3.09 Fight, Flight, Freeze, or Appease

Rebecca Bailey, PhD is a leading family psychologist and equestrian who has become a world-renowned professional teacher, speaker, author, and entrepreneur. Dr. Bailey is the founder of Transitioning Families, a group of independently licensed mental health practitioners dedicated to Bailey’s innovative ideas for helping families through crisis and difficult change. She is best known for her work with survivors of non-familial abduction. She is the creator of the Polyvagal Equine institute, an organization dedicated to Equine assisted psychotherapy and education with a focus on applying Dr. Stephan Porges’s research on the autonomic nervous system  to a variety of  populations. She believes that understanding the interaction between the nervous system and our thoughts and actions is key to compassionately responding and addressing the complexities of todays societal demands.

She and Elizabeth discuss appeasement as a response to fear and trauma and what understanding this reaction can teach survivors about their own strength.

Show notes:
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