Stephen
Porges
Researcher, professor of psychiatry, he is the creator of the Polyvagal Theory and the Safe and Sound Protocol™.
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The creator of Polyvagal Theory.
Dr. Stephen W. Porges, PhD, is a Distinguished University Scholar at Indiana University, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Maryland.
He has published over 400 peer-reviewed scientific papers, which have been cited in over 50 articles and holds several patents related to autonomic state monitoring and regulation. He created the Polyvagal Theory and a music-based intervention (Safe and Sound Protocol™).
He is the author of several works, including 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) translated into French under the title Polyvagal theory and feeling of security: issues and therapeutic solutions, and Polyvagal Safety (Norton, 2021). He is also co-author with Seth Porges of Our Polyvagal World: How Safety and Trauma Change Us (Norton, 2023), and co-editor with Deb Dana of Clinical Applications of the Polyvagal Theory: The Emergence of Polyvagal-Informed Therapies (Norton, 2018). Dr. Porges is co-creator with Anthony Gorry of Polyvagal Music™, and founder of the Polyvagal Institute.
The father of Polyvagal Theory
Dr. Stephen W. Porges, PhD is a Distinguished University Scientist at Indiana University, professor of psychiatry at the University of North Carolina and professor emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Maryland. He has published more than 400 peer‐reviewed scientific papers that have been cited in more than 50,000 peer‐reviewed papers and holds several patents involved in monitoring and regulating autonomic state. He created the Polyvagal Theory and a music-based intervention (Safe and Sound Protocol). He is author of several books including 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), and Polyvagal Safety (Norton, 2021), as well as co-author with Seth Porges of Our Polyvagal World: How Safety and Trauma Change Us (Norton, 2023), and co-editor with Deb Dana of Clinical Applications of the Polyvagal Theory: The Emergence of Polyvagal-Informed Therapies (Norton, 2018). Dr. Porges is co-creator with Anthony Gorry of Polyvagal Music, and a founder of the Polyvagal Institute.
Stephen Porges
By proposing the Polyvagal Theory in 1994, Stephen Porges enabled the birth of innovative treatments based on the understanding of the mechanisms of mediation of the symptoms observed in several behavioral, psychiatric and physical disorders.
- He is the creator of the Polyvagal Theory (PVT).
- He is also the creator of the Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP), used by more than 1400 therapists.
- He is the founding director of the Post-Traumatic Stress Research Consortium.
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