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Releasing the Body from the Bonds of Trauma: A Somatic Approach to Healing Abandonment Issues and Attachment Wounds
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Navid has already worked through panic attacks and anxiety issues with his therapist, an SE practitioner. He comes to Peter hoping to understand and resolve the issue of self-sabotage in his work and his personal life. Peter immediately tunes into Navid’s rigid shoulders, collapsed middle and compressed spine as indications of suppressed emotion and shame. Shortly into the session, Peter hypothesizes that Navid’s trauma is rooted in attachment wounds and abandonment or separation panic. Peter begins work with that awareness. He moves with Navid from rigidity and collapse through the push-me-pull-you dynamic of the embodied self-sabotage dynamic. In search of a reparative experience of healthy aggression, Peters helps Navid experience channeling his angry energy in a controlled way. At several points in this session, Navid experiences the release of stress that’s been stored in his body-and tears of relief follow. At the end of the session, Navid is reconnected with the wounded child inside him and has new experiences of aliveness to carry out into the world. It is a powerful and moving demonstration of SE’s power not only to heal trauma but also to repair attachment injuries and move through developmental plateaus.
Peter Levine, PhD
Peter A. Levine, PhD, 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. Dr. Levine was a stress consultant for NASA on the development of the space shuttle project and was a member of the Institute of World Affairs Task Force of Psychologists for Social Responsibility in developing responses to large-scale disasters and ethno-political warfare. Levine’s international best seller, Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma, has been translated into 22 languages. His recent interests include the prevention of trauma in children, and he has co-written two books, with Maggie Kline, in this area: Trauma Through a Child’s Eyes and Trauma-Proofing Your Kids. His most recent book: In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness, was recently released to rave reviews. Levine’s original contribution to the field of Body-Psychotherapy was honored in 2010 when he received the LifeTime Achievement award from the United States Association for Body Psychotherapy (USABP).
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Peter Levine is the founder and president of the Ergos Institute of Somatic Education, the president and editorial director of Ergos Institute Press, and receives a consulting fee from the Meadows Addiction Center. He receives royalties as a published author. Dr. Levine receives a speaking honorarium, recording, and book royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Peter Levine is a senior clinical fellow and advisor to the Meadows Addiction Treatment Center. He is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Humanistic Psychological Association, and the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.
