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Levine, Peter A.

In an unspoken voice : how the body releases trauma and restores goodness / Peter A. Levine ; foreword by Gabor Maté.

Berkeley : North Atlantic Books, c2010.

xiv, 370 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

"Based on findings from biology, neuroscience, and the emerging field of body-oriented psychotherapy, In an Unspoken Voice explains that trauma is not a disease or a disorder, but an injury caused by fright, helplessness, and loss and that this wound can be healed only if we attend to the wisdom of the living, knowing body"--Provided by publisher.

Psychic trauma.

Includes bibliographical references.

Roots: a foundation to dance on -- The power of an unspoken voice -- Touched by discovery -- The changing face of trauma -- Lessons learned from animals -- From paralysis to transformation: basic building blocks -- A map for therapy -- Mapping the body, mending the mind: sibam -- The body as storyteller: below your mind -- In the consulting room: case examples -- Annotation of Peter's accident -- Instinct in the age of reason -- We're just a bunch of animals -- Bottoms up: three brains, one mind -- Body, emotion and spirituality: restoring goodness -- Awareness and embodiment -- Emotions -- Trauma and spirituality.

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