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Healing Trauma: A Pioneering Program for Restoring the Wisdom of Your Body

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Researchers have shown that survivors of accidents, disaster, and childhood trauma often endure lifelong symptoms ranging from anxiety and depression to unexplained physical pain, fatigue, illness, and harmful "acting out" behaviors. Today, professionals and clients in both the bodywork and the psychotherapeutic fields nationwide are turning to Peter A. Levine's breakthrough Somatic Experiencing® methods to actively overcome these challenges.In Healing Trauma, Dr. Levine gives you the personal how-to guide for using the theory he first introduced in his highly acclaimed work Waking the Tiger. Join him to discover: how to develop body awareness to "renegotiate" and heal traumas by "revisiting" them rather than reliving them; emergency "first-aid" measures for times of distress; and nature's lessons for uncovering the physiological roots of your emotions."Trauma is a fact of life," teaches Peter Levine, "but it doesn't have to be a life sentence." Now, with one fully integrated self-healing tool, he shares his essential methods to address unexplained symptoms of trauma at their source―the body―to return us to the natural state in which we are meant to live Includes digital access to 12 guided Somatic Experiencing® exercises. Read more


Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sounds True; PAP/COM edition (October 1, 2008)


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Paperback ‏ : ‎ 104 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 159179658X


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 89


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.4 ounces


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.55 x 8 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #16,474 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #64 in Stress Management Self-Help #80 in Post-traumatic Stress Disorder #629 in Personal Transformation Self-Help


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    • Incredible book that anyone suffering any kind of trauma should not wait to read
The headline says it all. I waited a while to get this book and so realize if you are aware of this book and feel that there is something in it for you there’s really no reason to hold off purchasing it and getting into it. I won’t say I wish I had this years ago because I feel I had to do a lot of work to be ready for it. However I’d still encourage anyone who is even peeking to just get this book and start working with it as it is such a gentle, thoughtful and relatively simple approach that I imagine it can only do good. Even reading the intro can offer some healing and self acceptance so if you haven’t already just start with the free sample and see how it moves you or speaks to you. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 21, 2023 by Elliott
    • Excellent book
I’m a CD counselor and this book has been a great addition to my library
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 6, 2023 by Patty Cantrell
    • No CD, But Audio is There. Read Below...
I just ordered this book a little over a week ago, and when I read the reviews, I was a little worried that the book would come without a way to listen to the exercises. When I received the book, it did NOT have a CD with it, and at first I could not find the online link to the audio exercises. After a little searching, I found the link to the audio exercises at the very bottom of the book's "Contents" page (soundstrue dot com forward slash healingtrama). As the author recommends, read the front portion of the book BEFORE you do the exercises, and seek therapy if the exercises bring up strong emotional/physical reactions. FYI - If you look at the page opposite the the book's "Contents" page, you will see a box that says, "Medical Alert" (bottom of page). In that box it gives you a website where you can find a trauma competent therapist who understands the exercises in this book. The book inaccurately lists the website as being a dot com website. The correct website is a dot org website. I plan to go through all 12 exercises slowly as the author recommends (Currently on exercise 3). As I start each trauma exercise I plan to continue to practice the prior exercises while incorporating one new exercise at a time. The author seems to hint to that being helpful anyway. I am also listening to the book, "The Body Keeps Score" for a second time. I am hopeful the exercises in this book are what I have needed all along as I did not realize how disconnected my mind and body were until I started doing the exercises. I have always left my talk therapy sessions feeling like, "Well that's money I can't get back." And, "I still feel empty, sad, and anxious. Why won't they help me?" I always thought maybe I picked the wrong therapist, but no matter what therapist I went to, I left feeling the same way. Hope and healing for all of us... ... show more
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 26, 2022 by Hikingallday
    • Innovative.
Must read for contemporary trauma recovery.
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 24, 2022 by Amazon Customer
    • Challenging Exercises That Actually Help
In my 5 years of dedication to healing through PTSD, from childhood trauma into adult independence, I have never experienced struggling harder than through Somatic Experiencing & Dr. Levine's practices here. This has been much harder than in previous times, and a much slower process. I share this for anyone who may be in self-doubt or doubt of Dr. Levine's work, to reassure you that the effort is hard but it's worth it. My biggest problem is moving from my head into my body, however, I am slowly climbing mountains- and Dr. Levine's work is unique, unlike any other approach I've experienced. It's not easy and it's not supposed to be easy. Somatic Experiencing focuses directly on the work that needs to be done. To care about your body enough to go through mundane, extremely simple exercises and be dedicated. In 3 years I had been to 13 different doctors in fields of psychology and neurology. I had only a few good experiences, and only in finding Somatic Experiencing have I discovered something radically different. It reminds me of what I learned in overcoming a visceral, biological anti-needle reaction. Your brain doesn't change until your body does. It's not perfect, it's not easy, you may have the greatest doubts and least faith in the midst of these exercises. It might feel boring and uneventful, as if you are doing nothing and it doesn't feel traumatic or even real. But that is just part of how it is, when we are numb, stuck off, unaware, or stuck on, blind. There is no "wrong" way to do these exercises. At first I could feel that I was bad at them somehow, and I had to just keep doing it poorly to get through those bad parts and get better. Doing it poorly was freeing enough that it allowed me to get better. The difficulty of these exercises helped me realize that I don't have to have high standards or be so great at achieving this healing, I can take it much slower. For much of my life, I have been able to lean on my over-active mind as a crutch, a spontaneous creator. But to really learn, I have to struggle. It has to be uncomfortable. I would recommend these exercises to anyone struggling to get out of repetitious habits, addictions, or struggling to gain autonomy & willpower. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 3, 2016 by Jack X.
    • Very basic
Guess I'd hoped for more. This book is older and very very basic. It'll be a good book for you if you are JUST LEARNING about the Impact of Trauma on a nervous system. It had been recommended to me by a professional. Unfortunately, I had hoped for more...since I AM a professional! Sorry. :(
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 7, 2022 by mercury
    • Great book
It’s a very useful book. The price is very affordable. I’m amazed.
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 15, 2022 by Fatima Monyr
    • This book is a healing gift to yourself
This is truly a healing book. I wish I knew of it sooner. I think it can be useful to anyone who has had some sort of trauma in their life -big or small. You don't realize how life's events can effect you down the road. I actually was recommended this book after I started seeing someone after my mother's sudden death. But it is so much more and I find it is useful dealing with my PTSD from a prior car accident, too. What I like most about this book is how easy it is to read. The author has a way of writing that gets to the point and makes complicated issues quickly understandable. This book is a healing gift to yourself. I got the book with the CD version and I would agree with other reviews that the kindle version without the CD would not be the same. Plus the price for this kind of help is unbeatable! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 17, 2019 by Kindle Customer

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