Somatic Therapy for Healing Trauma: Effective Tools to Strengthen the Mind-Body Connection

Jordan has done the somatic healing community a huge service by publshing this amazing book! There are not a lot of resources where somatic tools are written out and explained clearly and succintly - this book fills that gap. Often somatic tools in other books are interlaced into enormous amounts of theory - which is important - but the strategies can get lost in the shuffle. Jordan takes her expereice with Gestalt, Object relations, Somatic Experiecning and other theories and techniques and presents it in a way for an indvidual intersted in healing to further their journey, as a catalogue of interventions for therapists, and also as way workbook for clients and healers to do together - or any other combination. I run a large practice and have made sure that this book is avaialbe as resource for our clinicans in all of our offices. So if your looking to heal and are drawn to the powerful world of somatic therapy, this a great place to dive in, or to suppliment what you've already started.

I had no idea what somatic therapy is, but I knew I was done with talk therapy. This book opened my eyes in a very approachable and accessible way. There are so many tools to use in the book- it's impressive- but it's written in a warm, loving and digestible manner where I didn't feel overwhelmed. Now, I am equipped with the foundation of somatic techniques. Exactly what I was looking for.

"Somatic Therapy for Healing Trauma" is a valuable resource for anyone seeking to heal from trauma. This workbook provides practical tools and exercises to help you connect with your body, release emotional tension, and promote overall well-being. By integrating somatic therapy techniques into your healing journey, you can experience profound transformation and lasting recovery.

I was hoping to purchase this book and learn new strategies to incorporate into my practice but it was limited. A good introductory book if you’ve never heard of somatic therapy.

I love using this book when working with clients. It allows them to feel their feelings and connect to how their bodies show them what they're feeling and experiencing. A wonderful tool.

This is such a helpful and accessible book, written beautifully and with great intention. If you have an interest in connecting more deeply with yourself, your past experiences, your body or with your partner, this book will give you tools, language and capacity. It is a valuable addition to any library.

Well, I liked what the therapist was saying. Time to heal now.

I really appreciated the organization of this workbook. It has a pleasant and clear layout that is characteristic of this publisher. It is simple to read and for this reason many people can grasp the content and concepts. However I cannot recommend this book for three reasons. The first is the implied statement that the techniques are evidence based (advertised on the back cover). They are not supported by research in most cases. An example is “bilateral drawing” which the author cites as calming and regulating. This is simply not the case and it is obvious that the author does not know the procedures that are put in place for this type of approach in trauma work. Also, the references are either quite old or do not provide evidence based support. On the bilateral work, why didn’t this author note at least one of the books available that describe this process in detail? The author did not invent this technique and she read about it somewhere. This leaves one wondering if there are other missing references that were left out for some reason. I also wish this book were more trauma-informed. Models like Window of Tolerance and the use of the word “trigger” are popular, that is true. This is a minor detail, but it is important to me as a therapist when I provide workbooks to patients who has suffered trauma. Overall, this book is ironically very cognitive, asking people to make lists and do a lot of writing. Somatic therapy stays more closely with non verbal communication such as movement and sound and even drawing. Again, the layout is nice so I gave it a three star, but the content is not based on research and is more of a two star rating. The author could have said based on “emerging or best practices” — it would have been much more honest.

I had high expectations so I'm disappointed. Nothing new or valuable.