Somatic Experiencing is a body-oriented therapeutic model that helps heal trauma and other stress disorders. Developed by Peter Levine, Ph.D., it is the result of the multidisciplinary study of stress physiology, psychology, ethology, biology, neuroscience, indigenous healing practices, and medical biophysics, with more than 45 years of successful clinical application.
We will also incorporate another useful body of psychobiological work; the Polyvagal Theory to include your nervous system in the integration process. Polyvagal Theory is a science-based theory that provides explanations of how our autonomic state influences and is influenced by the dynamic challenges of life; as introduced by behavioral neuroscientist, Stephen W. Porges. These models see nothing wrong with you. In fact it is likely that there is nothing WRONG, only expired adaptations that are working to aid in your survival while you are attempting to get out of survival mode and back into Vitality and True Aliveness.