February 01, 2024

050 - Best-Selling Author Dr. Peter Levine Opens Up About His Mental Health Journey & How to Heal Through Trauma

45 minutes

Guest Dr. Peter Levine joins the Men in the Arena to discuss:

What inspired him to write his new book, An Autobiography of Trauma: A Healing Journey

Dealing with toxic shame, abuse, and constant danger as a child

The Somatic Experience & how we can use it to heal our traumatic wounds

What it means to be and feel enough

How to know whether we're healing & making progress in life

Peter is is the developer of Somatic Experiencing®, a naturalistic and neurobiological approach to healing trauma, which he has developed over the past 50 years. He holds a doctorate in Biophysics from UC Berkeley and a doctorate in Psychology from International University. He is the Founder and President of the Ergos Institute for Somatic Education, dedicated to Community Outreach and Post-Advanced Somatic Experiencing® Training, and the Founder and Advisor for Somatic Experiencing International. He has taught at the University of California, Berkeley; Mills College; Antioch University; the California Institute of Integral Studies; and the Santa Barbara Graduate Institute. His work has been taught to over 30,000 therapists in over 42 countries.

Dr. Levine is the author of several best-selling books on trauma, including Waking the Tiger, Healing Trauma (published in over 29 languages); In an Unspoken Voice, How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness; and Trauma and Memory, Brain and Body in a Search for the Living Past.

https://www.somaticexperiencing.com/

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