Events and Seminars
| Event | : | Polyvagal Theory, Oxytocin, and the Couple Relationship |
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| Venue | : | Online |
| Date | : | 10/10/2025 |
| Duration | : | 2 - 5pm BST |
| Extra Info | : | Polyvagal Theory, Oxytocin, and the Couple Relationship: The Neurobiology of Love and Safety With Stephen Porges & Sue Carter In this webinar science meets therapy, Professors Stephen Porges and Sue Carter will present the core principles of Polyvagal Theory and the Oxytocin Hypothesis, focusing on their relevance to intimate couple relationships. Drawing from decades of groundbreaking research, they will illuminate how neurobiological systems that govern safety, bonding, and threat shape emotional availability, connection, and conflict between partners. The sessions will explore how these autonomic and hormonal systems, particularly the role of oxytocin and the vagus nerve, influence behaviors such as emotional withdrawal, shutdown, compulsive protest, and repair. Rather than viewing such responses as purely psychological, Porges and Carter offer a model that understands them as adaptive physiological reactions rooted in our evolutionary biology. |
| Organised By | : | Tavistock Relationships |
| Web Link | : | https://trtogether.com/events/polyvagal-theory-oxytocin-and-the-couple-relationship |