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Waking the Tiger: Somatic Approaches to Trauma
A 15-hour advanced-level course based on Peter Levine's somatic experiencing approach to trauma resolution. Designed for Canadian mental health professionals, this course covers the body's innate healing capacity, trauma symptoms and their neurobiological origins, and practical techniques for helping clients safely process and transform traumatic experiences through body-based interventions. Participants will develop competency in somatic experiencing techniques including pendulation, titration, resourcing, and grounding within a trauma-informed, Canadian practice context.
Lifetime accessCertificate of completion25 lessonsMobile & desktop
Trauma-Informed CareCultural CompetencyConcurrent DisordersCrisis Intervention
$150CAD
15 CEU hrs
What you'll learn
Understand the theoretical foundations of Somatic Experiencing and Peter Levine's approach to trauma healing
Recognize how trauma changes the brain and nervous system, and the physiological basis of trauma responses
Identify the Window of Tolerance and recognize hyperarousal, hypoarousal, and dysregulation states
Master core SE techniques: pendulation, titration, resourcing, and grounding
Assess clients' nervous system states and track progress in somatic work
