Release tension boost your mood and heal from traumatic experiences with therapistapproved activities in this easytouse guide to somatic therapy. The effects of a traumatic event are more than just mental. Trauma can manifest in the body as chronic pain sluggishness and even depressed mood. Somatic psychology is an alternative therapy that analyzes this mindbody connection and helps you release pentup tension and truly heal from past trauma. The Somatic Therapy Workbook offers a primer to this lifechanging approach as a means for personal growth designed for beginners or those already using somatic techniques in their current therapeutic process. Ideal for those suffering from PTSD and other traumabased afflictions this safe and approachable look at somatic therapy includes journal exercises bodycentered prompts for personal inquiry movement exercises reallife experiments Readers will come away with a new ability to process and accept their emotions and an understanding of how to live a somaticallyoriented and embodied life.