GLOBAL IMPACT
WE IMAGINE A WORLD FREE FROM TRAUMA.
Through expanding access to nervous system stabilization tools in diverse global communities and educating the public on the impacts of trauma, we hope to create a kinder, more regulated world.
Here's how we're doing it.
Improving Access
Scholarships to Somatic Experiencing International's 3-year Professional Training Program create opportunities for helping and healing professionals of all backgrounds to deepen their practices and better serve their clients and communities.
In 2022, SEI awarded scholarships to 293 students to help them achieve their dreams of becoming SE Practitioners.
Resourcing for Resilience
SE is built upon the power of co-regulation and resourcing to promote healing from within. To aid in this process, SEI is developing SE toolkits full of exercises and helpful resources for stabilization and healing.
In 2022, the SE Crisis Stabilization & Safety Aid (SCOPE) Protocol was translated into 30 languages and distributed to refugees, aid workers, and host families throughout Europe through the efforts of the SE Ukraine Task Force.
SEI has also developed specialized “Toolkits”: one for parents and educators, one for military veterans, one for self-care in the new year, and another for first responders, all of which were distributed to more than 40,000 individuals in the SE community.
Fostering Awareness
We believe that through public education and outreach, we can create a more compassionate, trauma-informed world.
In addition to the 3-year SE Professional Training Program, SEI creates and shares educational resources through our social media channels to over 700,000 individuals, produces free Anti-Oppression webinars for professionals interested in trauma resolution for underserved populations, and maintains an ever-expanding research library with advances in SE and somatic therapy research from the world's leading minds.
Partnering for Healing
Intervening with Care
In response to the war in Ukraine, SEI and its global partners launched the SE Ukraine Task Force to provide immediate resources and opportunities for healing to helping and healing professionals in Ukraine and throughout Europe.
Building with Hope
The SE Ukraine Task Force is transforming into a new group, called SE Humanitarian, with the goal of providing support to communities in crisis around the world through SE-informed programming. SE Humanitarian currently involves more than 100 volunteers and delivers programming in 11 languages.
GET INVOLVED
Become an SEP
Becoming a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP) is an incredible way to deepen your professional practice and inspire hope and healing in your community. Start your SE journey today.
Support SEI
By giving a gift, you're creating greater access to essential tools for nervous system regulation and healing for communities around the world. Learn what your generosity can do.
Discover SE
Somatic Experiencing is an integrative nervous system stabilization method for trauma resolution and resiliency, informed by somatics. Learn more about this groundbreaking modality.
Our Pledge
In a world full of uncertainty, the SE community stands for stability, hope, and resilience. We recognize the generational and systemic trauma endured by underserved communities worldwide, and we acknowledge our duty to provide opportunities for repair and restoration.
We pledge to increase access to SE education and resources, and we pledge do so with equity and justice at the center of our decision making.
From producing free Anti-Oppression webinars to providing scholarships for students from underserved communities, we can't do it alone: it takes a global community, working together, to create a more resourced, trauma-informed world.
We are so thankful to the members of our community who have joined us on this journey and who chosen to support equitable access to SE through their acts of generosity.
Gifts of every size make an impact! Please consider making a gift and joining this compassionate community working together for good.
