Biography

Theresa Hanaoka is Faculty of Somatic Experiencing® International, based in Japan. 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. Dr. Theresa Hanaoka is a Japanese somatic psychologist with private practice over 20 years and a full time Somatic Experiencing® teacher. She has M.A. in Anthropology, and in Health Psychology, and Ph.D. in Somatic Psychology.

Specialties

Somatic Experiencing Trauma resolution Autonomic regulation Embodied processing

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.

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