Lael K. Keen is Faculty of Somatic Experiencing® International, based in Florianópolis, SC, Brazil. 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. Lael Katharine Keen is an Advanced Level Teacher for the Somatic Experiencing® Trauma Institute, a direct student of Dr. Peter Levine and is a founding member of the Brazilian Trauma Association (ABT). She has been teaching Somatic Experiencing® in Brazil, the USA, and all around the world, since 1998.

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.

Keen’s approach Preparing for a first session with Keen