ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Deb Dana, LCSW, is a clinician and consultant specializing in helping people safely explore and resolve the consequences of trauma. She is a consultant to the Traumatic Stress Research Consortium in the Kinsey Institute, lectures internationally on ways Polyvagal Theory informs therapy, and works with organizations wanting to bring a polyvagal-informed approach to working with clients. She developed the Rhythm of Regulation Clinical Training Series and teaches this polyvagal-informed approach to therapy to clinicians around the world.

Deb is the author of The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy: Engaging the Rhythm of Regulation, Polyvagal Exercises for Safety and Connection: 50 Client Centered Exercises, creator of the Polyvagal Flip Chart, and coeditor, with Stephen Porges, Clinical Applications of the Polyvagal Theory: The Emergence of Polyvagal-Informed Therapies.