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Digital Seminar

Discover the Ecstasy in You


Speakers:
Peter A. Levine, PhD |  Edith Eger
Duration:
1 Hour 05 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Oct 12, 2021
Product Code:
POS058695
Media Type:
Digital Seminar


Description

Dr. Eger is a clinical psychologist and Holocaust survivor. Believing she may never get out of Auschwitz alive Edie learned a few unforgettable life lessons about suffering and learning to be at home with oneself. Together, long time friends and colleagues, Dr. Eger (Edie) and Dr. Levine (Peter) share stories of what it means to embrace our life force and aliveness and discuss what happens when good people do bad things. Edie and Peter explore the depths of love, hate, risk, revenge, boundaries, and freedom from a historical perspective. Please join this engagingly visual interview filled with heartwarmingly profound advice about our past, present, and future by two experts in the field of trauma.

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Peter A. Levine, PhD's Profile

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Peter A. Levine, PhD, holds doctorates in both medical biophysics and psychology. The developer of Somatic Experiencing®, a body-awareness approach to healing trauma, and founder of the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute, which conducts trainings in this work throughout the world and in various indigenous cultures, with 26 faculty members and over five thousand students. Dr. Levine was a stress consultant for NASA on the development of the space shuttle project and was a member of the Institute of World Affairs Task Force of Psychologists for Social Responsibility in developing responses to large-scale disasters and ethnopolitical warfare. Levine’s international best seller, Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma, has been translated into 22 languages. His recent interests include the prevention of trauma in children, and he has co-written two books, with Maggie Kline, in the area: Trauma Through a Child’s Eyes and Trauma-Proofing Your Kids. His most recent book: Trauma and Memory: Brain and Body in a Search for the Living Past, was recently released to rave reviews. Levine’s original contribution to the field of body psychotherapy was honored in 2010 when he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the United States Association for Body Psychotherapy (USABP). Levine was also honored as the recipient of the 2020 Psychotherapy Networker Lifetime Achievement Award.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Peter Levine is the founder and president of the Ergos Institute of Somatic Education, the president and editorial director of Ergos Institute Press, and receives a consulting fee from the Meadows Addiction Center. He receives royalties as a published author. Dr. Levine receives a speaking honorarium, recording, and book royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Peter Levine is a senior clinical fellow and advisor to the Meadows Addiction Treatment Center. He is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Humanistic Psychological Association, and the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.


Edith Eger's Profile

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Dr. Edith Eva Eger
A native of Hungary, Edith Eva Eger was just 16 years old in 1944 when she experienced one of the worst evils the human race has ever known. As a Jew living in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe, she and her family were sent to Auschwitz, the heinous death camp. her parents lost their lives there. She and her sister survived even though they were subjected to horrible treatment by Dr. Josef Mengele and survived the Death March in Austria. In 1949 she and her young family moved to the United States. In 1969, she received her degree in Psychology from the University of Texas, El Paso. She then pursued her doctoral internship at the William Beaumont Army Medical Center at Fort Bliss, Texas. She has spent much of her professional time working with members of the military helping them to recover from, and cope with, the ongoing effects of PTSD. Dr. Eger has always found ways to use her personal experiences to inspire, educate and help others. Dr. Eger has a clinical practice in La Jolla, California where she uses her past as a powerful analogy to inspire people to reach their potential and shape their destinies. In the fall of 2017 at the age of 90, her memoir, The Choice, Embrace the Possible was published. In her book, she details how the synergy of working with, and learning from, her patient's perspectives has enriched her life experiences and outlook. The book focuses on moving forward in-light-of hardship, has received two book awards, one being from the national organization of the Jewish Book Council; the other The Christopher Award. Her second book, The Gift, Twelve Lessons to Save your Life was released in September 2020 and immediately became a best seller in the UK and Ireland. In this book she gives actionable advice to assist every person facing life's difficulties in a positive and health manner. The Gift is being translated into more than twenty languages.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Edith Eva Eger maintains a clinical practice and holds a faculty appointment at the University of California, San Diego. She is a published author and receives royalties.
Non-financial: Dr. Edith Eva Eger has no non-financial relationships to disclose.


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