Somatically
Informed Practices
Somatically Informed Practices
What are Somatically Informed Practices?
Somatically Informed practices originate from The Somatic Experiencing® method created by Dr. Peter A. Levine. Somatically informed practices use the body to release trauma, which is key to transforming trauma and the wounds of emotional and early developmental attachment trauma. Those who use somatically informed practices use a variety of techniques ranging from yoga movement, vagus nerve stimulation, body movement, the breath, and more.
How does Somatically informed practices work?
Somatically informed practices offer a framework to assess where a person is “stuck” in the fight, flight, freeze, or fall responses. It provides clinical tools using the body to resolve these fixated physiological states. Somatically informed practices provide effective skills appropriate to a variety of healing professions including mental health, medicine, physical and occupational therapies, bodywork, addiction treatment, first response, education, and others.
Who can I see for Somatically Informed Practices?
There are a variety of therapists at Invigorate who incorporate the body into their trauma work with their clients and families:
What problems can Somatically Informed Practices help with?
- Abuse (physical, sexual, emotional, verbal, domestic)
- Addictions
- Anger
- Anxiety or panic
- Childhood trauma
- Chronic pain
- Depression, isolation, motivation issues
- Fears, phobias
- Grief and loss
- Inappropriate guilt or shame
- Performance and test anxiety
- Post traumatic stress (PTSD)
- Relationship problems
- Self-Esteem
- Sleep issues
- Trauma
- Victim to violent crime
- Witness to violence
Somatic Experiencing (SE)
What are Somatically Informed Practices?
Somatically Informed practices originate from The Somatic Experiencing® method created by Dr. Peter A. Levine. Somatically informed practices use the body to release trauma, which is key to transforming trauma and the wounds of emotional and early developmental attachment trauma. Those who use somatically informed practices use a variety of techniques ranging from yoga movement, vagus nerve stimulation, body movement, the breath, and more.
How does Somatically informed practices work?
Somatically informed practices offer a framework to assess where a person is “stuck” in the fight, flight, freeze, or fall responses. It provides clinical tools using the body to resolve these fixated physiological states. Somatically informed practices provide effective skills appropriate to a variety of healing professions including mental health, medicine, physical and occupational therapies, bodywork, addiction treatment, first response, education, and others.
Who can I see for Somatically Informed Practices?
There are a variety of therapists at Invigorate who incorporate the body into their trauma work with their clients and families:
What problems can Somatically Informed Practices help with?
- Abuse (physical, sexual, emotional, verbal, domestic)
- Addictions
- Anger
- Anxiety or panic
- Childhood trauma
- Chronic pain
- Depression, isolation, motivation issues
- Fears, phobias
- Grief and loss
- Inappropriate guilt or shame
- Performance and test anxiety
- Post traumatic stress (PTSD)
- Relationship problems
- Self-Esteem
- Sleep issues
- Trauma
- Victim to violent crime
- Witness to violence
“I believe not only that trauma is curable, but that the healing process can be a catalyst for profound awakening.”
—Peter Levine