Somatic Experiencing

Somatic Experiencing at Holistic Health Care Centers on the Border of Lisle and Naperville.

Somatic Experiencing is based on Dr. Levine’s observation and study of how animals in the wild do not get traumatized despite constantly being in life threatening situations while humans are subjected to traumatic symptoms of physical and emotional illness. This is because the wild animals utilize their innate mechanisms to fully express and complete their fight, flight or freeze instincts which in turn helps in discharging the high levels of energy associated with threatening situations. However, humans, being in a conditioned environment, tend to override these natural impulses  leading to traumatic symptoms from the incomplete biological responses and the associated build up of high amounts of energy in the system.

Sobhana Vasan is the Somatic Experiencing provider at Holistic Health Care Centers. She is also a Board Certified and Licensed Acupuncturist and Reiki Master.

Somatic Experiencing (SE) is a body-oriented therapeutic model that helps heal trauma and other stress disorders.  Developed by Peter Levine, Ph.D., it is the result of the multidisciplinary study of stress physiology, psychology, ethology, biology, neuroscience, indigenous healing practices, and medical biophysics, with more that 45 years of successful clinical application (Somatic Experiencing International).