In an Unspoken Voice

How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness

De: Peter A. Levine, Gabor Maté M.D. - foreword

Narrado por: Ed Nash

Discover the body’s innate power to heal from trauma—the classic, life-changing guide to trauma recovery from the creator of Somatic Experiencing® (SE)

Unraveling trauma in body, brain, and spirit—a revolution in treatment and beloved global bestseller

In In an Unspoken Voice, renowned trauma expert Peter A. Levine, PhD, reveals how the body holds the key to recovering from complex trauma and experiences that overwhelm our nervous systems, from adverse childhood experiences to PTSD. Drawing on decades of clinical practice, personal stories, case studies, and trauma science, Dr. Levine shows that trauma can be healed—if we can learn to listen to our bodies’ innate, unspoken wisdom.

Through vivid accounts—from his own near-fatal accident to the journeys of clients grappling with their own traumas and scars—you’ll learn how our nervous systems respond to threat; why trauma can leave us “stuck” in fear and numbness; and, most importantly, how to restore resilience and heal toward empowered, mind-body wholeness. This book explains:

• How shaking, trembling, and instinctive movements are essential embodied responses—and can help us release trauma safely and effectively
• The biological “map” of flight, flight, freeze, and collapse—and how to break free from paralyzing experiences of fear and trauma
• Practical steps and evidence-based exercises to help you gently discharge survival energy
• How to reawaken your natural capacity for self-regulation
• The SIBAM—Sensation, Image, Behavior, Affect, and Meaning—model for integrating fragmented experiences
• Real-life wisdom and insights from case studies of survivors

In an Unspoken Voice is a compassionate, deeply human, and revelatory look at trauma and what it takes to heal—and shows you that you already have the embodied tools and wisdom to do so.

©2010 Peter A. Levine (P)2017 North Atlantic Books

Reseñas de la Crítica

"In An Unspoken Voice uses the author's experiences as a clinician and a student of comparative brain research to explore the nature and impact of trauma on the body and brain.... Case study examples blend biology and body-oriented psychotherapy in a fine collection of insights highly recommended for college-level psychotherapy holdings." (Midwest Book Review)

"With this book Peter Levine secures his position in the forefront of trauma healing, as theorist, practitioner, and teacher. All of us in the therapeutic community—physicians, psychologists, therapists, aspiring healers, interested laypeople—are ever so much richer for this summation of what he himself has learned." (Gabor Maté, MD, author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction)

Great book, poor performance

This is an important and helpful book. I recommend it highly for the contents. The narration of the audio book, however will be very distracting for anyone who cares much about words. He reader seems not to have been familiar with much of the author’s terminology, and the producers of the audiobook seem not to have wasted much energy editing the performance. It really is a disappointing flaw in an otherwise valuable book.

Great story. Needs a new narrator.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Ed Nash?

someone that can pronounce the words. He read to fast like he wasn't even reading the book. It was hard to listen to. Esp. every time he mispronounced Visera. It's almost on every other page and It was painful.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

no

Trauma solutions

Real ways to work through your trauma. I appreciated the drills and skills I learned.

Fantastic Understanding of the Body and Trauma

Loved this book and all the resources were very helpful too! I gained a deeper understanding of the body and how it releases trauma, very helpful read for a trauma informed bodyworker.

It's all based on body awareness

This was a really interesting audiobook on how to heal from trauma and how to be emotionally/mentally healthier in general. I think it could be helpful for mental health professionals as well as the interested lay person. Levine draws a lot on the study of animal behavior & neuroscience, as well as his extensive clinical & research experience. He also includes discussions of the role spirituality plays in healing from trauma.

awareness

Loved how information was presented, easy to understand. Loved the case studies. recommended reading.

Excellent, in-depth

This work beautifully builds on Peter Levine’s book ‘waking the tiger’ with new insights and latest research. He provides an excellent review of our brain’s evolution and function and how we adapt and struggle with the effects of trauma as well as the stresses of disconnection in modern life. By trusting our body’s innate intelligence and guidance, we can come back to feeling whole again - there is hope for all sorts of trauma through working with the body. Very inspiring !

The audio version is challenging in places where the narrator struggles with medical and foreign words that are spoken can’t be recognized—it would be nice to fix that so the listener can understand the message.

Overall a great book!

A nice connection explanation to what it means to be a mammal

It’s good to understand some of our roots as a human animal. The book still leaves room for spirituality, it’s just good incite into dealing how we physically process trauma.

I met Peter at Esalen and went to Reno for some workshops. I enjoyed this immensely

The narrator repeatedly mispronounced the word ‘viscera’. Thru me off every time. Also, in one section of the book Peter writes about the ego and the id. Each time he pronounces it as two different words; I D. That just cracked me up. and tell Peter I love him

Casual misogyny makes it awkward

Wile I am grateful for Dr Levine’s work that normalizes shaking as an appropriate and healthy response to trauma, I’m disappointed by his casual misogyny and urge him to peel back these layers of his conditioning in order to better communicate with and treat women.

The story of Picasso as predator using a woman’s freeze instinct to immobilize her described as “consensual” is problematic. Especially coming from a therapist who has worked with victims of rape - although his description of this work does seem to only apply to “stranger” rape. The trauma inflicted by Picasso on the women in his life is well known. https://www.artspace.com/magazine/interviews_features/art-politics/the_picasso_problem_why_we_shouldnt_separate_the_art_from_the_artists_misogyny-55120

I’m going to continue to listen, hoping Dr Levine will redeem himself. I’ll update if he does.