• Breaking Free from Trauma's Grip: The Power of Somatic Therapy with Peter Levine

  • Dec 26 2024
  • Length: 26 mins
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Breaking Free from Trauma's Grip: The Power of Somatic Therapy with Peter Levine

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  • Summary

  • Key Takeaways:

    • Trauma is not just what happens to us but what we hold inside in the absence of empathetic support.
    • Somatic Experiencing provides a gentle and embodied approach to healing, contrasting methods that retraumatize by forcing people to relive their experiences.
    • The "wounded healer" archetype highlights the importance of therapists addressing their own trauma to support others effectively.
    • Safe relationships are essential for working through trauma, including the echoes of betrayal that can show up in new interactions.
    • Healing involves acknowledging trauma, processing it through embodied experiences, and integrating it into the past where it belongs.
    • Somatic Experiencing has grown into a global movement, taught in over 40 countries, empowering countless practitioners to help others heal.
    • Vulnerability and shared experiences can deepen understanding and foster greater empathy in the journey of healing

    Dr. Peter Levine:

    An Autobiography of Trauma: A Healing Journey | Other Books | Somatic Experiencing | Facebook | Instragram | LinkedIn | Youtube

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    Dr. Amelia Kelley: About | Dr. Kelley's Books | Instagram

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