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Presentation: Somatic Experiencing (SE), developed by Peter Levine, Ph.D., author of the best seller, Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma, is a potent psychobiological approach to resolving symptoms of trauma and chronic stress. SE offers a framework to assess where your client is “stuck” in the defensive responses of fight, flight or freeze and provides clinical tools to resolve these fixated physiological states that underlie many trauma symptoms. Participants will be introduced to the principles of Somatic Experiencing and learn a few practical skills that help resolve trauma without retraumatization. This presentation will be a combination of didactic and experiential learning modalities. Dr. Ehrke will utilize lecture, case examples, video clips and experiential exercises to help participants gain an understanding of Somatic Experiencing and why it is highly effective in treating PTSD.
Objectives:
- Identify several basic principles of Somatic Experiencing
- Review a few basic tools to support physiological and emotional regulation in those who have experienced trauma
- Describe the different branches of the Autonomic Nervous System and how they are affected by stress and trauma
- Discuss how psychological and physiological symptoms of trauma occur as a result of being “stuck” in fight, flight, freeze or collapse survival responses
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