On Being Polyvagal-Informed with Evelien van den Kerkhof and Martie van der Reijden | Ep. 139

What changes when you begin to recognize, name, and move through your icy blue, fiery orange, and calm green areas?...Martie van der Reijden and Evelien van den Kerkhof are both Orthopedagogue Generalist / child and youth therapist and EMDR Europe Practitioners. They have been working together for years in their independent practice in Voorschoten (the Netherlands) and have a lot of experience in treating children, adolescents and their families with attachment issues and trauma. They work family-oriented and integrate body-oriented work into the treatment. During their careers, they have specialized in various positions within child and youth psychiatry in the field of trauma, attachment and families.In addition to the treatment practice, Evelien and Martie develop therapy material under the name My World and offer training to professionals, based on the polyvagal theory of Stephen Porges.Listeners of Stories Lived. Stories Told. receive a 10% discount on English Language materials from My World using the code: 'myworldcmm' at https://mijnwereldintherapie.nl/my-world-polyvagal-theory/Today, Abbie, Evelien, and Martie explore ‘My World’ as a polyvagal-informed, body-orientated tool for learning to listen to and communicate with our bodies....Stories Lived. Stories Told. is created, produced & hosted by Abbie VanMeter.Stories Lived. Stories Told. is an initiative of the CMM Institute for Personal and Social Evolution....Music for Stories Lived. Stories Told. is created by Rik Spann....⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Explore all things Stories Lived. Stories Told. here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Explore all things CMM Institute here.