Applied Polyvagal Theory for Resilience and Post-Traumatic Growth: A Clinician's Guide

By Ruby Jo Walker

Post-traumatic growth is more than just recovery--it's about thriving after trauma. By integrating Polyvagal Theory into therapeutic practice, clinicians can empower clients to not only heal but to transform, cultivating resilience and unlocking their true potential.

In this groundbreaking guide, trauma expert Ruby Jo Walker introduces cutting-edge, somatic interventions designed to reshape the neurobiology of trauma survivors. With a deep understanding of the nervous system, clinicians will learn to guide clients through practical techniques that go beyond symptom management to spark profound, lasting change.

Walker explores three essential maps of the nervous system--general functioning, co-regulation capacity, and limiting core beliefs--giving clinicians the tools to target the root causes of their clients' struggles. By utilizing deactivation pathways to downregulate the nervous system, trauma symptoms are alleviated, and greater regulation is achieved. This book equips readers with the knowledge and strategies to help clients shift into a new mode of being--one that fosters authentic expansion into post-traumatic growth.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1324082984
• ISBN13: 9781324082989
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"