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I will be able to offer much more detail, clinical examples, demos and experiential practices than are covered in the academic paper.

In my upcoming seminar, I will present the most salient aspects of this material and focus mainly on introducing the Nightmare Relief protocol. Theories of nightmare aetiology and treatment are evaluated with respect to polyvagal theory, and lastly, a proposed treatment protocol, Nightmare Relief, offers a polyvagal-informed, process-experiential approach to treating nightmares, with links to clinical examples.” Content similarities between threat responses described by polyvagal theory and common nightmare themes provides an additional avenue for assessment and intervention. A review of the literature demonstrates evidence of links between measures of ANS and physiological responses to nightmares. This paper outlines how the theory may provide a missing link in understanding specific ways that trauma and adversity lead to chronic nightmares, and it offers a way to make sense of the heterogeneity of trauma-related symptoms and concomitant responses to nightmare treatments. While the polyvagal theory’s updated and multi-faceted view of the autonomic nervous system’s (ANS) response to threat has begun to transform the field of trauma treatment, most of these ideas have not yet been applied to nightmares and their treatment. Here is the abstract: “Current theories about the aetiology of nightmares and mechanisms of action that account for their successful treatment have not yet taken the polyvagal theory (Porges, 2011) into consideration.

Those who sign up will receive an advance draft copy of the article, Solving the Nightmare Mystery: How Polyvagal Theory Updates our Understanding of the Aetiology and Treatment of Nightmares. Although it could be many months before it is actually published, I am happy to share some of the main ideas and invite you to an online workshop on nightmare treatment based on this research. At long last, my article that takes Porges’ polyvagal theory and the nervous system into account when considering the causes and treatment of nightmares, has been accepted for publication in the APA journal Dreaming.