The Nervous System
Which state on the polyvagal ladder, is recognized by the body as “the neuroception of danger”, and is associated with mobilization, fight or flight, and anxiety?
The sympathetic state
This major figured developed this approach
What is Peter A. Levine
What group benefits the least from SE?
People with physical pain
What concept involves expanding and contracting body sensations without overwhelm?
What is Pendulation
The peripheral nervous system consists of the somatic nervous system and the autonomic nervous system. A component within the autonomic nervous system is called the vagus nerve. The vagus nerve plays a significant role in maintaining what in the body?
What is Homeostasis
SE gained international recognition after being applied to large-scale traumas following which global events?
Natural disasters, wars, and mass emergencies.
How does SE benefit someone with PTSD?
Helps release stored trauma in the body
The “SIBAM model” in SE stands for Sensation, Image, Behavior, Affect, and ______.
What is Meaning
The nervous system coordinates all of the body’s actions, thoughts, and functions. What are its two main parts?
What is Central nervous system (CNS) and peripheral nervous system (PNS)
It originated in this year
What is 1970
What did group somatic sessions decrease in breast cancer patients?
Anxiety and depression
Which state describes being alert but emotionally numb?
What is Functional Freeze
The top rung of the ladder, characterized by creative thinking, feelings of safety, a calm heartbeat, and deep breathing, is called what?
The ventral-vagal state
The polyvagal ladder divides the autonomic nervous system’s hierarchical response to stress into three rungs: the ventral vagal, the sympathetic, and the dorsal vagal. What LCSW can we credit with this theory?
What is Deb Dana
What other feelings can SE help with?
Feelings of hopelessness, negative body image, preoccupied anxious coping strategies
According to SE, trauma occurs when the body cannot complete a ______ response.
What is Fight, flight, or freeze survival response.