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Sexual Healing: Body-Centered Awareness in Healing Sexual Trauma

Peter Levine, PhD, author, Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma, and Sexual Healing: Transforming the Sacred Wound, and Founder, Foundation for Human Enrichment. Dr. Levine has researched the psychology and physiology of trauma for over 35 years, and teaches internationally. We’ll discuss Somatic Experiencing® (SE), a powerful short-term naturalistic approach to the resolution and healing of trauma he has developed.

Peter A. Levine, PhD, is the originator and developer of Somatic Experiencing and the director of the Foundation for Human Enrichment. He holds doctorate degrees in Medical Biophysics and in Psychology. During his thirty five-year study of stress and trauma, Dr. Levine has contributed to a variety of scientific and popular publications. Dr. Levine was a stress consultant to NASA during the development of the Space Shuttle, and has taught at treatment centers, hospitals and pain clinics throughout the world, as well as at the Hopi Guidance Center in Arizona. Peter served on the World Psychologists for Social Responsibility presidents’ imitative on responding to large scale disasters and ethno-political warfare. He is presently a distinguished faculty member at the Santa Barbara Graduate Institute. His best selling book, Waking the Tiger—Healing Trauma, is published in twelve languages.

Listen to the Show:

  • Segment 1
    In this segment Dr. Peter Levine describes the physiology of trauma. He discusses the process by which trauma becomes stored in the body and some of the physical manifestations. He also discusses how sexual trauma differs from other traumas that people experience. Find out why our potential for healing traumas is greater as an adult than as a child.
  • Segment 2
    In this segment discover how nonsexual traumas can be manifested during sexual experiences. Dr. Levine also outlines some critical factors and guidelines for healing traumas. Also discover whether remembering the initial traumatic event fully is an important aspect of the healing process.
  • Segment 3
    In this segment Dr. Levine lays out some of the ground rules for healing sexual trauma. He also discusses how people can help their partners recover from sexual trauma and how to respond should one's partner dissassociate or freeze during a sexual experience. He also reveals how a person can facilitate their own healing if they do not have a partner to aid in the process.

Show Links:

  • http://www.traumahealing.com/
    To learn more about 'Somatic Experiencing,' upcoming training sessions, and practitioners in your area, visit the website of the Foundation for Human Enrichment
  • Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma: The Innate Capacity to Transform Overwhelming Experiences By Peter A. Levine, PhD
    Waking The Tiger: Healing Trauma: The Innate Capacity to Transform Overwhelming Experiences has been published in 12 languages and widely applauded for its insight into the physiological effects of psychological trauma and the various ways in which trauma is manifested. Dr. Levine reveals how these wounds can be healed so that a greater sense of inner freedom is experienced in one's life.
  • Sexual Healing: Transforming the Sacred Wound by Peter Levine, PhD
    Dr. Peter Levine offers crucial information and self-guided exercises for those seeking to recover from trauma. He reveals a powerful new way to release unresolved distress stored within the body. Sexual Healing offers a proven series of gentle techniques to help reclaim the sacred inner space of our bodies.