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Peter A. Levine



Peter A. Levine is an American clinical psychologist, trauma therapist, and developer of somatic experiencing (SE), a neurobiological, body-based method for addressing trauma and stress disorders. He is the author of several books about healing from trauma, including Waking the Tiger.

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In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts argues persuasively against contemporary health, social, and criminal justice policies toward addiction and those impacted by it.

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An Interview with Peter Levine

Back in the 60s, I started developing various kinds of mind–body methods with people who had high blood pressure. When I taught them how to relax certain muscles in their neck and jaw, their blood pressure would sometimes drop 20 or 30 points, well into the normal range.

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In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness

In this culmination of his life’s work, Peter A. Levine draws on his broad experience as a clinician, a student of comparative brain research, a stress scientist and a keen observer of the naturalistic animal world to explain the nature and transformation of trauma in the body, brain and psyche.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageTrauma is not what happens to us, but what we hold inside in the absence of an empathetic witness.

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The Power of Connection to Heal Trauma

Trauma is about broken connections. Connection is broken with the body/self, family, friends, community, nature, and spirit.

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Freedom from Pain: Discover Your Body’s Power to Overcome Physical Pain

If you are suffering chronic pain―even after years of surgery, rehabilitation, and medication―only one question matters: How do I find lasting relief? With Freedom from Pain, two pioneers in the field of pain and trauma recovery address a crucial missing factor essential to long-term healing:...

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Trauma-Proofing Your Kids: A Parents’ Guide for Instilling Confidence, Joy and Resilience

Understand the different types of upsets and traumas your child may experience—and learn how to teach them how to be resilient, confident, and even joyful.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageIn moving through apprehensive chills to mounting excitement and waves of moist tingling warmth, the body, with its innate capacity to heal, melts the iceberg created by deeply frozen trauma.

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Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma

Waking the Tiger offers a new and hopeful vision of trauma. It views the human animal as a unique being, endowed with an instinctual capacity.

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Peter Levine on How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness

This is a video excerpt featuring Peter Levine, Ph.D., from his video lecture entitled "How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness".

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