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Peter A. Levine es doctor en biofísica médica y psicología.
Known for: In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness, Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma
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In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness
In this groundbreaking work, Peter A. Levine draws on his decades of experience in trauma therapy to explain how the body holds and can release traumatic experiences. He integrates neuroscience, psych...
Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma
Este libro introduce el enfoque de Peter Levine para sanar el trauma a través de la comprensión de las respuestas instintivas del cuerpo. Propone que el trauma no es una enfermedad sino una reacción n...
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The Body as the Keeper of Trauma
Trauma lives not just in stories but in the flesh. When I first observed animals in threatening situations, I noticed something profound. A deer chased by a predator will freeze at the height of danger; but once safety returns, its body trembles intensely, and it then moves on, undisturbed by linger...
From In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness
Freeze and the Wisdom of the Animal Body
The freeze response is one of evolution’s most elegant mechanisms. It is a way of surviving the unsurvivable. During a life-threatening moment, our entire system may shut down, conserving energy and dulling sensation so the experience becomes bearable. In animals, this response has a clear purpose—p...
From In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness
Understanding Trauma as a Biological Process
Trauma is often misunderstood as a psychological disorder, something that happens to the mind when life becomes unbearable. Yet what I observed through countless clinical encounters is that trauma begins and resides in the body. It is a disruption of our biological rhythms—the natural ebb and flow o...
From Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma
Lessons from the Animal World: Why Humans Get Stuck
Animals live in a world of constant danger, yet they do not develop post-traumatic stress. They flee, fight, or freeze momentarily, and once safety returns, their bodies discharge the intense energy mobilized for survival. They tremble, breathe deeply, and resume normal life. This discharge—visible ...
From Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma
About Peter A. Levine
Peter A. Levine es doctor en biofísica médica y psicología. Es conocido por desarrollar el método Somatic Experiencing, una terapia centrada en el cuerpo para tratar el trauma. Ha trabajado como consultor en estrés y trauma para diversas organizaciones y es autor de varios libros sobre el tema.
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