The body bears the burden: Somatic expressions of traumatic stress

Developed over the past thirty years, "Somatic Experiecing" (SE) has gained increasing recognition as a powerful body-based therapy that can awaken one's innate self-regulative response to overwhelm. Based on a naturalistic understanding of how animals in the wild "shake off" repeated exposure to life threatening events, SE has produced surprising results with a variety of difficult symptoms This model will be presented towards enhancing EMDR practice.

Conference

English

Peter A. Levine

Levine, P. A. (2003, September). The body bears the burden:Somatic expressions of traumatic stress. Plenary presented at the 8th EMDR International Association Conference, Denver, CO