Somatic Experiencing® is a body-oriented approach to healing trauma and other stress disorders. Dr. Levine developed Somatic Experiencing® through his unique multidisciplinary approach of stress physiology, psychology, ethology, biology, neuroscience, indigenous healing practices, and medical biophysics, combined with over 50 years of successful clinical application.
Nothing is worse than failing to help the clients who need you the most… clients terrorized by traumatic memories and stuck in their feelings of paralyzing anxiety, fear and helplessness that leaves them in debilitating physical pain.
Trauma is intrinsic to the body as the mind and your clients need more than traditional talk therapy from you.
Help your clients get unstuck today. Achieve a deeper yet concise understanding of how trauma impacts both the body and mind. Learn from Peter Levine, Ph.D. – legendary clinician, researcher and author in the field of trauma and memory – and master the principals of his Somatic Experiencing® to quickly reduce symptomology in your clients and treat the traumatic memories that haunt them.
Join thousands of therapists who have embraced Dr. Levine’s somatic practices for treating PTSD, attachment injuries, sexual abuse, chronic pain and other forms of complex trauma. With 50 years of research and clinical work, Dr. Levine’s body-oriented techniques are extensively honed into seminal books, research and psychotherapeutic advancements.
During this intensive yet affordable self-directed course, Dr. Levine will give you step-by-step instructions to release traumatic stress, access and release suppressed emotions, move through developmental plateaus… and more powerful interventions for treating trauma, building resilience and empowering your clients.
BONUS: Yours with this offer - even more trauma-treating, body-awareness Somatic Experiencing® tools you can integrate immediately... "The Body as Healer: Working from the Bottom Up” is yours, FREE and to keep forever.
Peter Levine, Ph.D.’s Trauma & Memory Course
Somatic Experiencing® Skills to Help Clients Get Unstuck and Restore Their Lives$559.90 Value
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Earn up to 13.25 CE Hours — included FREE with your registration. Click here for CPD details
Change your clinical work and change your life
By mastering Dr. Levine’s essential methods to traumatic memories and its impact on the body... you will elevate your treatment of complex, deeply-entrenched trauma, overcome roadblocks frustrating you and your clients, and get your clients lasting relief.
Discover exactly how to:
- Break down and understand the significance of memory systems in the resolution of trauma
- Quickly reduce symptomology in your clients and treat their traumatic memories
- Apply body awareness and specific physiological techniques to renegotiate and treat trauma
- Immediately use Somatic Experiencing® tools to treat and address symptoms ranging from anxiety, depression, PTSD, and harmful behaviors to unexplained physical pain, fatigue, or illness
Trauma & Memory Workshop: Clinical Strategies to Resolve Traumatic Memories and Help Clients Reclaim Their Lives with Peter A. Levine, Ph.D.
Peter Levine, Ph.D., will give you step-by-step instructions for addressing traumatic memories and its neurological and physiological impact. You will understand the brain circuitry involved in maintaining traumatic memories that influence how your clients feel, think and interact.
You will gain decades of Dr. Levine’s proven, tested and groundbreaking clinical strategies in only 10 hours.
Outline
Trauma and the Body
- Developmental trauma from infancy and beyond
- Dopamine System, Socialization, Shame, Disgust
- Basic Matrix of brainstem & cerebellum
- Evolution and Polyvagal foundation
- How the body stores trauma
Deeper Understanding of Memory and Clinical Implications
- Explicit – More Conscious Memory: Declarative vs. Episodic
- Implicit – Less Conscious Memory: Emotional vs Procedural/Body Memory
- Practical tools for therapeutics for Emotions
- Therapeutics somatic/procedural memories that are non-verbal and non-conscious
- Clinical application for memory systems
Traumatic Memories
- Long-term memory vs short-term memory
- How the brain and body store memory
- Memory engrams with somatic markers
- Fight, flight, freeze response
- Endorphins, vagal tone to bimodal sympathetic/parasympathetic cycling
- Uppgivenhetssyndrom (Resignation Syndrome)
How Clients Get “Stuck”
- Tonic immobility – The fallback to freeze
- Freeze couples with Fear
- Dissociation
- Bracing and terror
- Euphoric dissociation
- Collapse
Somatic and Emotional Reactions to Trauma
- Symptoms and complexities of each in therapy
- Emotional – anxiety, depression
- Somatic – chronic pain, fibromyalgia
- Autonomic – migraines, irritable bowel
- Resolving Traumatic Reactions
The Basic Stages of Trauma Treatment
- Containment of strong sensation and emotion
- Pendulation – The dual opposites of sensation
- Address persistent inaction, impulsivity or avoidance
- Completion
- Renegotiation of active for passive responses
- Allow things to settle: Self-Paced termination
Therapeutic Approaches to Treat Traumatic Memories
- The importance of “Bottom-Up” processing:
- The Paul MacLean’s Triune Brain
- Unspoken Voice
- Somatic Experiencing®:
- Renegotiation vs. Reliving
- Restoration of self-regulation
- Somatic experience of trauma
- Developing internal awareness
- Address persistent inaction, impulsivity or avoidance
- The mind-body connection in trauma work
- Help reinforce trust and acceptance in clients
- Incorporating client’s spirituality in trauma work
Peter Levine, Ph.D.’s Trauma & Memory Course
Somatic Experiencing® Skills to Help Clients Get Unstuck and Restore Their Lives
$559.90 Value
Just $299.95 — Incredible Savings!