Meet Our 2022 Donor Community
Alexis Katz
Alexis Martina
Ali Ho
Alice Shao
Allison Brengle
Amy Schmirler
Angelina Englmeier
Ann & John Tillistrand, in honor of Carol Hodson and Li Hodson
Ann Park
Anne Egger
Ashraf Abdu
Aurora De Armendi
Barbara Glenfield
Barbara Holifield
Bess Green
Beth Cole
Beth Lee
Bolo Bolormaa
Butch Schuman
Candy Smith
Carla Becker
Carla Larson
Carmel McKenna
Carmen Casado
Carol Marcus
Catherine Lemon
Cheryl Qamar
Christopher Lind-White
Cindy Dern
Cleve Schenck
Coral Jones
Daniela Soraca
Darya Shleyeva
Debbie Lennington
Debra Kloor
Diane Pugh
Diane Stanciu
Donna Hilbig
Doree Lipson
Doreen Levy
Dorothy Feinzig
Mary Giuffra
Elfriede Dinkel-Pfrommer
Elizabeth Anable
Elizabeth Borelli
Elizabeth Eriksson
Elizabeth Halsted
Ellen Siegman
Emily Carton
Emily McCluskey
Emily Meehan
Emily Tworek
Eric Taylor, in honor of Maggie Kline
Eve-Marie Elkin-Schaffer
Gary Melnikoff
Géric Lebedoff
Gilbert McCurdy
Grace Barbettini
Gwen Murphy
Gwynne Gilson
Heidi Bezaire
Ian Keene-Babcock
Ines Guariguata
Jane Strong
Janet Ackerman
Janet Pal
Janice Caudill
Janis Scholom
Jeannine Crouse
Jennifer Makadok
Joe Persinger
John Isaacs
Joni Stadtherr
Jordan Dann, in honor of Thayer Case
Juliane Killenberg Rose
Kalish Leviel, in memory of Jonathan Stahl
Karen Cowling
Karen Gold Sherman
Kate O'Shaughnessy Nulty
Kathy Murray
Kelly Stein-Lloyd
Kerim Nutku
Kim Carter
Konnie Zarnaveli
Kristin Kenefick
Krysti Giese
Larry Iannotti
Laura Bautista
Laura Eisdorfer
Laura Turner
Laura van Riper
Lauren Dummit
Lauren Nast
Laurie Dawson
Lily MaGill
Linda Eldridge
Linda Gensheim
Linda Hidvegi
Linda Perkins
Lydie Barbisan
Lynne Maclean
Marcia Lesser
Marcy Pollitt
Mareile Stoppel
Margaret Postlewaite
Marie Bozeman
Marilyn Sanders
Marina Nabao Becker
Marji McMillan
Marv Tuttle
Mary Barrett
Mary Farel
Maureen Gallagher
Megan Nigro
Michael Changaris
Michael Kramer
Michael Persons
Michele Solloway
Michele Wert
Michelle Leifer
Mim Walden
Miryam Cubiles
Na'ama Igra
Nancy Brutsche
Nancy Napier
Nazanin Fard
Nicola Ranson
Nicole Snow
Noelle Blanc
Pär Tagesson
Pati Scamacca
Patti Knoblauch
Paul Beverly
Phil & Ruth Stahl
Philip Stangel
Phyllis Stein
Phyllis Traficante
Pinuccia Babbi
Rachel Cole
Rebecca Schwartz
Rebecca Stahl
Rhonda Kelloway
Richard Hill
Rob Polishook
Robert Kenny
Robert Spangler
Robina Silva
Rosey Rouhana
Roxanne Cohn
Sam Johnson
Samantha Mead
Sangeeta Fernandes
Sarah Brink
Sarah Gilbert
Sarit Rogers
Scott Palmer
Sean Frankino, in memory of Sarah Lint
Sergio Ocampo
Sharon Coombs
Sherry Osadchey
Shideh Lennon
Shlomit Rubin
Sonja Cole
Stephanie Scott
Steven Alper
Susan Boniek
Susan Kenny
Suzie Wolfer
Sylvia Ortiz
Tanja Eikenboom
Therese Bimka
Tilasmi Jivan
Tina Brister
Tracy Lawrence
Tricia Akins
Tyler Andersen
Valerie Linet
Virginia Keulen
Waller Thompson
Wendy Newman
Wietske Brunzema
William McGuire
Yadira Velazquez
and 62 generous, anonymous individuals
Why Somatic Experiencing?
“I have patients who are off all of their medications….who no longer suffer from panic attacks….who are no longer haunted by traumatic visions. SE is the only method I have found that consistently helps people reorganize their nervous systems and greatly reduce, if not completely erase, trauma symptoms. Although I understand that the SE™ techniques are grounded in biology, the results are nothing short of miraculous.”
“I’ve found SE to be the most fundamental work I do with clients. I’m a clinical psychotherapist, dance therapist, Craniosacral therapist, pre- and perinatal practitioner and I have two masters degrees. But what SE offered me has worked more than any other skill I’ve been trained in. It’s so basic, intuitively supportive and safe for clients. No matter what happens I know I can resort to slowing down and resourcing. SE is wonderful work.”
“SE provides the basic natural healing and core nervous system skills for all the work I do, and its natural mindfulness as well. It helps clients attune to what's happening in their bodies, slow down and pause fast energies, wake up and balance sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. These basic and natural SE practices and tools help clients re-enter a traumatized or dissociated body slowly, at their own pace, and gradually (for some) more safely.”