Posted on October 29, 2010 |
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An estimated five million people suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder in the U.S. alone, and the number continues to rise as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan continue. In An Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness, by best-selling author Peter A. Levine, explores the interconnections between neuroscience and the emerging field of body-oriented psychotherapy, and explains that trauma is not a disease or a disorder, but rather an injury caused by fright, helplessness, and loss that can be healed by engaging our innate capacity to self-regulate high states of arousal and intense emotions.
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