Guide · PDF · [pages]
The Clinician's Guide to the Polyvagal Controversy
[Description and contents pending.]
For clinicians
What the debate means for practice
Most clinicians learned polyvagal theory through its clinical interpreters rather than the primary papers. The debate is about those papers.
This section separates what is established from what is testable and what is a framework, using the same labels as the Record.
Established
Measured and replicated
[To be written from the agreed dispute map.]
Testable
Predicted, not yet tested
[To be written from the agreed dispute map.]
Framework
Organizing, not directly testable
[To be written from the agreed dispute map.]
What remains in dispute is listed in the Record.
With clients
Discussing the debate
[Guidance on discussing the debate with clients who have encountered polyvagal language. Draft pending.]
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Briefing · PDF · v1.2 [release pending review]
Breaking the Stasis: A Structured Briefing for Clinicians
Excerpts from the preprint, each set beneath a clinical essay on what it means for practice. Version matches the preprint.
- The sensory side
- The differentiated vagus
- Pervading neurochemistry as the third dimension
- Passage between danger and life threat
Psychotherapy Networker
Articles
[Issue, date]
[Title of the polyvagal standoff article]
Natureza Gabriel Kram · Psychotherapy Networker
Forthcoming
[Second article]
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