Peter A. Levine, PhD, holds doctorates in both medical biophysics and psychology. The developer of Somatic Experiencing , a body-awareness approach to healing trauma, Dr. Levine was a stress consultant for NASA on the development of the space shuttle project and was a member of the Institute of World Affairs Task Force of Psychologists for Social Responsibility in developing responses to large-scale disasters and ethno-political warfare. Levine's bestselling book Waking the Tiger- Healing Trauma has been translated into twenty-two languages. Levine's original contribution to the field of Body Psychotherapy was honored in 2010 when he received the Lifetime Achievement award from the United States Association for Body Psychotherapy (USABP). For further information on Dr. Levine's trainings, projects, and literature, visit www.traumahealing.com and www.somaticexperiencing.com.
“In Trauma and Memory, Peter Levine provides insight into how
memories and the brain circuits involved in maintaining these
memories empower trauma to influence how we think, feel, and
interact. Levine has been a heroic pioneer in explaining how the
damaging emotional memories associated with trauma are locked in
our body. His paradigm-shifting intervention model, Somatic
Experiencing, has been at the forefront of clinical interventions
focused on moving trauma-induced implicit feelings, locked in the
body, into an explicit understanding. Levine explains how the
intransigent and omnipotent power of the implicit memories of
trauma can be diffused and transformed.”—Stephen W. Porges, PhD,
author of The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological Foundations of
Emotions, Attachment, Communication, and Self-regulation
“Memory has many layers, and Peter Levine has contributed his own
unique and powerful way of thinking about how we can understand
these systems and optimize their unfolding after trauma. This book
offers clinical wisdom drawn from decades of direct experience,
demonstrating how a clinician—with focused attention and essential
timing—can move unresolved, non-integrated memories into a
resolved, integrated form that enables a coherent narrative to
emerge and the individual to become liberated from the prisons of
the past.”—Daniel J. Siegel, MD, author of Mindsight, The
Mindful Therapist, and Pocket Guide to Interpersonal
Neurobiology
“Only after we become capable of standing back, taking stock of
ourselves, reducing the intensity of our sensations and emotions,
and activating our inborn physical defensive reactions can we learn
to modify our entrenched maladaptive automatic survival responses
and, in doing so, put our haunting memories to rest.”—Bessel A. van
der Kolk, MD, author of The Body keeps the Score: Mind, Brain and
Body in the Healing of Trauma
“In yet another seminal work Peter Levine here deconstructs
traumatic memory, making it accessible to healing and
transformation. He helps us—therapist or client—move from a
limiting past to where we belong: the empowered present.”—Gabor
Maté, MD, author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters
with Addiction and When the Body Says No: Exploring the
Stress-Disease Connection
“Arguably, much of our lives are spent at the mercy of the
automatic brain; this is only accentuated for those who have
experienced severe trauma. In writing with such depth
and insight about the psychobiological dynamics of procedural
memory, master therapist Peter Levine offers therapists
important tools for the transformation of traumatic memory.
Moreover, the writing and rich examples make this book
accessible so that professionals and nonprofessionals alike
can benefit from its wisdom.”—Stan Tatkin, PsyD, MFT, author of
Wired for Love; founder of the PACT Institute
“With this book, Dr. Levine has made another significant
contribution to the treatment of trauma. Drawing on established
neuroscience he explains, in clear and accessible terms, the
various kinds of memory, their neurological bases, and their role
in the treatment of trauma. This book is invaluable for clinicians
wishing to improve their skills, laypeople wanting a deeper
understanding of the way the mind and brain work to create and heal
trauma, and scientists looking to understand the implications of
modern neuroscience for the treatment of trauma by the
body-oriented psychotherapies.”—Peter Payne and Mardi
Crane-Godreau, PhD, researchers at the Geisel School of Medicine at
Dartmouth College
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