<unk>  is a form of alternative therapy aimed at treating trauma and stressor related disorders like PTSD. The primary goal of SE is to modify the trauma-related stress response. To achieve this, its major interventional strategy builds on bottom-up processing. Clients’ attention is directed to internal sensations, (interoception, proprioception and kinaesthesis), rather than to primarily cognitive or emotional experiences. It was developed by trauma therapist Peter A. Levine. Sessions are normally held in person, and involve clients tracking their physical experiences. Practitioners are often mental health practitioners such as social workers, psychologists, psychotherapists and marriage and family therapists, but may also be nurses, physicians, physical therapists, massage therapists, rolfers, craniosacral and polarity therapists, practitioners of the Feldenkrais method, yoga therapists, first responders, crisis center staff, educators, mediators, members of the clergy, chaplains, coaches, etc. Unlike some of its sister<unk>  modalities (biodynamic craniosacral therapy, polarity therapy, etc.),<unk>  is not listed as an exempt modality from various massage practice acts in the United States, and is not eligible to belong to The Federation of Therapeutic Massage, Bodywork and<unk>  Practice Organizations, which was formed to protect the members' right to practice as an independent profession. Members of the Federation each have a professional regulating body with an enforceable code of ethics and standards of practice, continuing education requirements, a process of certifying and ensuring competency and a minimum of 500 hours of training.<unk>  practitioners do not meet any of these criteria unless they are already certified or licensed in another discipline. Given that the model has a growing evidence base "for treating people with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)" that "integrates body awareness into the psychotherapeutic process", it is questionable whether or not it can be practiced by any profession that does not include psychotherapy or the treatment of mental disorders within its scope of practice. SEI instructs participants that they "are responsible for operating within their professional scope of practice and for abiding by state and federal laws".
Somatic experiencing
Self-hatred
Body image 
Hysterical strength
Controversies about psychiatry
Sexual motivation and hormones
Death anxiety
Body image disturbance