Review of 'The Polyvagal Theory Neurophysiological Foundations Of Emotions Attachment Communication And Selfregulation' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Extremely dense and close to the primary research. Probably mostly relevant for the nerds. It's almost like reading peer-reviewed articles, so don't believe you're going to surf through this stuff. Porges has fortunately started working with practitioners that seem more capable of articulating the theory in more accessible ways. If you're just getting into polyvagal theory, I would strongly recommend you just find one overview article by the author, read through the wikipedia article on the topic and for book length perhaps consider authors/practicioners like Peter Levine or Deborah Dana.