Somatic Experiencing® Skills to Help Clients Get Unstuck and Restore Their Lives
$559.90 Value
Just $299.95 — Incredible Savings!
Earn up to 13.25 CE Hours — included FREE with your registration. Click here for CPD details
Register now and get a FREE bonus ($119.99 value!)...
The Body as Healer: Working from the Bottom Up ($119.99 value)
By Peter A. Levine, Ph.D.
A world-renowned trauma pioneer, Peter Levine, Ph.D., developed Somatic Experiencing® that has been used by generations of therapists. Now you can master his techniques to help clients move beyond trauma by accessing safe and positive resource states instead of repeatedly experiencing threats. Gain specific tools from Somatic Experiencing® for reading clients’ physical and emotional cues, while using their natural instincts to treat and rebalance their physiology and inner feelings. You will:
- Learn how to use Somatic Experiencing (SE) techniques for systematically observing clients' nonverbal responses.
- Gain strategies to guide clients in "riding the waves" of their sensations as they experience release from their original trauma.
- Get experiential exercises
- Understand how to adjust your interventions to maximize impact and avoid retraumatizing vulnerable clients.
Peter Levine, Ph.D.’s Trauma & Memory Course
Somatic Experiencing® Skills to Help Clients Get Unstuck and Restore Their Lives
$559.90 Value
Just $299.95 Today — Amazing Savings!
Somatic Experiencing® Skills to Help Clients Get Unstuck and Restore Their Lives
$559.90 Value
Just $299.95 Today — Amazing Savings!
Earn up to 13.25 CE Hours — included FREE with your registration. Click here for CPD details
Here's what experts like you say about this course...
“Very comprehensive foundation of knowledge base. This was exquisitely woven into the practice piece so masterfully.” – Mary H.
“Helpful and powerful” – John S.
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Meet Your Instructor:
Peter A. Levine, Ph.D., holds doctorates in both medical biophysics and psychology. The developer of Somatic Experiencing®, a body-awareness approach to healing trauma, and founder of the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute, which conducts trainings in this work throughout the world and in various indigenous cultures, with 26 faculty members and over five thousand students.
Levine’s original contribution to the field of Body-Psychotherapy was honored in 2010 when he received the Life Time Achievement award from the United States Association for Body Psychotherapy (USABP).
Click here for information about Peter A. LevineFrequently Asked Questions about this Course
The treatment application of Somatic Experiencing® releases traumatic shock, which is key to transforming PTSD and the wounds of emotional and early developmental attachment trauma.
- Somatic Experiencing® has empirically developed over fifty years — with strong results for a number of clinical diagnoses and behavioral health challenges.
- Reviewing the intensive, self-guided online courses will provide you with an entirely new set of tools and skills that will both ease your mind and prepare you to more fully engage with clients.
- Dr. Levine has mentored thousands of therapists and healers worldwide. He has combined highly practical, evidence-based interventions, powerful assessment tools, case conceptualization techniques, and proven clinical strategies — and as a result, his courses consistently receive high praise.
- With over 10 hours of video online training, insightful commentary, case studies and examples, you will have powerful new clinical strategies that you can immediately start applying in your practice! We encourage you to take the time to fully absorb everything. Watch the tapes. Read the materials. Get your CPD hours!
- But, if you review all of the course materials and are still not satisfied, just let us know. Your satisfaction is guaranteed.
- You bet! Once you register for this course - the materials are yours to keep and access forever.
The Next Steps in Advancing Your Practice
Watch your email for your order confirmation, and get instant access to all course materials, including the FREE bonus material. Click here for course objectives and outline.
Review the course materials at your own pace and at your convenience! You'll have unlimited access to all course videos and materials online forever. Plus, use the PESI Mobile app to access the course content on-the-go, wherever and whenever you want on your mobile devices.
Instantly collaborate with other professionals on the course materials through interactive message boards. You'll be part of a community of hundreds of practitioners all focused on integrating Somatic Experiencing® in clinical practice, providing valuable opportunities to share insight and experiences and to build your professional network.
Complete your online CE tests and earn up to 13.25 CE hours! Click here for CPD details and credit details specific to your profession.
Peter Levine, Ph.D.’s Trauma & Memory Course
Somatic Experiencing® Skills to Help Clients Get Unstuck and Restore Their Lives
$559.90 Value
Just $299.95 — Incredible Savings!
Somatic Experiencing® Skills to Help Clients Get Unstuck and Restore Their Lives
$559.90 Value
Just $299.95 — Incredible Savings!
Earn up to 13.25 CE Hours — included FREE with your registration. Click here for CPD details
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