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Guru Psychotherapist Unleashes Polyvagal Theory, Exposes Hidden Trauma. What Could Go Wrong?

Nicole LePera has convinced millions of followers that advances in polyvagal theory make conventional mental health treatment obsolete and a waste of time.

James C. Coyne
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11 min readJul 7, 2021

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Those of us who cling to evidence-based mental health treatments may be missing all the action, but what do we want to do?

Mental health professionals may be losing the ability to talk to each other and to get a microphone when we try to communicate to non-professional audiences.

Nicole LePera, A.K.A @The.Holistic.Psychologist, has over 2.6 million followers on Instagram.

That is undoubtedly more than the total membership of all the major professional organizations in the world where scientific evidence for the effectiveness of psychotherapy interventions is likely to be first presented and debated.

2.6 million is within the range of the size of some mega-church congregations of televangelists preaching the Gospel online and on cable television. This is a more apt comparison.

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James C. Coyne
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Written by James C. Coyne

Socially conscious Clinical Health Psychologist. Skeptic debunking hype and pseudoscience. Defender of freedom of expression without undue fear of reprisal

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