Peter Levine, PhD:Coming from a background in medical biophysics helping astronauts reduce their stress levels under the extreme conditions they endure, he moved on to become a master somatic psychologist, often working with veterans. Dr. Levine connects the physiological origins of traumato the visceral bodily means to work through it and past it.
Bessel Van der Kolk, PhD:Author of the Body Keeps the Score(great audiblebook!) and an early pioneer in the understanding of trauma and naming of the diagnosis PTSD after the Vietnam War and much much more beyond that.
California Institute of International Studies: A pioneering graduate psychology school that ushered Somatic Psychology into the realm of public dialogue about the relationship between the body, the psyche, and the trauma and life interventions that form our personhood.
Somatic Psychology and Bodywork has been a growing field since the early 1900’s, with great thought leaders, scientists, and industry professionals contributing to our understanding and application of new approaches to healing trauma and thriving in our bodies and minds.
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