What is somatic experiencing?
The Somatic Experiencing method is a body-oriented approach to healing trauma and other stress disorders. It is the life’s work of Peter A. Levine PhD, resulting from his multidisciplinary study of stress physiology, biology, neuroscience, psychology, and indigenous healing practices, together with over 50 years of successful clinical application. The SE approach releases traumatic shock and restores connection, which is key to transforming PTSD and the wounds of emotional and early developmental attachment trauma. It offers a framework to assess where a person is “stuck” in the fight, flight or freeze responses and provides clinical tools to resolve these fixated physiological states.
SE views the human ‘animal’ as a unique being, endowed with an instinctual capacity to heal, as well as the intellectual spirit to harness that innate capacity.
SE normalises the symptoms of trauma, which bind the arousal associated with defensive survival behaviours, and offers steps needed to resolve activation and heal trauma. If you feel you’ve done everything with changing your diet, supplements, lifestyle improvements and your symptoms are still there, then SE might be what you were missing…
What to expect in a session?
A Somatic experiencing (SE) session will look different for everyone. We work with what comes up and what you bring in the session – from previous traumatic events, to current challenges or even to simple, daily, small triggers and dis-regulations.
The aim of the sessions is to gently guide you to increase tolerance for difficult bodily sensations, suppressed emotions and to build capacity for containment and resilience. No prior experience is required – all is needed is an open mind and a willingness to befriend the body and release stagnant energy from past traumatic experiences.
SE can be used to support healing and reduce symptoms of various conditions including:
autoimmune
digestive issues
PTSD
anxiety and depression
fibromyalgia
eating disorders and a disordered relationship to food and more.
I am currently offering SE sessions at a reduced price while I am a student.
If you are ready to get to the root cause of your symptoms…
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