Somatic-Oriented Therapies

“Somatic-Oriented Therapies delivers a brilliant, state-of-the-art compilation of the underlying science and therapeutic interventions, including touch and embodied self-awareness. Read this book!” – Bessel van der Kolk, MD, president of the Trauma Research Foundation, and author of The Body Keeps the Score
“Thismagnificent volume has been created with a clinician in mind, offering cleardescriptions of physiological processes, accessible scientific discussions ofresearch, and fascinating descriptions of real-life therapeutic examplesapplying these somatic principles in everyday practice. What an excitingoffering for the waiting field of mental health!” – Daniel J. Siegel, MD, founding editor of the Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology, and New York Times–bestselling author of Mind, IntraConnected, and Personality and Wholeness in Therapy
“Thereaders of this volume will be enriched in their understanding by thisinclusive theory…[A] rare gift to a generation of practitioners and theirclients.” – Peter A. Levine, PhD, author of An Unspoken Voice, How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness, and An Autobiography of Trauma

Herbert Grassmann, PhD, is professor of Psychosocial Studies at the Parkmore Institute/South Africa and former Chair of the EABP Research Committee. He lives in Nuremberg, Germany.

Maurizio Stupiggia, PhD, is professor in the department of clinical sciences, University of Milano. He resides in Pianoro, Italy.

Stephen W. Porges, PhD, originator of Polyvagal Theory, is a Distinguished University Scientist and founding director of the Kinsey Institute Traumatic Stress Research Consortium at Indiana University, and a professor of psychiatry at the University of North Carolina. He lives in Atlantic Beach, Florida.

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