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Somatic experiencing integrates the tracking of Gendlin's "felt sense" into the model. [27] Levine has made use of Gendlin’s focusing approach in Somatic experiencing. "Dr. Levine emphasizes that the felt sense is the medium through which we understand all sensation, and that it reflects our total experience at a given moment." [28]
Peter Levine may refer to: Peter A. Levine (born 1942), psychotherapist and creator of somatic experiencing. Peter J. Levine (born c. 1961), general partner at the Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. Peter G. Levine (born 1960), American stroke researcher and educator. Peter Levine (born 1967), Tufts University political ...
Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma is a self-help book by American therapist Peter A. Levine and Ann Frederick published in 1997. It presents a somatic experiencing approach which it says helps people who are struggling with psychological trauma. The book discusses inhibition and releasing a form of "energy".
Somatic psychology or, more precisely, "somatic clinical psychotherapy" is a form of psychotherapy that focuses on somatic experience, including therapeutic and holistic approaches to the body. It seeks to explore and heal mental and physical injury and trauma through body awareness and movement.
An early precursor of the somatic movement in Western culture was the 19th-century physical culture movement. This movement sought to integrate movement practices, or "gymnastics", related to military and athletic training; medical treatment; and dance. [7] Many physical culture practices were brought to the US. [8]
Focusing is easiest to sense and do in the presence of a "listener"—either a Focusing trainer, a therapist, or a layperson trained in Focusing. [3] However, the practice can be done alone. Gendlin's book details the six steps of Focusing, [ 3 ] however it emphasizes that the essence of Focusing is not adhering to these steps, but following ...
Body-centred countertransference involves a psychotherapist's experiencing the physical state of the patient in a clinical context. [1] Also known as somatic countertransference, it can incorporate the therapist's gut feelings, as well as changes to breathing, to heart rate and to tension in muscles. [2]
Intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy (ISTDP) is a form of short-term psychotherapy developed through empirical, video-recorded research by Habib Davanloo. [1]The therapy's primary goal is to help the patient overcome internal resistance to experiencing true feelings about the present and past which have been warded off because they are either too frightening or too painful.