Polyvagal Theory

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TU 150: Ann & Sue’s 150th Episode – Recaps & Recommendations for Growing Security

Jul 22, 2021

Sue Marriott LCSW CGP and Ann Kelley PhD conclude their fifth season of this podcast. Therapist Uncensored is packed with incredible content and has an archive of episodes developed over the past 5 years with the theme growing security. The expert guest list is an embarrassment of riches. This episode reviews some of the highlights and points you in the right direction based on your interest. Shownotes at therapistuncensored.com/tu150.

Brain Science Suggests these 12 Strategies to Deal with COVID-Stress

Jul 16, 2020

As COVID stress lingers and drags on we need to understand our stress-response system. Learning what’s happening can help us cope, so can the suggestions here to manage the marathon of COVID quarantine. Sue Marriott of TherapistUncensored.com provides hope and humour as we move through this together.

TU116: Fight Flight Freeze … and “Fawn”?? Can People-Pleasing Be a Sign of Trauma?

Feb 27, 2020

Freeze Appease Dissociate... Appease is Fawning when it comes to C-PTSD Are you a huge people-pleaser, conflict avoider, peace-keeper? Maybe you are just being nice, but if you are compelled to do it, driven to not take up much space, to not impose... and you don't...

TU110: Story Follows State – Investigating Polyvagal Theory with Guest Deb Dana

Dec 5, 2019

When we have an anchor in ventral, we can then go visit sympathetic and dorsal without being hijacked by it. In this episode of Therapist Uncensored, Co-host Sue Marriott explores the intersection of Polyvagal Theory, neuroscience, and attachment with Deb Dana. We...

TU100: Reflections and Favorites From 100 Episodes

Jul 8, 2019

100 Episodes and Going Strong! A Review of Our Most Popular and Referenced Episodes Tune in for a review of our listener’s favorite episodes and back stories about the evolution of Therapist Uncensored with co-hosts Ann Kelley and Sue Marriott. This is a show hosted...

TU99: Food, The Body, Trauma, & Attachment With Guests Paula Scatoloni & Rachel Lewis-Marlow

Jun 27, 2019

What if we flipped the script and learned to see our body as a messenger that needs to be heard rather than an obstacle to be conquered when it comes to our relationship with food? When we take physiological perspective, we learn that the body has much to say not only...

TU94: The Science of Self-Regulation – Breaking Down Polyvagal Theory

Apr 17, 2019

The science of relaxing into love, this episode continues the exploration of Polyvagal Theory, one of the most important theories of our generation, especially when it comes to trauma and psychological treatment. Join Sue Marriott and Ann Kelley as they continue to...

TU93: Polyvagal Theory in Action – The Practice of Body Regulation With Dr Stephen Porges

Apr 10, 2019

Polyvagal Theory is about the biology of opening our hearts. Cool, huh? What is all this fuss about the vagal nerve and the flurry of interventions developed around it? Find out the facts directly from the father of Polyvagal Theory, award-winning neuroscientist Dr....

TU 84: Why Do We Over (or Under) React? The Neurobiological Underpinnings of Attachment Categories

Nov 30, 2018

Neurobiological differences can be detected between secure and insecure relating, and even between the two organized insecure patterns of attachment (Dismissing and Preoccupied)! Cool, huh!? In this Therapist Uncensored episode, co-hosts and real therapists Dr. Ann...

TU54: The Stress Response System (Attachment) Across the Lifespan

Jan 31, 2018

How does your involuntary stress response system affect you throughout life? This episode takes a wide-angle look at attachment throughout one’s life, discusses how one’s environment affects their system’s involuntary response to stress, and how that stress response...

TU52: Using Mindfulness, Movement and Yoga to Manage Arousal, with Guest Kelly Inselmann

Jan 8, 2018

Use these neuroscience-backed techniques to conquer your anxiety and depression with a few simple yoga and mindfulness principles. This podcast will teach you how combining movement, rhythm and sound as well as practicing mindfulness can allow for a calm alertness and...

TU37: Organizing The Disorganized – Understanding The Elusive Attachment Category

Jul 18, 2017

IN THIS EPISODE: Organizing The Disorganized: Understanding The Elusive Attachment Category Show Notes Disorganized attachment states of mind happen to us all. We temporarily get lost in a jumble and it’s difficult to track what is happening… but for some this is a...

TU28: Minding Anxiety-How To Reduce Noise In The System

Apr 28, 2017

IN THIS EPISODE Minding Anxiety: How To Reduce Noise In The System Our Survival Brain Our brains evolved to be alert for threats. It was valuable to be scanning our environment for predators, planning escape routes and rehearsing contingencies when we were living on...

TU19: Increase Your Cool By Managing Your Ventral Vagal System

Jan 24, 2017

In Part II of our exploration of polyvagal theory, with psychotherapists and co-hosts of this podcast, Ann Kelley, Patty Olwell and Sue Marriott we talk about strategies to help us engage our ventral vagal or social engagement system to calm our nervous system. We...

TU18: Polyvagal Theory: Understanding Irrational Threat Responses in Relationships

Jan 18, 2017

Unpack the science behind the Polyvagal theory, with psychotherapists and co-hosts of this podcast, Ann Kelley, Patty Olwell and Sue Marriott as they explore how our nervous system appraises safety and danger. Then they discuss how to harness the knowledge and make it...

TU01: Brain Science & Communication

Aug 7, 2016

IN THIS EPISODE: This episode is the first of a series of foundational pieces we will provide on relational science and building secure relationships. Thank you for checking out the show!! It has a longer than usual monologue at the beginning but then rolls into the...

TU 150: Ann & Sue’s 150th Episode – Recaps & Recommendations for Growing Security
2 days ago
TU 149: Modern Attachment Regulation Spectrum – An Integrated Model of Change
2 weeks ago
TU 148: Emotionally Focused Therapy & Attachment with Camille Scent
4 weeks ago
TU 147: Body-Focused Therapy with Dr. Robert Coffman
2 months ago

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