In this video, Peter Levine will share how he helped uncover an incomplete traumatic response that was stuck in the body.
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What triggers the freeze response? We tend to think of traumatic events, but according to Peter Levine, PhD, that’s not always the case. Even a perceived threat can be enough for a client to get stuck in a frozen state.
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Christine Caldwell talks about her new book, Bodyfulness, which is a practice that challenges us to take mindfulness one step further by using our body's knowledge and intuition to make more empowered and informed choices in everyday life.
Peter uses his famous "Slinky" presentation to demonstrate the effects of trauma on the nervous system, and his philosophy of treating trauma; which involves slowly releasing (or titrating) this compressed fight-or-flight energy a bit at time to give the individual the ability to reintegrate it...
This is a video excerpt featuring Peter Levine, Ph.D., from his video lecture entitled "How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness".
A presentation on Bodyfulness - the theory and methods of body-centered practices that can be applied to psychotherapy, the arts, education, and activism
Hands down, one of the toughest things to grok when one starts their healing journey, à la nervous system level, is that it takes time. We can’t rush this work. Doing so can be disastrous. But let’s face it, miracle cures, while seductive, are short lived.
Dr. Peter Levine describes a case example of the Somatic Experiencing Approach for Combat Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Watch Dr. Levine talking about his breakthrough session with "Nancy." In this session he first saw the image of a tiger, which later inspired his bestselling book, "Waking the Tiger."