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Healing Trauma with Dr. Peter Levine

Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

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The Importance of Somatic Experience

Somatic experiencing draws some of its inspiration from observing nature. When I began to develop somatic experiencing, that was in the early 70s, late 60s,. There was no definition of trauma the way there is today as PTSD didn't arise until 1981 or thereabouts. So I was both unfortunate and fortunate because I didn't know that trauma was a incurable brain disorder at best could be managed.

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