Sexual Healing [Unabridged, Audiobook] [Audio CD]

Peter A. Levine (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2003

Healing the wounds of sexual trauma has long been considered by many psychotherapists to be one of the most challenging tasks a person will ever face. The good news, teaches Dr. Peter A. Levine, is that new and more effective tools are emerging. On Sexual Healing, Dr. Levine a pioneer in the field of healing trauma teaches you his innovative series of body-based practices to release the sexual trauma of your past. Join him to learn: What new research reveals about the way we store the energies and memories of distressing events in the body Understanding the signs of sexual trauma How to create a "container" for your emotions and release them safely - without becoming overwhelmed Gentle exercises to reconnect with your body and recover your ability to experience pleasure and joy Your body has a natural process for healing trauma and restoring resilience in your nervous system. Unfortunately, few of us are taught to identify and allow this process to happen when it arises. Sexual Healing shares the principles and skills you need to restore your sacred inner space and move forward in your life with greater presence, focus, and passion.

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Book Description

On "Sexual Healing," Peter Levine - a pioneer in the healing of emotional trauma - offers crucial new information and self-guided exercises for those seeking help. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Peter Levine has put his ground-breaking healing techniques to the test for more than 35 years. Acknowledged worldwide as a leading authority in his field, he was one of a select group of trauma experts called into service in Kosovo in 1999.

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Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Sounds True, Incorporated; Unabridged edition (January 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1591790395
• ISBN-13: 978-1591790396
• Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 5.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #543,405 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sexual Healing, January 1, 2008

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Hope Formore (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sexual Healing (Audio CD)

I bought this for a family member when he started to remember some things that had happened to him as a child. I have known so, so many people who have been hurt sexualy either from someone they new or a stranger. I was with him on a road trip as he listened to the whole thing. There were some really good things I even gained from it, especially at the end. The last 2-3 segments had some interesting things to say about the kinds of conversations that arise with just raising children as they work out the way they discover attraction through thier parents at an early age. The author talked about how to find ways to speak to those signifigant moments in a child's unfoldment supportively, and in a healthy way.
As for my friend, he found them useful yet rudimentary. He felt the author could have dealved deeper.
Mind you, that even the author talked about not using just the CDs, but that some kind of therapy was neccessary. I too agree, having worked amongst people who discover this and then go forward to do deeper work. The CDs give you a starting point to begin navigating such stormy waters that can often leave one feeling very alone! People who care about you, won't encourage you to bury it, to forget, but to work out the anger with support in a safe and healthy way. Those feelings of betrayal are soooo powerful, along with not feeling safe! There is no hurry, Gentle steps beloved soul, gentle.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A new way to heal, June 21, 2008

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B. Whittaker (Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sexual Healing (Audio CD)

Transforming the Sacred Wound set of 2 CD's gives new insights into the infinite damage that comes from sexual abuse and new more complete ways to become whole again. A much-needed gentle, holistic approach with exercises that utilize the body's responses in a calm, centered, responsible way.

48 of 68 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars focused on the body, socially naive, March 3, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Sexual Healing (Audio CD)

Like his first work, which goes into much more detail, this audioCD focuses on body processes. One is encouraged to stay with the body and trust the flow of energies and creating safe spaces. The excercises are simple but powerful. They are general body excercises, not specific to localized sexual trauma. Far more excercises on this audioCD than anecdotes. Sometimes I felt the excercises are a kind of filler. Don't know how that applies to the book. Keep that in mind as you make a choice around getting this. The model he gives around developing sexuality is strictly heterosexual within an intact nuclear family. I find this shocking and inexcusable in this day and age, and even dangerous given the large number young gay kids who are even more vulnerable to the cycles of neglect and abuse in developing their boundaries. Of course, a main trauma anecdote is grandfather to grandson. The client/grandson uncovers the trapped energy and is able to work through his initial fears. Presumably, he has fully recoverd because his the newly released sexual energy is fully transfered back onto his wife. If you are going to create a heterosexual model of child's sexual development, can't you at least stick to heterosexuality in your anecdotes. Obviously, there are huge blind spots here. Makes my blood boil, speaking of body processes. Thankfully, this audioCD is really not about how sexual trauma relates to sexual development or current social and cultural dynamics. I give it four stars because it succeeds in it's main purpose, which is to give simple and effective "neutral" tools for working with the body.