A review by hoguelikewoah
Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma: The Innate Capacity to Transform Overwhelming Experiences by Peter A. Levine

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

The majority of what I’ve read over the last year and a half have been works focused on educating about and healing from all things trauma. Everything that I’ve read has some connection to this book because its authorship was in the early 90s. Because of that, Levine speaks to triune brain model, whereas, contemporary, mental health professionals tend to acknowledge, working with the whole person and the biopsychosocial model. He touches on this somewhat with somatic experiencing. This is a fundamental read to gain some foundations and understanding how trauma impacts a person‘s daily living activities. The insight gained from this have been useful and improving therapy delivery outcomes and personal psychoeducation that can be used to heal and move forward from past hurts.