Somatic Experiencing (SE™) is a body-oriented therapeutic model applied in multiple professions and professional settings—psychotherapy, medicine, coaching, teaching, and physical therapy—for healing trauma and other stress disorders. It is based on a multidisciplinary intersection of physiology, psychology, ethology, biology, 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.​

SE is commonly used in aiding clients who have experienced traumas relating to war, natural disaster, invasive medical procedure, physical and sexual assault, emotional abuse, neglect, and ongoing complex traumas.

By witnessing and taking note of how trauma shows up in the bodies of those we work with, we can more effectively address the root causes of trauma symptoms.

More information on Somatic Experiencing can be found at:

Somatic Experiencing International:

https://traumahealing.org