Somatic Experiencing® and Co-Regulation Touch/Tablework

Somatic Experiencing® is a naturalistic approach aimed at the resolution and healing of trauma developed by Dr. Peter Levine. SE™ employs awareness of body sensations to help clients "renegotiate" and heal, rather than re-live or re-enact trauma. SE's guidance of the bodily "felt sense," allows the highly aroused survival energies to be safely experienced and gradually discharged. SE may employ touch in support of the renegotiation process. SE “titrates” experience (breaks down into small, incremental steps), rather than evokes catharsis - which can overwhelm the regulatory mechanisms of the organism.

For more information about SE please note the following references:

Levine, P. and Frederick, A. (1997). Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma: The Innate Capacity to Transform Overwhelming Experiences. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books.

Kline, M. and Levine, P. (2007). Trauma Through A Child’s Eyes: Awakening the Ordinary Miracle of Healing. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books.

For further references and information online about SE go to http://www.traumahealing.com

For more information about Touch/Table work please read:

Kain, K. and Terrell, S. (2018) Nurturing Resilience: Helping Clients Move Forward from Developmental Trauma. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books.

I am a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP) and a part of the teaching assisting team. I am approved to provide personal sessions at the beginning level. 

My student rate is $140 per session. For students on scholarship with SEI, the rate is $100 per session.