Somatic Experiencing®

Somatic Experiencing® (SE). Is a body-oriented therapeutic model for healing trauma and other stress disorders. It is based on a multidisciplinary intersection of physiology, psychology, neuroscience, indigenous healing practices, and medical biophysics and has been clinically applied for more than four decades. It is the life’s work of Dr. Peter A. Levine.

The SE approach releases traumatic shock, which is key to transforming PTSD and the wounds of emotional and early developmental attachment trauma. It offers a framework to assess where a person is “stuck” in the fight, flight or freeze responses and provides clinical tools to resolve these fixated physiological states.
The Somatic Experiencing approach facilitates the completion of self-protective motor responses and the release of thwarted survival energy bound in the body, thus addressing the root cause of trauma symptoms. This is approached by gently guiding clients to develop increasing tolerance for difficult bodily sensations and suppressed emotions. More info go to the Somatic Experiencing International website 

Recognising the Need for Trauma Therapy

If you are aware of a specific traumatic experience such as a traumatic birth as mother or as infant, a mild or a big a car crash, an operation, sexual abuse, living the experience of a natural disaster, loss, abusive relationship, childhood trauma, social trauma, among much more, Somatic Experiencing is a great place to start the healing journey

TRAUMA SYMPTOMS, Persistent feelings of anxiety or depression, avoidance behavior, difficulty in relationships, emotional numbness, self-harm or suicidal thoughts, flashbacks and nightmares, persistent feelings of anxiety or depression, substance abuse or other addictive behaviors, unexplained physical symptoms like headaches or digestive issues or others changes in your behavior such as the sensation of being stuck, emotional turbulence and confusion, might be connected to emotional trauma and benefit from therapy