Stephen Porges, PhD, explains how polyvagal theory can better inform how you work with the Please & Appease trauma response. For more strategies on the treatment of trauma look here: https://www.nicabm.com/program/master...

You’ve probably heard of fight, flight, and even the freeze response to trauma.

But there are some newer defense responses – ones that experts have only recently begun to name and understand – that are critical to our clinical work.

One of those defense responses is “please and appease.” You may have also heard expert practitioners call this the fawn response to trauma.

But because researchers and experts are still learning about this response, there have been some misconceptions about it.

In this video, Stephen Porges, PhD shares one common misconception about patients who “please and appease.”

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