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Peter Levine on Somatic Experiencing

By Victor Yalom and Marie-Helene Yalom — 2010

So Peter, you've spent most of your life working with trauma and traumatized patients, and have developed an approach called Somatic Experiencing® that focuses on including, and putting emphasis, on the physiological aspects of trauma. You believe that working with the trauma through the body is necessary to any trauma resolution and a required step before addressing emotional and cognitive issues. We'll get into this in more detail, but let's first start with: What got you there? How did you get interested in trauma in the first place?

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Fight Pain Throughout Your Lifetime: Understanding Dr. John Sarno's Mind-Body Connection

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