What is Somatic Experiencing?
Somatic Experiencing (SE) is a naturalistic form of healing that will help you learn how to settle and release physiological activation from your body. Very often, this process helps people to reduce stress and return to a sense of regulation and mastery in their lives. SE will support you in learning how to attend to uncomfortable sensations in your body and gently unwind them through your conscious attention. SE is particularly useful in managing stress because so many symptoms you may experience in relation to stress are physiological.
How can Somatic Experiencing help me?
- SE employs awareness of body sensation to help you "renegotiate" and heal rather than re-live or re-enact trauma.
- SE's guidance of the bodily "felt sense" allows the highly aroused survival energies to be safely experienced and gradually discharged.
- SE "titrates" experience (breaks down into small, incremental steps), rather than invoking catharsis, which can overwhelm your system.
Where can I learn more about Somatic Experiencing?
- The Somatic Experiencing Institute's website
- "Waking The Tiger" or "In An Unspoken Voice" by Peter Levine
Somatic Experiencing (SE) is a naturalistic form of healing that will help you learn how to settle and release physiological activation from your body. Very often, this process helps people to reduce stress and return to a sense of regulation and mastery in their lives. SE will support you in learning how to attend to uncomfortable sensations in your body and gently unwind them through your conscious attention. SE is particularly useful in managing stress because so many symptoms you may experience in relation to stress are physiological.
How can Somatic Experiencing help me?
- SE employs awareness of body sensation to help you "renegotiate" and heal rather than re-live or re-enact trauma.
- SE's guidance of the bodily "felt sense" allows the highly aroused survival energies to be safely experienced and gradually discharged.
- SE "titrates" experience (breaks down into small, incremental steps), rather than invoking catharsis, which can overwhelm your system.
Where can I learn more about Somatic Experiencing?
- The Somatic Experiencing Institute's website
- "Waking The Tiger" or "In An Unspoken Voice" by Peter Levine