Reframe Your Thinking Around Autism

106 Pages·2015·1.34 MB·English

by  Holly Bridges

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REFRAME
your thinking
around
AUTISM

HOLLY BRIDGES
FOREWORD BY STEPHEN W. PORGES
REFRAME
your thinking
a r o u n d
AUTISM
How the Polyvagal Theory and Brain Plasticity
Help Us Make Sense of Autism
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
London and Philadelphia
Quote on page 13 is reproduced from Collins 2004 with
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Quote on page 18 is reproduced from Feldenkrais 1981 with
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Quote on page 52 is reproduced from How the Brain Represents
the Body: Insights from Neurophysiology and Psychology with
kind permission from Michael Graziano.
Quote on page 47 is reproduced from Dispenza 2013 with kind permission from Hay House.
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Bridges, Holly.
Reframe your thinking around autism: how the polyvagal
theory and brain plasticity help us make
sense of autism / Holly Bridges.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-84905-672-4 (alk. paper)
1. Autism in children--Treatment. 2. Affect (Psychology) 3. Social interaction. I. Title.
RJ506.A9B745 2015
618.92’85882--dc23
2015008375
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
ISBN 978 1 84905 672 4
eISBN 978 1 78450 177 8
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Contents
DISCLAIMER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Foreword by Stephen W . Porges . . . . . . . . . 9
PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1. Where We Are . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2. What We Know . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3. Something New – The Polyvagal Theory . . . 18
4. The Polyvagal Theory in More Detail . . . . . . 23
5. The Social Engagement System . . . . . . . . . . 27
6. Living is an Embodied Experience . . . . . . . . . 35
7. Learning to Be . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
8. The Gifts of the Autist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
9. Integrating the Nervous System . . . . . . . . . . 45
10. Brain Plasticity and Autism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
11. The Process of Discovery and Self-Image . . . 52
12. Anat Baniel and Brain Plasticity . . . . . . . . . . . 58
13. The Nine Essentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
14. Some Other Integration Techniques . . . . . . . 80
15. Where We Go From Here . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
SOME RESOURCES TO EXPLORE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
ABOUT THE AUTHOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Disclaimer
The author and publisher disclaim any warranties (express
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liable to any party for any direct, indirect, punitive, special,
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As always, the advice of a competent legal, medical, or
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All links are for information purposes only and are not
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explicit purpose.
The author takes full responsibility for representing and
interpreting the ideas related to the Polyvagal Theory. The
author’s interpretations and representations of the Polyvagal
Theory may vary in intent and accuracy from the writings
and presentations by Dr Stephen W. Porges.
The author takes full responsibility for representing
and interpreting the ideas related to the Nine Essentials of
the Anat Baniel Method. The author’s interpretations and
representations of the Nine Essentials of the Anat Baniel
Method may vary in intent and accuracy from the writings
and presentations by Anat Baniel.
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