#229 Ilene Smith – Healing Trauma With Somatic Experiencing

Meet Ilene Smith:

Ilene Smith is a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP) whose work is rooted in the principles of attachment theory and eastern philosophies. She integrates several modalities into her practice, including talking, touch-work, and movement, to help clients develop deeper and safer relationships within and increased capacities for resilience and joy.

Ilene is the author of Moving Beyond Trauma: The Roadmap to Healing from Your Past and Living
with Ease and Vitality (Lioncrest, 2020), an Amazon Bestseller that shows readers how to bring the
body into the trauma healing process. Her writing on psychology and wellness has appeared in Mind, Body, Green, Spirituality and Health, PsychCentral, Project HEAL, and Brooke Burke’s ModernMom. She holds master’s degrees in Mental Health Counseling and Exercise Physiology, is a Certified Professional Coach (CPC) through the GROW Training Institute, and completed the three-year training program with the Somatic Experiencing Institute founded by Peter Levine.

In addition to her private practice, Ilene offers workshops on trauma healing and conducts research on Somatic Experiencing for eating disorder treatment. She makes her home in Arizona and loves to travel, collect art, cycle, and practice yoga in her spare time.

Show Notes:

• Who is Ilene Smith?
• The importance of bringing the body into the healing process
• Ilene’s personal experiences and how Somatic Experiencing helped her
  What is Somatic Experiencing?
  – How does it help resolve trauma?
  – How is the nervous system involved in healing?
  – What is trauma and where is it stored?
• The body of being an integral part of the healing process
  – How do we release trauma through our body?
• How Ilene help people begin the process of dealing with trauma
  – The different techniques
  – The most common traumas people have
• Words of wisdom from Ilene to the listeners
• Ilene’s Books: Moving Beyond Trauma
  – Ilene’s upcoming book

Where you can find Ilene:

• Website: ilenesmith.com
• Instagram: @ilenesmithhealing
• Facebook: Ilene Smith Trauma Healing

GET HER BOOK: Moving Beyond Trauma

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