Polyvagal Theory, Therapy, Trauma Recovery with Dr. Cheryl Arutt

Psychologist Cheryl Arutt found with her therapy clients that "Creative artists, actors and writers and people who do performances, had a different relationship with their trauma than regular people who don't consider themselves creatives."

She notes “Polyvagal theory is a new way of thinking about the autonomic nervous system…the part with the things that our body does all on its own without thinking about it, like breathing and heart rate. 

“We've learned about things like the fight or flight response and the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system, where a lot of times people know that when they need to fight or run away from something it's their sympathetic, and when they're relaxed, it's the parasympathetic. 

“But polyvagal theory takes things further…”

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How Polyvagal Theory and Therapy Help Trauma Recovery, with Dr. Cheryl Arutt

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