Books and Patents by Dr. Stephen Porges
BOOKS
Porges, S. W. & Onderko, K. (2025). Safe and Sound: A Polyvagal Approach for Connection, Change, and Healing. Sounds True.
Grassmann, H., Stupiggia, M., & Porges, S. W. (2025). Somatic-Oriented Therapies: Embodiment, Trauma, and Polyvagal Perspectives. W. W. Norton & Company.
Porges, S. W. (2024). Polyvagal Perspectives: Interventions, Practices, and Strategies. W. W. Norton & Company.
Tucci, J., Mitchell, J., Porges, S. W., & Tronick, E. C. (2024). The Handbook of Trauma-Transformative Practice: Emerging Therapeutic Frameworks for Supporting Individuals, Families or Communities Impacted by Abuse and Violence. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Porges, S. W., & Porges, S. (2023). Our Polyvagal World: How Safety and Trauma Change Us. W. W. Norton & Company.
Porges SW (2021). Polyvagal Safety: Attachment, Communication and Self-Regulation. New York: W. W. Norton & Company.
Porges SW & Dana D (2018). Clinical Applications of the Polyvagal Theory: The Emergence of Polyvagal-Informed Therapies. New York: W. W. Norton & Company.
Porges SW (2017). The Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal Theory: The Transformative Power of Feeling Safe. New York: W. W. Norton & Company.
Porges SW (2017). Die Polyvagal-Theorie und die Suche nach Sicherheit: Traumabehandlung, soziales Engagement und Bindung. Lichtenau/Westphalia, German: Probst Verlag.
Porges SW (2011). The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological Foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, and Self-regulation. New York: W. W. Norton & Company.
Porges SW (2010). Die Polyvagal-Theorie: Neurophysiologische Grundlagen der Therapie. Paderborn, Germany: Junfermann Verlag.
Porges SW, Trejo BM, Martinez AC. (2005). La Teoria Polivagal. Mexico, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Comision Nacional de los Derechos Humanos.
Carter CS, Ahnert L, Grossmann K, Hrdy SB, Lamb ME, Porges SW, Sachser N, eds. (2005) Attachment and Bonding: A New Synthesis. Cambridge: MIT Press.
Coles MGH, Donchin E, Porges SW, eds. (1986). Psychophysiology: Systems, Processes & Applications. New York: Guilford.
Porges SW, Coles MGH, eds. (1976). Psychophysiology. Stroudsburg, PA: Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross.
PATENTS
Methods and Systems for Reducing Sound Sensitivities and Improving Auditory Processing, Behavioral State Regulation and Social Engagement Behaviors. Patent Number: US 10,661,046, May 26, 2020.
Systems and Methods for Modulating Physiological State. Patent Number US 10,702,154, 2020.
Methods and Systems for Reducing Sound Sensitivities and Improving Auditory Processing, Behavioral State Regulation and Social Engagement Behaviors. Patent Number: US 10,029,068 B2. Jul. 24, 2018
System and methods for measuring physiological parameters. Patent Number: US10004410B2, June 26, 2018.
Method and Apparatus for Evaluating Dynamic Middle Ear Muscle Activity (with GF Lewis). Patent Publication number: US20130303941 A1. December 13, 2013.
Method and Apparatus for Evaluating Rhythmic Oscillations in Aperiodic Physiological Response Systems. Patent Number: US4,510,944. April 16, 1985.