Polyvagal Theory and the Developing Child Audiobook Libro.fm

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How sustained disruptions to childrens safety have physical behavioral and mental health impact that follow them into adulthood

At its heart polyvagal theory describes how the brains unconscious sense of safety or danger impacts our emotions and behaviors In this powerful book pediatrician and neonatologist Marilyn R Sanders and child psychiatrist George S Thompson offer listeners both a meditation on caregiving and a call to action for physicians educators and mental health providers When children dont have safe relationships or emotional medical or physical traumas punctuate their lives their ability to love trust and thrive is damaged Children who have multiple relationship disruptions may have physical behavioral or mental health concerns that follow them into adulthood

By attending to the lessons of polyvagal theorythat adult caregivers must be aware of childrens unconscious processing of sensory informationthe authors show how professionals can play a critical role in establishing a sense of safety even in the face of dangerous and sometimes incomprehensibly scary situations