Ariel Giarretto is Faculty of Somatic Experiencing® International, based in Oakland, CA, United States. SE is a body-oriented approach to trauma resolution developed by Peter Levine, working with autonomic nervous-system regulation, sensation, and the somatic completion of thwarted survival responses. Ariel Giarretto, LMFT, CMT, CSB has been a body-oriented trauma therapist for many decades. On staff at the Esalen Institute throughout the 90's, she studied with some of the finest somatic teachers and sexuality experts.

Specialties

Depth orientation

SE International Faculty member — a vetted trainer in the somatic-trauma tradition. SE works with the body's own regulatory capacities rather than narrative content.

Giarretto’s approach Preparing for a first session with Giarretto