Freedom from Pain: Discover Your Body's Power to Overcome Physical Pain

Author: Peter A. Levine

Subject: Counseling; Self-Help & Personal Growth

Publisher: Sounds True (2012-09-15)

9781604077544

Freedom from Pain: Discover Your Body's Power to Overcome Physical Pain ebook cover

NOTE: The ebook does not contain the spoken-word audio component included in the original printed edition.

If you are suffering chronic pain—even after years of surgery, rehabilitation, and medication—only one question matters: How do I find lasting relief? With Freedom from Pain, two pioneers in the field of pain and trauma recovery address a crucial missing factor essential to long-term healing: addressing the unresolved emotional trauma held within the body.

Informed by their founding work in the Somatic Experiencing® process and unique insights gleaned from decades of clinical success, Drs. Levine and Phillips will show you how to:

  • Calm the body's overreactive "fight" response to pain
  • Release the fear, frustration, and depression intensified by prior traumas, and build inner resilience and self-regulation
  • Relieve pain caused by the aftermath of injuries, surgical procedures, joint and muscle conditions, migraines, and other...