somatic experiencing and the predictive brain: rethinking the body keeps the score

In this episode of our Unlocking the Emotional Brain book club, we explore the final case study in the book, a Somatic Experiencing demo led by Peter Levine with a client named Bonnie. The episode looks at how somatic experiencing, a bottom-up modality developed by Peter Levine and focused on the felt sense and body sensations, uses the very same unifying process of memory reconsolidation as every other modality covered in the book.We talk about why trauma is not literally stored in the tissues of the body but lives instead within the brain's predictive model, why somatic and body-based work is one valid path to healing rather than the only one, and how a disconfirming experience does not always look like an obvious juxtaposition, but can instead be the moment a person becomes aware of a prediction their brain has been making all along. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit trishawolfe.substack.com/subscribe