It Won't Hurt Forever: Guiding Your Child Through Trauma

by Peter A. Levine

Your child has just experienced a distressing event a bicycle fall,a medical procedure,a frightening encounter with a dog. What do you do? Most of us would try to comfort the child, and then hope for the best. There is more you can do than just hope, teaches Peter Levine. On It Won't Hurt Forever, Dr. Levine offers his 35 years of expertise in healing emotional trauma to show you a better way to help your child. Stress researchers now know that after a painful or fearful experience, children may endure such symptoms as unexplainable pain, nightmares, bedwetting, nervousness, aggression, and other problems. Why? Because all animals, including humans, possess a natural physiological process for discharging the energy of such experiences, explains Dr. Levine. When that process is thwarted, a child may suffer long after the event. Now, with this groundbreaking audio-learning program for parents and caretakers, you can gain the skills you need to help a child recover from frightening events in a healthier, more natural way using the body's own healing mechanisms. Children possess the innate ability to respond and recover from potentially traumatic circumstances. With It Won't Hurt Forever, you will learn how to activate this priceless resource within any child in need. Includes 18-page study guide and ten full-color illustrations

Genres: Psychology, Parenting, Counselling, Self Help, Nonfiction, Audiobook

Audio CD

First published December 1, 2004

About the author

Peter A.Levine, Ph.D. is the originator and developer of Somatic Experiencing® and the Director of The Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute. He holds doctorate degrees in Medical Biophysics and in Psychology. During his thirty five-year study of stress and trauma, Dr. Levine has contributed to a variety of scientific and popular publications.

Dr. Levine was a stress consultant for NASA during the development of the Space Shuttle, and has taught at treatment centers, hospitals and pain clinics throughout the world, as well as at the Hopi Guidance Center in Arizona. Peter served on the World, Psychologists for Social Responsibility, presidents’ initiative on responding to large scale disasters and ethno-political warfare. His best selling book, Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma, is published in 20 languages.

Peter A. Levine received his Ph.D. in medical biophysics from the University of California at Berkeley, and also holds a doctorate in psychology from International University. He has worked in the field of stress and trauma for over 40 years and is the developer of “Somatic Experiencing.”

He teaches trainings in this work throughout the world. He has taught at various indigenous cultures including the Hopi Guidance center in Second Mesa Arizona. Peter has been stress consultant for NASA in the development of the first Space Shuttle. He was a member of the Institute of World Affairs Task Force with “Psychologists for Social Responsibility” and served on the APA initiative for response to large scale disaster and Ethno-political warfare. He is on the ‘distinguished faculty’ of Santa Barbara Graduate Institute.

Peter is the author of the best selling book Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma, (published in twenty languages) as well as four audio learning series for Sounds True including the book CD, Healing Trauma, a Pioneering Program in Restoring the Wisdom of Our Bodies; and Sexual Healing, Transforming the Sacred Wound. He is the co-author of Trauma through a Child’s Eyes, Awakening the Ordinary Miracle of Healing, and Trauma-Proofing Your Kids, A Parents Guide for Instilling Confidence, Joy and Resilience. Most recently, he has published In An Unspoken Voice, How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness.

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Reviews

[Elizabeth · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a two hour audio book I got from the library and I love Peter Levine, so of course, I rated this all the stars.
He presents useful information about trauma processing and how a parent can help a child through. Although this isn't new information to me, I do appreciate that he put this out for people who dont have this information and it isn't automatic.
He does go off on some interesting tangents about Ted Kacyznski and circumcision... but overall, a nice intro to somatic experiencing.

[Dawn VanLerberghe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Listened to audio on Overdrive. Great information for parents about how to help young children. I think teachers could easily apply some of the strategies. Need to obtain a hard copy for the nursery rhymes at the end. Students in the younger grades could benefit from them.

I do wish more trauma books were written with teachers in mind. How do I help these students????

[Gratiela · Rating 4 out of 5]

Foarte frumos explicată metoda dezvoltată de Dr Peter Levine: somatic experiencing, cu tehnici și exerciții de intervenție pentru ajutarea copiilor care au trecut printr-un eveniment traumatic.
Consider ca e un must read pentru terapeuți, educatori și părinți, în special pentru exercițiile de prim ajutor emoțional.

[Alyssa Zimmerman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Some really practical and helpful tools in this little audiobook. In classic Levine style, he gives info to help caregivers help their kids in processing trauma or other scary things in bodily ways. Quick listen, and the end includes some really sweet poems to help in processing with kids - Mister Rogers style. Worth listening through.

[Katie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think this book could be good for some, but I was looking for something dealing with more complex trauma and kids from hard places. The audio book was almost too conversational. It was hard to follow.

[Muhamed · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an amazing audiobook for parents. As a parent you will learn what your child goes through during a hurtful incident and how to be there for them in the best way.

[Clove · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don't work with kids specifically, but it was a quick little audiobook narrated by Levine... Would recommend to all parents.

[Beaniesquee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Information about traumatic release exercises and the result of a stress response that hasn't been physically discharged, very interesting!