Jan Winhall, MSW, FOT is an author, teacher, and psychotherapist. She is an adjunct lecturer in the Department of Social Work, the University of Toronto. She is the director of Focusing on Borden, a psychotherapy and training center. Jan presents internationally on trauma and addiction.

https://janwinhall.com/

Treating Trauma and Addiction with the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model Book

https://janwinhall.com/book/

In this conversation, I talked with Dr Lori about the application of educational neuroscience and trauma accommodation framework. 

Dr. Lori Desautels has been an Assistant Professor at Butler University since 2016 where she teaches both undergraduate and graduate programs in the College of Education.

Dr. Desautels’ passion is engaging her students through the application of neuroscience as it applies to attachment, regulation, educator brain state, and teaching students and staff about their neuro-anatomy thus integrating mind-brain Teaching

Website: https://revelationsineducation.com/?v...

Book: https://revelationsineducation.com/th...

Conversation with Dr Heather Abernathy 

Polyvagal informed medical school and practice. 

Heather is an anesthesiologist and a medical academic; she is bringing the PVT into how she practices with patients as well as in medical school. Very useful for any medical professional and medical students.

Dr. Abernathy's course on the Polyvagal Institute

https://www.polyvagalinstitute.org/it...

Email: 

[email protected]

IG: 

https://www.instagram.com/drheatherab...

Michael is an educational partner with Polyvagal Institute and Stephen W. Porges, Ph.D. (originator of Polyvagal Theory) leading the development and delivery of a Polyvagal-informed Certificate for Health, Wellness & Performance Coaches accredited by the National Board for Health & Wellness Coaches. 

https://theplayzone.com/

Mona Delahooke, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist with over 30 years of experience caring for children and their families. 

Author 

Beyond Behaviour 

Brain-Body Parenting

https://monadelahooke.com/

Stephen W. Porges, Ph.D. is a Distinguished University Scientist at Indiana University where he is the founding director of the Traumatic Stress Research Consortium. 

He is the author of The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological Foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, and Self-regulation (Norton, 2011), The Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal Theory: The Transformative Power of Feeling Safe, (Norton, 2017), co-editor of Clinical Applications of the Polyvagal Theory: The Emergence of Polyvagal-Informed Therapies (Norton, 2018) and author of Polyvagal Safety: Attachment, Communication, Self-Regulation (Norton 2021). Dr. Porges is the creator of a music-based intervention, the Safe and Sound Protocol ™ (SSP), which is used by therapists to improve social engagement, language processing, and state regulation, as well as to reduce hearing sensitivities.

https://www.stephenporges.com

https://integratedlistening.com/products/ssp-safe-sound-protocol/

https://www.polyvagalinstitute.org/

Conversation on polyvagal informed practice in clinical practice

Deb Dana, LCSW, is a clinician, consultant, author and speaker specializing in complex trauma. Her work is focused on using the lens of Polyvagal Theory to understand and resolve the impact of trauma in our lives.

https://www.rhythmofregulation.com/

Author of The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy: Engaging the Rhythm of Regulation 

 Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory

Hello and welcome to the Human Connection podcast - (Polyvagal Informed Conversations) edition. I am your host Manal Aldabbagh and 

This podcast is a quest to understand ourselves and our relationships through the lens of our human connection: the nervous system. Started as conversations with Dr. Stephen Porges, the developer of The polyvagal Theory, and Deb Dana, the godmother of the theory, who presented it in concepts and language I can understand. What followed are a series of conversations with clinicians, coaches and individuals who found the polyvagal theory, and it informed their work and mission in life.

Through the lens of the nervous system, I find the world, especially relationships, easier to understand and enables me to embody compassion towards others. I consider these conversations my small contribution to bringing awareness to the importance of understanding and, as Deb says beautifully, "befriending our nervous system". I hope you enjoy these conversations as much as I did. Please share them with others and reach out if you want to continue this conversation, I would love to hear from you, and maybe we can record it for others.