Tag Archives: dysregulation
Clinical Harm: An IPNB Perspective on the Therapist’s Agenda
When a therapist repeatedly interrupts, dismisses a client’s distressing experiences, or imposes their own agenda, it can have significant negative effects on the client’s nervous system, often triggering a state of dysregulation. Here’s what happens from an Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB) … Continue reading
Posted in Mental Health
Tagged agenda, dysregulation, Efforting, fight, flight, freeze, relationships, shame, therapist, therapy, Trauma, trust
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The Midwife Who Couldn’t Stop Talking
Having midwife care for the births of my two babies and for years after, I recently turned to midwives again. My trust in gynecology had been destroyed by non-consensual cutting and the institutional betrayal that protects the abusive doctor and … Continue reading
Posted in Healthcare
Tagged accountability, apology, blabbing, dysregulation, Interpersonal Neurobiolgy, IPNB, midwife, misattunement, relationship, repair, rupture
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The Therapist’s Mirror: How Lack of Self-Awareness Can Dysregulate Clients
A therapist who lacks the capacity for self-awareness and attunement may, at best, provide surface-level support, but they’re also likely to cause harm, especially to trauma survivors. Without the ability to co-regulate and deeply connect with their clients’ internal states, … Continue reading
Posted in Mental Health
Tagged attunement, Behavioral Health, co-regulation, dysregulation, healing, IPNB, Mental Health, Regulation, therapy, Trauma, trust
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HR 1: “The Chronic Stress Amplification Act”
The bill known as H.R. 1 has been called the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” but the reality is far from beautiful for many people. If passed, it would cut billions from Medicaid and other essential programs that millions of vulnerable … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Big Beautiful Bill, billionaires, CEOs, Donald Trump, dysregulation, harm, HR 1, legislation, oppression, President, tax breaks for billionaires, taxes, Trump
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Why Everything Feels Like a Threat: The Stress Epidemic Behind Political Division
A dysregulated society doesn’t happen by accident. It emerges when too many people live in chronic stress, unable to return to a state of safety and connection. From an Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB) perspective, individual nervous systems don’t exist in isolation. … Continue reading
Posted in IPNB of Hierarchy, Politics
Tagged Domination, dysregulation, hierarchy, interpersonal neurobiology, IPNB, politics, Stress, threat
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The Dysregulated Society: How Chronic Stress Fuels Political Polarization
The political climate today isn’t just about ideology or policy; it is about nervous systems in constant activation. From an interpersonal neurobiology (IPNB) perspective, this isn’t simply disagreement; it’s widespread dysregulation. People aren’t just arguing about facts or values. They’re … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Community, divisiveness, dysregulation, Interpersonal Neurobilology, IPNB, politics
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