About Lori A. Parker, GCFP, SEP, Ph.D.
Dr. Lori Parker has been involved in teaching and spiritual
counseling since 1985 and in healing since 1993. She is a Certified
Feldenkrais Practitioner®, a Certified Somatic Experiencing
Practioner®, an Aikido Instructor with her own private school, and
an ordained Zen Buddhist Priest. She has authored a book titled, In
Search of Harmony, as well as two articles for the Somatic Experiencing
Community: Polyvagal Theory: What Is It And Why Should We Care? and
Shock Trauma, Autonomic Nervous System Dysfunction and Autoimmune
Syndromes: What's The Connection? Additionally she has co-authored two
articles with Somatic Experiencing Faculty Member, Dr. Raja Selvam.
These include: A Note On Working With Anger in the Context Of An SE
Session; Working Around Developmental Defenses in SE Sessions.
After a series of physical trauma, including being struck by a car (as
a pedestrian), Dr. Parker experienced such excruciating pain she had to
be packed in ice for much of the day in order to be able to conduct
martial arts instruction in the evening. Severe headaches, as well as
muscle spasms in her back, neck and shoulders continued to reduce her
physical abilities. She was unable to lie comfortably in any position.
During the four-year training program in the Feldenkrais Method®,
the daily pain dissipated and her ability to function without physical
pain was restored. Somatic Experiencing® furthered her progress by
healing the deeper effects of trauma.
Her expression and application of the Feldenkrais Method® is
informed not only by her own extensive rehabilitation process but also
by her background in Aikido and Zen disciplines which have at their
core, the concepts of centering, grounding, and self-awareness.
For those whose recuperation from injury involves healing the deeper
effects of trauma Dr. Parker can, upon request, incorporate the Somatic
Experiencing® method into the Feldenkrais Sessions. She also offers
individual sessions utilizing exclusively the Somatic Experiencing®
model.
| "I feel as though I never knew what it meant to be truly at ease
until, one day after a session, I felt the most amazing joy and
acceptance. Lori is very informative; her touch alone brings
awareness.”
Debra Sussman
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