Aug 17, 2022
Ilene Smith is a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP) whose work is rooted in the principles of attachment theory and eastern philosophies. She integrates several modalities into her practice, including talking, touch-work, and movement, to help clients develop deeper and safer relationships within and increased capacities for resilience and joy.
Ilene is the author of Moving Beyond Trauma: The Roadmap to
Healing from Your Past and Living
with Ease and Vitality (Lioncrest, 2020), an Amazon Bestseller that
shows readers how to bring the
body into the trauma healing process. Her writing on psychology and
wellness has appeared in Mind, Body, Green, Spirituality and
Health, PsychCentral, Project HEAL, and Brooke Burke’s ModernMom.
She holds master’s degrees in Mental Health Counseling and Exercise
Physiology, is a Certified Professional Coach (CPC) through the
GROW Training Institute, and completed the three-year training
program with the Somatic Experiencing Institute founded by Peter
Levine.
In addition to her private practice, Ilene offers workshops on trauma healing and conducts research on Somatic Experiencing for eating disorder treatment. She makes her home in Arizona and loves to travel, collect art, cycle, and practice yoga in her spare time.