The Importance of Presence in Therapy

How do you deal with past traumas that get triggered in your daily life? Are you unsure why certain interactions in your current relationship get you so upset? 

This week, trauma legend Dr. Peter Levine joins me in a discussion where we dive deep into how his somatic experiencing method helps with the healing of trauma and other physiological and stress disorders. 

If you’re interested to learn about a body-oriented and neurobiological approach to healing trauma, I invite you to listen to this one.

Shownotes:

• 2:35 Introduction Peter Levine
• 6:30 What differentiates people who can overcome trauma and find meaning on it
• 15:55 Practical tools you can use to help others and yourself to heal trauma
• 26:35 The importance of listening to your body
• 33:15 Being present and experiencing emotions as passive observers
• 46:20 The relation between trauma and feeling angry
• 49:40 Are past generations stronger than new ones?
• 52:35 Recreating traumas as a way to heal them
• 1:02:05 Action step

Useful Links:

• https://relationshipschool.com/training

• https://www.psychotherapynetworker.org/blog/details/1024/video-peter-levines-secret-to-releasing-trauma-from

• Books: https://www.somaticexperiencing.com/se-books

• Ergos Institute (his primary company now): SE student Master Classes, Public Courses, and FREE SE resources: https://www.somaticexperiencing.com/ergos

• Somatic Experiencing Institute: 8-module Professional SE training, Intro to SE, and educational webinars: https://www.somaticexperiencing.com/se-trauma-institute