The role of Primitive Reflexes in anxiety and other mental health issues. Interview with Sonia Story
We are born with a set of primitive reflexes that are necessary for our survival but over the course of the first year should be gradually inhibited or integrated with higher cortical functions over time. Unfortunately, for a variety of reasons primitive reflexes do not always get integrated as higher cotrical functions get online. Sonia Story is a leading expert on the role of primitive reflexes in contributing to a variety of mental health issues. It is an exciting area that provides a new set of interventions for children based on movement patterns.
Some helpful links to supplement the podcast
How neurodevelopmental movements can help with mental health issues.
https://www.moveplaythrive.com/MentalHealth
The importance of Primitive Reflexes
https://www.moveplaythrive.com/learn-more/item/importance-of-integrating-reflexes
About ADHD and Primitive Reflexes
https://www.moveplaythrive.com/learn-more/item/can-adhd-be-dissolved
About Sonia Story's Brain and Sensory Foundation course