Practice Builders Episode 85 - Saman Nasir, CCHt
Presented By: Saman Nasir, CCHt
Guest Speaker Saman “Sammy” Nasir, CCHt, Associate Marriage and Family Therapist, and Associate HMI Instructor, returns to explore hypervigilance, how it disguises itself in everyday life, and why understanding the nervous system can help practitioners support clients with more compassion and clarity.
In this episode, Sammy helps listeners understand the difference between intuition and hypervigilance, explaining that intuition feels quiet and grounded, while hypervigilance feels urgent, tight, and exhausting. Using everyday examples, including unanswered text messages and a partner's mood shift, she shows how hypervigilance can turn ordinary moments into perceived emergencies. She also offers practical signs practitioners can watch for, including tightness in the body, cold hands, shallow breathing, tense shoulders, and fast speech that may signal hypervigilance. Sammy explains that movement and stepping outside give the brain new sensory information to process, which draws resources away from the hypervigilance loop and creates an opening for the body to settle.
Sammy also shows how education can help clients recognize hypervigilance in real time, turning the moment from something frightening into an opportunity for awareness and change. Her approach helps practitioners see hypervigilance not as resistance, but as a protective response that has simply stayed past its welcome, one that can be honored and then redirected toward choice.
Sammy’s blend of nervous system science, clinical compassion, and clear language makes this an episode you will not want to miss. Turn insight into action and action into results. Join us to grow your practice with purpose.
PBPH0085 / Duration: 01:03:23 / Release Date: Thu, Jun 4, 2026 / Production Date: Wed, Jun 3, 2026 / Format: HD
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