Peter A. Levine
Trauma therapist and author
Peter A. Levine developed Somatic Experiencing, a body-focused approach to treating trauma. He wrote Waking the Tiger and In an Unspoken Voice.
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American Born 1942
About Peter A. Levine
Peter A. Levine developed Somatic Experiencing, a therapy for trauma and stress-related problems. It directs a client's attention to inner bodily sensations rather than to thoughts or emotions. He founded the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute and teaches the method around the world. Levine holds doctorates in medical biophysics and in psychology, and earned his biophysics PhD at the University of California at Berkeley. He also worked as a stress consultant for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) while the Space Shuttle was being developed. Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma is described as a bestselling book and has been published in twenty languages. He also wrote In an Unspoken Voice, a book about how the body can release trauma.