuss the difference between automatic, “bottom up” state shifting and “top down” state shifting to lay the foundation for Part Two when we will focus on how to strengthen our ability to use the top down intentional processes to manage polyvagal state changes. The top down mode of state shifting arises from humans’ unique ability to regulate the state shifting process rather than being at the mercy of the automated process that can create chronic problems with emotion regulation. Dr. Baylin will also discuss how individual differences in the functioning of the polyvagal systems arise from a combination of genetic differences and the effects of life experiences on the development of the polyvagal systems, with an emphasis on the effects of early life experience on the development of the polyvagal systems.
Part 2: Applying the Polyvagal Model
Building on the brain-based model of state shifting described in Part One, Dr. Baylin will then discuss a number of different ways to promote intentional, mindful regulation of internal state shifting to support improved emotion regulation. Dr. Baylin will apply Porges’ concept of “neural exercises” to help you learn how to access the ventral vagal system that supports healthy emotion regulation and social engagement. He will explain a number of different pathways or “portals” into the ventral vagal system that we can use to promote more effective emotion regulation and state shifting in ourselves and in our patients. Furthermore, Dr. Baylin will discuss the role of the therapist as a “social buffering”, coregulating, “brain whispering” partner in the process of helping patients’ shift from chronic self-defensiveness into the state of open engagement.
Dr. Jonathan Baylin received his doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Peabody College of Vanderbilt University in 1981. For the past twenty years, while continuing his clinical practice, he has immersed himself in the study of neuroscience and in teaching mental health practitioners about the brain. He has given numerous workshops for mental health professionals on “Putting the Brain in Therapy” and has delivered keynote addresses internationally at conferences on childhood trauma and attachment. Several years ago, Dr. Baylin began a collaborative relationship with Daniel Hughes, a leader in the field of attachment-focused therapy. His first book, Brain Based Parenting, was released by Norton Press in 2012. In 2016, his second book, The Neurobiology of Attachment-focused Therapy, was released by Norton. Both books are part of the Norton series on Interpersonal Neurobiology.
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Improving Emotional Self-Regulation using The Polyvagal Model
Discover the practical and wide-reaching applications of the Polyvagal Theory. Learn how to apply the theory in clinical problems and integrate brain-based knowledge into daily clinical practice. You will learn how to promote intentional state shifting and improve emotion regulation in your clients.
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