In this transformative four-part series, Dr. Levine will demonstrate a deep understanding of how complex trauma originates––and how somatic-based therapy can help clients address, process, and begin healing more quickly and effectively.

Through four 90-minute live sessions, Dr. Levine will personally guide you through client demonstration videos. At every step, he will pause to explain his approach and techniques, generously sharing his wisdom. By immersing yourself in this experience, you will gain insight into a method that can be immediately integrated into your practice, enabling you to access the power of somatics to heal trauma and restore a sense of wholeness, peace and wellbeing.

We tend to believe in free will. That it is we who ultimately determines our fate; that we are the captains of our own ships. When working with healing trauma, this belief is often challenged, as we become aware of repetitive patterns of suffering and unhappiness that can span generations. This pattern is grounded in an energetic presence of unresolved trauma responses that were once activated for protection and have been passed on from generation to generation. These lingering “ghosts” can still have powerful influences on our emotions, reactions, behaviors, and choices.

What is functional medicine and how can we use it to help the therapy process? Stress and trauma cause changes in one’s biology. Those changes now slow down the healing process or make it stuck. Learn simple tools from functional medicine that can make a nervous system more available for therapy and so be able to accelerate the trauma healing journey rather than making it harder than it needs to be.

We’ve all heard the term “holding space” but do we really know what it means or how to do it well?

In this workshop, Heather Plett, author of The Art of Holding Space: A Practice of Love, Liberation, and Leadership, will help us learn more about how this important practice leads us toward greater liberation and love in our relationships with others and ourselves.

What if pleasure was the secret key to trauma healing and social transformation all along? Are you ready to reclaim your birthright - the embodied experience of joy, delight, and wonder?

Join Kai Cheng Thom, MSW, MSc, Certified Coach and Adjunct Faculty at the Institute for the Study of Somatic Sex Education for an experiential deep dive into what happens when the body says "YES."

“I have come to the conclusion that human beings are born with an innate capacity to triumph over trauma. I believe not only that trauma is curable, but that the healing process can be a catalyst for profound awakening—a portal opening to emotional and genuine spiritual transformation.”

― Dr. Peter A. Levine

Join Dr. Peter Levine, Founder of Somatic Experiencing (SE™) in this four part workshop series exploring different aspects of understanding and healing trauma.