Healing Trauma - A Pioneering Program for Restoring the Wisdom of Your Body

Researchers have shown that survivors of accidents, disaster, and childhood trauma often endure lifelong symptoms ranging from anxiety and depression to unexplained physical pain, fatigue, illness, and harmful "acting out" behaviors refl ecting these painful events. Today, millions in both the bodywork and the psychotherapeutic fields are turning to Peter A. Levine's breakthrough Somatic Experiencing methods to eff ectively overcome these challenges. Now available in paperback for the first time, Healing Trauma offers readers the personal how-to guide for using the theory Dr. Levine fi rst introduced in his highly acclaimed work Waking the Tiger (North Atlantic Books, 1997), including:How to develop body awareness to "re-negotiate" and heal trauma--rather than relive them. Emergency "first-aid" measures for emotional distress. A 60-minute CD of guided Somatic Experiencing techniques "Trauma is a fact of life," teaches Peter Levine, "but it doesn't have to be a life sentence." Now, with one fully integrated self-healing tool, he shares his essential methods to address unexplained symptoms of trauma at their source--the body--to return us to the natural state we are meant to live in. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 6 A Tiger Shows the Way......Page 7 THERE’S ONE MORE THING I’D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU BEFORE WE BEGIN.......Page 11 UNIQUE TO EACH INDIVIDUAL......Page 13 A NEW LOOK AT HEALING......Page 16 CATEGORIES OF TRAUMA......Page 17 OBVIOUS CAUSES OF TRAUMA INCLUDE:......Page 18 LISTEN TO YOUR BODY......Page 19 SYMPTOMS AND THEIR ORDER OF APPEARANCE......Page 21 SYMPTOMS: A LENGTHY LIST......Page 23 THE COMPULSION TO REPEAT......Page 26 ACCIDENTS “JUST” HAPPEN......Page 29 SYMPTOMS DELIVER A MESSAGE......Page 32 How Trauma Affects the Body......Page 33 FIGHT, FLIGHT, AND FREEZE......Page 35 MOVING OUT OF IMMOBILITY......Page 39 A GENTLE, GRADUAL APPROACH TO HEALING TRAUMA......Page 40 Twelve-Phase Healing Trauma Program: A Guide to the Audio Exercises......Page 43 GETTING RESULTS......Page 45 GO EASY ON YOURSELF......Page 46 FIND A SAFE PLACE......Page 47 FIRST GROUP: PREPARATORY PHASES......Page 48 Preparation......Page 49 LISTEN TO TRACK ONE......Page 50 Preparation......Page 54 LISTEN TO TRACK TWO......Page 55 Preparation......Page 57 LISTEN TO TRACK THREE......Page 58 SECOND GROUP: TRACKING SKILLS......Page 59 Preparation......Page 60 LISTEN TO TRACK FOUR......Page 65 Preparation......Page 69 Preparation......Page 71 LISTEN TO TRACK SIX......Page 73 THIRD GROUP: DISCHARGING ACTIVATION......Page 74 Preparation......Page 75 LISTEN TO TRACK SEVEN......Page 76 Preparation......Page 78 LISTEN TO TRACK EIGHT......Page 79 LISTEN TO TRACK NINE......Page 81 Preparation......Page 83 FOURTH GROUP—COMPLETION: RETURNING TO EQUILIBRIUM......Page 84 Preparation......Page 85 LISTEN TO TRACK ELEVEN......Page 86 LISTEN TO TRACK TWELVE......Page 87 Sexual Trauma: Healing the Sacred Wound......Page 89 DEALING WITH SEXUAL TRAUMA......Page 90 TRAUMA AND ATTACHMENT......Page 91 TRANSFORMING THE LEGACY......Page 92 HEALTHY SEXUALITY......Page 93 REGULATING YOUR SEXUAL FEELINGS......Page 96 Spirituality and Trauma: Pathway to Awakening......Page 99 SURRENDER AND TRANSFORMATION......Page 100 Helpful Tips and Techniques for Preventing Trauma......Page 103 STAGE I: IMMEDIATE ACTION (AT THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT)......Page 104 STAGE II: ONCE THE PERSON IS MOVED HOME OR TO THE HOSPITAL......Page 105 STAGE III: BEGINNING TO ACCESS AND RENEGOTIATE THE TRAUMA......Page 106 TRAUMA PREVENTION FOR CHILDREN......Page 107 HOW TO HELP A TRAUMATIZED CHILD......Page 108 HOW CAN I TELL IF MY CHILD HAS BEEN TRAUMATIZED?......Page 110 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES......Page 113 ABOUT THE AUTHOR......Page 114 ABOUT SOUNDS TRUE......Page 115 BACK COVER MATERIAL......Page 116 Trauma is perhaps the most avoided, ignored, denied, misunderstood, and untreated cause of human suffering. But what is trauma-and how do we heal it?As a young stress researcher at UC-Berkeley, Peter A. Levine found that all animals, including humans, are born with a natural ability to rebound from distressing situations. In Healing Trauma, this leading authority brings you face to face with his effective new approach-not a "talking cure," but a deep physiological process for identifying and releasing your past traumas, and cultivating a harmonious awareness of your body. With this book and the exercises on the included CD, you will learn Dr. Levine's remarkable Healing Trauma Program to find a pathway out of unnecessary suffering, and help you "recapture the simple wonders of life." "In Healing trauma, Dr. Levine gives you the personal how-to guide for using the theory he first introduced in his highly acclaimed work Waking the Tiger. Join him to discover: how to develop body awareness to "renegotiate" and heal traumas by "revisiting" them rather than reliving them; emergency "first-aid" measures for times of distress; and nature's lessons for uncovering the physiological roots of your emotions."--Publisher description