Talk:Somatic Experiencing
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I have now added a Reference list to the Somatic Experiencing article, and believe that the warning: This article does not cite any references or sources, should be removed. For the same reason, the warning: This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims, should be removed. Somatic Experiencing is, with a 10-year old history in Denmark, a well-established, recognized therapeutic method for dealing with and alleviating the symptoms of PTSD. It's used by hundreds of therapists, and psychologists with a university education in both Denmark, the EU in general, in South America and in the USA. I believe that the wording of the article is in accordance with the facts. For example the sentence: Somatic Experiencing® is a form of therapy that can relieve the symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, demonstrates the sober form of the article - there are no promises involved. My personal background for writing this is 42 years as a university-educated psychologist in Denmark. Jack Donen, cand.psych. Numus 18:16, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
- Agreed. The references should be cited within the article though, not just listed at the end. --Karuna8 19:12, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
Good Lord, no! PLEASE! don't merge that mixed-up "review" of the book Waking the Tiger with the Somatic Experiencing article! The book review seems to have taken a few of the ideas in the book and makes them into its core. The review seems, right from the beginning, to have been written by literature, religion or philosophy buffs, not by people conversant with psychology and/or therapy. "The book's title alludes to the belief embraced by the author that resolving trauma will result in increased physical and psychological energy" - as an explanation of the title, that's rubbish. "The belief embraced by the author" - Levine is not a parish priest. And resolving trauma releases otherwise bound-up energy, of course. But it does a lot more, too. The tiger is a symbol of returning to a more natural, energetically freer state, but also a more "natural" emotionally and intellectually freer state. In fact traumatized people, relieved of their symptoms can relatively often experience a feeling of having become a more encompassing person, stronger, more self-assured and with better boundaries. One can talk about the development of personality, or having established a new personality, a new IDENTITY! These are the type of changes Levine describes, and which people who work with his methods, experience taking place in their clients. The review has, as I say, little to do with psychology, at best one could call it a loose beginning of a literary analysis - at worst, a subjective pick of a few randomly chosen ideas from the book, described with no sense of their psychological meaning. I could go on - truly! Remove it by all means. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Numus (talk • contribs) 20:18, 8 August 2007
- Disagree with Merging(Waking the Tiger with Somatic Experience)-Please don't merge. The article of book should be distinguished with this article.--Jondel 10:42, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
