1st Edition
Somatic Ego State Therapy for Trauma Healing Whole Again
This book integrates Ego State Therapy with body-based therapies to present a multidimensional approach to working with clients who have experienced trauma.
Drawing upon a range of important modalities, including Somatic Experiencing®, Polyvagal theory, Hypnotherapy, and Ego state therapy, Silvia Zanotta lays out a practical view of what it means to navigate the internal and external world in the aftermath of trauma. She provides an up-to-date applications-oriented view that prepares the practitioner to move beyond a one-size fits all treatment formula to meet the complexity of human experience. This approach holds that issues such as resistance, guilt and shame, rejection, and rage should be anticipated as a part of, more than an obstacle to, PTSD treatment. Case vignettes, transcript content, and step-by-step instructions for specific interventions and activities take the content of the chapters from theory to practice.
This is a practical, experiential book that will appeal to all professionals working with trauma, including psychotherapists, counsellors, body workers, and social workers.
1. HYPNOSOMATIC EGO STATE THERAPY 2. BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS, THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS 3. THE ADVANTAGES OF EGO STATE THERAPY 4. DISSOCIATION AND FREEZE 5. THE ENERGY OF ANGER 6. SHAME AND GUILT 7. PAIN AND SOMATIC SYMPTOMS 8. PRATICAL APPLICATIONS IN THERAPY 9. CONCLUSION
Biography
Silvia Zanotta, PhD, is psychotherapist for children, adolescents and adults in Zurich, Switzerland. She specializes in the treatment of complex trauma and somatic symptoms, combining Ego State Therapy and hypnosis with somatic approaches. She is a Lecturer at the University of Applied Psychology in Zurich and teaches in several European countries.
‘In Whole Again, Silvia Zanotta, brilliantly integrates Ego State Therapy with body-based therapies. The product is a model that effectively promotes a co-regulatory journey of healing in which the therapist guides the client through a process of re-embodiment in which safety is now experienced in both bodily feelings and thoughts.’
Stephen W. Porges, author of The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, and Self-regulation and The Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal Theory: The Transformative Power of Feeling Safe
‘In this carefully thought-out application of Ego states, Silvia Zanotta demonstrates the importance of understanding how these states are anchored in our bodies. Using incites from Somatic Experiencing and other body approaches, she shows how we can move from fragmentation to Wholeness.’
Peter A Levine, Founder of Somatic Experiencing®, Author of Waking the Tiger and An Autobiography: A Healing Journey
‘I highly recommend this book to readers who are experienced in studying and practicing Ego-State approaches, as well as to those who want to begin learning about this dynamic, highly effective path to healing posttraumatic difficulties. And while you are learning as you read the pages of this book, you will deeply appreciate the author’s masterful clinical skills as well as her ability to take you on a deeply enriching journey toward self-empowerment and wholeness. Please welcome this rewarding new book into your library and into the heart of your clinical practice.’
Maggie Phillips, author of Reversing Chronic Pain, of numerous papers and articles in the areas of ego-state therapy, hypnosis, Somatic Experiencing®, and the treatment of post-traumatic conditions and pain.
