Polyvagal Theory (PVT), Attachment & Trauma: An Update And Alternative Account

A recent discussion between 39 experts and Porges about Polyvagal Theory (PVT) sparked a lot of interest, including mine.

In this post on Substack, I would therefore like to summarise the content of this discussion, reflect upon its implications — also for our current understanding of attachment and trauma — and suggest an alternative account that can be further refined through mutual and constructive dialogue across domains.

My post also is an update and extension of my seventh Attachment Insights post in which I briefly illustrated that the latest scientific evidence doesn’t support PVT and which implications this conclusion has for our current understanding of attachment and trauma.

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