Ep 09. In Conversation with Deb Dana
“Remembering is almost as effective as doing… when you remember you bring back what your nervous system has experienced.”
Well listeners, this week’s episode can only be described as a Dream Come True. This week Sarah chats with one of the G.O.A.Ts of trauma-responsive care, Deb Dana!
Deb Dana is a clinician, consultant, author, speaker, and founding member of The Polyvagal Institute. Sarah and Deb’s conversation centered around Sarah’s 2nd Core Conviction of trauma-responsive care: Regulation is a practice and what a day in the life of a Direct Service Provider can look like through the lens of the 2nd Core Conviction (21:02). Deb also provides insight into why remembering is so powerful (13:50) and what the trouble with visualization is (14:52). They wrap up their conversation with Deb sharing a few things to do and ways to be from the perspective of a DSP (46:20).
Mentioned in this episode:
Polyvagal Theory: Coregulation, Neuroception, Hierarchy (07:28 )
The 3 essential elements for the Nervous System: Context, Choice and Connection (19:10)
A practice of Noticing and Naming
2 min regulation practices that DSPs can do to regulate their own nervous systems (23:41)
Tempo matching and Tempo mismatching (32:12)
Contact Deb Dana at: Rhythm of Regulation
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