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Origin of Somatic Experiencing®

By Peter A. Levine — 2012

In this 5-minute video, founder of Somatic Experiencing, Dr. Peter Levine discusses how he came to create his powerful approach to trauma

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Richard Sima
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Virtual Reality Therapy Plunges Patients Back Into Trauma. Here Is Why Some Swear by It.

An experimental treatment seems poised to address a dire mental health crisis.

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War and the Soul: Healing Our Nation’s Veterans from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

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The Posttraumatic Growth Workbook: Coming Through Trauma Wiser, Stronger, and More Resilient

People who experience trauma often struggle with its effects, but many men and women have found meaning in their traumatic event and now experience life differently.

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Trauma Tool Kit: Healing PTSD from the Inside Out

In 2010 the Department of Veterans Affairs cited 171,423 Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans diagnosed with PTSD, out of 593,634 total patients treated. That’s almost 30 percent; other statistics show 35 percent. Nor, of course, is PTSD limited to the military.

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Susan Pease Banitt
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There Is Always Trauma in the Room

I’ve done a little bit of work with soldiers returning from Iraq and have worked with domestic violence shelter workers on issues of vicarious trauma.

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Sharon Salzberg
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On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society

The revised and updated edition of Lt. Col. Dave Grossman's modern classic about the psychology of combat, hailed by the Washington Post as "an illuminating account of how soldiers learn to kill and how they live with the experiences of having killed.

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Traumatic experiences don’t always have to result in long-term negative consequences. Research proves that exponential growth can actually result from traumatic events instead.

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David Smith
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