Description
Have you noticed that no matter how much time you spend in talk therapy, you still feel anxious and triggered? That is because talk therapy can keep you stuck in a pattern of reliving your stories, rather than moving beyond them. But, most of all, it’s because trauma doesn’t just reside inside your mind—much more importantly, it locks itself in other parts of your body. When left unresolved, that trauma continues to live there, impacting your life, your relationships, your sense of safety, and your ability to experience joy in very real ways.
In Moving Beyond Trauma, Ilene Smith will introduce you to Somatic Experiencing, a body-based therapy capable of healing the damage done to your nervous system by trauma. She breaks down the ways in which trauma impacts your nervous system and walks you through a program designed to process trauma in a non-threatening way. You will discover a healing lifestyle marked by a deeper connection with yourself, those around you, and with everything you do.
A good reading for the soul
I’ve been recommended a lot of self-help books that people say are indispensable breakthrough concepts. Usually, it just doesn’t work for me. Even The Body Keeps the Score wasn’t it for me. This book helped me to finally crack the nut and come out on the other side of my therapy/treatment. It’s easy to follow, practical, useful, and it actually explains what somatic experiencing really is. I own several Peter Levine books that just didn’t seem to offer any answers other than to see another kind of therapist, and they don’t have somatic experiencing practitioners in my town.
I really enjoyed the “tests”. It taught me a lot about myself that I wasn’t aware of. It helped me understand that I can’t talk or think my way through trauma because trauma is a very physical thing.
I am happy that the exercises leave me with a great tool box I can refer to when triggered.
I highly recommend!
I like this book . Super helpful
Awesome book definitely buy it.