Somatic experiencing

Parent Category: Forms of therapy Complementary and alternative therapies

based on the German version "Somatic Experiencing"

Description

Somatic experiencing is a form of alternative therapy aimed at treating trauma and stressor related disorders like PTSD. The primary goal of SE is to modify the trauma-related stress response. To achieve this, its major interventional strategy builds on bottom-up processing. Clients’ attention is directed to internal sensations, (interoception, proprioception and kinaesthesis), rather than to primarily cognitive or emotional experiences. It was developed by trauma therapist Peter A. Levine.

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Form

Individual or group therapy

Clinical applications

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Borderline

Time

Costs

Not covered by the German public health insurances

Benefits

It allows people to re-set the nervous system, and prevent it from being continually sent into disarray when memories of the trauma are triggered.

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