Peter

Levine

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The creator of the Somatic Experiencing®.

Dr. Peter A. Levine, PhD, holds doctorates in medical biophysics and psychology. He is the creator of the Somatic Experiencing®, a body-awareness approach to trauma healing, and the founder of Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute, which provides training in this field throughout the world and to various indigenous populations, with 26 teachers and more than five thousand students.

Dr. Levine served as a stress management consultant for NASA during the development of the Space Shuttle program and was a member of the World Affairs Institute of Psychologists' Task Force on Social Responsibility in developing response strategies for large-scale natural disasters and ethno-political wars. Levine's international bestseller, Waking the Tiger Healing Trauma (Waking the Tiger) has been translated into 22 languages. He has recently become interested in preventing childhood trauma and has co-authored two books in this area with Maggie Kline: Trauma Through a Child's Eyes (Trauma in the eyes of a child) and Trauma-Proofing Your Kids (Prevention of trauma in children).

His most recent book, In an Unspoken Voice ("An unspoken voice"), How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness (“How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Kindness”), was recently published to critical acclaim. Levine’s contributions to the field of body psychotherapy were honored in 2010 when he received the Life Time Achievement Award from the American Association for Body Psychotherapy (USABP).