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New Book Reveals “Aha!” Moments for Therapists
A new book published last month includes contributions from Somatic Experiencing® Practitioners reflecting on the epiphanies they’ve encountered in their practices. Defining Moments for Therapists features first-person accounts by eleven therapists from diverse backgrounds and training. One chapter, for instance, shares the experience of a therapist integrating SE® touch into her psychodynamic practice. Read on to [...]

Beyond Sandy Hook: How Somatic Experiencing Can Help Us Heal
The horrific events at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, remind us of the terror and uncertainty of trauma. At the SE® Trauma Institute, we believe that with the right techniques and support, children, adults, and communities can begin to heal the effects of trauma. This page describes how the principles of Somatic Experiencing® [...]

Physical Therapy, Yoga, and Somatic Experiencing
In the latest installment of SEPTalk, we hear from physical therapist and yoga instructor Patti Lentz. Right off the bat, the conversation turns to the topic of passion— which Patti finds both in her professional work as a Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner and in the larger context of her life. Patti says: “The more I learn [...]

Slow it Down or Risk a Relapse
This is the conclusion of a three-part series. In Parts One and Two, Annaliese recounted how being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and Sjogren’s Syndrome sent her spiraling into “a pharmaceutical rabbit hole.” After frustrations with traditional western medicine, she experienced major benefits from SE® and began developing a theory that MS and trauma are [...]

Seeking Answers … and a Theory is Born
This is PART TWO in a three-part series. In Part One, Annaliese recounted how her soaring career ambitions were derailed by many years of intense physical ailments— and their cognitive and emotional fallout. Dr. Peter Levine’s writings led her to SE® training, which provided her first opportunity to successfully “connect the dots” and forever changed [...]

Beating the Odds with the Help of SE
This is a three-part series from Annaliese Train, J.D. whose career practicing law and working in corporate America took a radical turn when she was diagnosed with MS. She has launched an SE®-based consulting practice called Healing Strategy and is writing her first book. In the following entries, she shares her experience from multiple disheartening [...]

Somatic Experiencing and Mindfulness
For many people, the word ‘mindfulness’ still has a mystical connotation; i.e., something that could not easily enter the daily lives of most Americans. Things are changing, though. As one example, Congressman Tim Ryan has published the book A Mindful Nation extolling the practice of mindfulness. Ryan’s publisher calls him an “all-American guy from the [...]

Using SE in Psychoanalytic Practice
In this latest installment of SEPtalk, host Serge Prengel (an SE® Practitioner in New York City) speaks with Frances Sommer Anderson, PhD about the benefit of adding the Somatic Experiencing® method to her psychoanalytic practice. As a specialist in treating pain and other mindbody disorders since 1979, Dr. Anderson has fairly recently added SE training [...]

Part 3: The Healing Power of Imagination
This is the conclusion of Dennis Moorman’s three-part series on spirituality and SE®. Previously, Dennis discussed trauma and the loss of our lives’ key connections plus how clients’ spiritual perspectives can aid in their own healing process. Jump to: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Imagination is another excellent spiritual resource for healing [...]

Part 2: Using Spirituality as a Resource
This is the second in a three-part series on spirituality and SE®. Dennis Moorman’s first entry discussed how trauma may result in dissociation, a loss of the key connections that define and enrich our lives. Jump to: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Just one month after the earthquake in Haiti, a very thin woman, approximately [...]