Somatic Experiencing® aims to remove the person from the state of pain, from imprisonment within their own body, so that they can interact with the external environment in a healthy way. An intervention based on the tradition of somatic education, a body-oriented therapy, structured on neurophysiological studies of the interconnections between body-brain-mind and on observations made in animals and humans in states of stress.

Peter Levine states “the trauma is not in the event, it’s in the nervous system”.
And from his conception of trauma, he built a theoretical and practical model, with a naturalistic approach, which employs the awareness of bodily sensations to help individuals in the treatment of trauma.

Levine noted that wild animals, despite being routinely threatened, are not traumatized.
This is because they use innate mechanisms to discharge the high levels of energy that were activated in the Nervous System: after executing defensive behaviors (fighting, fleeing and “freezing or playing dead”), they return to the original state of equilibrium.

The understanding given to us today by the neurosciences allows us to understand the innate mechanisms of human beings to overcome symptoms related to trauma and disease, with the proper guidance that the SE® approach brings
 

In this course you will learn the fundamentals of Somatic Experiencing®.
Learning to read the nervous system through its “voice without words” – the body and its sensations, manifestations and behaviors.

SOMATIC EXPERIENCE (SE®)
Fundamentals and practical introduction

THEORIES ABOUT EMOTIONS AND EMOTIONAL OVERLOAD
What are emotions and how are they structured Nervous system, stress and trauma Triggers of unwanted reactions Patterns of activation X resources

TRAUMA AND ITS MANIFESTATIONS
Definition of Trauma from the SE® perspective
Traumatic categories and the SE® differential in traumatic resolution
Psychoeducational language in stress management and approach to trauma

SOMATIC EXPERIENCING TOOLS®
Screening, titling and tilting
Breathing and relaxation techniques  

EXPANDING THE THERAPIST’S CONSCIOUSNESS ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF HIS PERFORMANCE