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  • The Practice of Embodying Emotions

  • A Guide for Improving Cognitive, Emotional, and Behavioral Outcomes
  • Written by: Raja Selvam
  • Narrated by: Jay Myers
  • Length: 13 hrs and 49 mins

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The Practice of Embodying Emotions

Written by: Raja Selvam
Narrated by: Jay Myers
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Publisher's Summary

“A grand accomplishment.”—Dr. Peter Levine, developer of Somatic Experiencing® and author of Waking the Tiger and In an Unspoken Voice

A body-based, science-backed method for regulating behavior, thoughts, and feelings and improving well-being—shown to shorten therapy time and improve emotional outcomes.

In the first book on Integral Somatic Psychology™ (ISP), clinical psychologist Dr. Raja Selvam offers a new, complementary approach for building more capacity to tolerate emotions using the body—especially emotions that are difficult or unpleasant.

The ISP model shows listeners how to expand and regulate emotional experiences in the body to improve different therapeutic outcomes—cognitive, emotional, behavioral, physical, energetic, relational, and even spiritual—in life and in all types of therapies, including other body psychotherapy and somatic psychology approaches. You will learn the physiology of emotions in the brain and body and how to:

  • Access different types of emotions quickly.
  • Facilitate embodiment and regulation of feelings.
  • Process and heal different traumas and attachment wounds.

A go-to guide for emotional integration, The Practice of Embodying Emotions is of value in the treatment of a wide range of clinical problems involving difficult emotions—from ordinary life events to psychosomatic or psychophysiological disorders, developmental trauma, prenatal and perinatal trauma, attachment disorders, borderline personality disorder, complex PTSD, collective trauma, and intergenerational trauma—and in improving outcomes and shortening treatment time in different therapies including psychoanalysis, Jungian psychology, and CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy).

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2022 Raja Selvam (P)2022 North Atlantic Books

What the critics say

"A knowledgeable and skilled exploration of emotion and the body—and how to process and heal emotional wounds efficiently through the body."—JACK KORNFIELD, PhD, author of A Path with Heart

"Ripe for our times! This brilliant book sheds light on the vital importance of fully embodying emotions, whether painful, pleasurable, or in-between. As a couples’ therapist and a child advocate for mental health, I experienced this book as a joyous godsend."—MAGGIE KLINE, LMFT, Somatic Experiencing faculty member and author of Brain-Changing Strategies to Trauma-Proof Our Schools

"This book ... is a must for all therapists who work with attachment and for those looking for a self-help approach to improve their relationships."—DIANE POOLE HELLER, PhD, author of The Power of Attachment and creator of DARe Training

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