The Brilliant Marketing of Bessel van der Kolk and Stephen Porges' Polyvagal Theory
To keep the crowds coming back, a dramatic new clinical breakthrough must be claimed every couple of years so that last year’s model becomes obsolete. But everything will remain muddled.
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This is a diatribe first about therapy that is conducted by uncredentialed “therapists” who mislead clients and themselves with dubious certificates and the promise of miracles by following the gospel of guru therapists preaching before their large congregations. Second, it is about therapy jargon taking over our c…