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SOS Internationale: Personal, Professional, Political, Planetary

SOS INTERNATIONALE’s mission is to educate professional healthcare providers and lay people to identify, understand, prevent and resolve traumatic stress.

Trauma underlies the vast majority of our personal and societal ailments : physical, emotional, psychological and relational. Unresolved trauma is the root cause of intense personal distress, abuse, torture, and war.

Themes of atrocity and horror, revenge and justice, and man’s inhumanity to man have been central concerns recorded in the blood of history. The ancient Greeks named it “τραύμα” or trauma. It means a wound, a severance or disconnection and it does so, creating a profound disruption in our relationship to ourselves and our loved ones, to each other, our societies and our world.

We are committed to ending this escalating cycle of horror. SOSI offers short trainings for the general public and specialized providers, and longer trainings for professional caregivers. It also offers individual sessions for the reduction of traumatic symptoms and clinical consultations for healthcare workers.

SOSI organizes Peter Levine’s (“Waking the Tiger”) three-year Somatic Experiencing (SE) ® trainings for healthcare professionals in England and France. These trainings provide an understanding of the biological origin of traumatic stress and its symptoms, and practical tools for resolution.

SOSI also offers ongoing short-term workshops in specific trauma-related topics, as well as basic and individually tailored trainings for non-healthcare professionals working in high-stress and critical situations.

SOSI courses are approved and recommended by the British Holistic Medical Association and entitled to bear their logo:

British Holistic Medical Association

 

 

#Giselle Genillard

Genillard, founder and director of “SOS INTERNATIONALE”, is a Licensed Midwife,a member of the European Association of Body Psychotherapy (EABP), a Somatic Experienced (SE) ® Practitioner, a member of the International Association of Structural Integrators, and a Touch-in-Parenting Instructor.

She combines her training as a somatic therapist with the art of midwifery, the core principles of Somatic Experiencing (SE) ®, and her widespread cross-cultural experiences. She works internationally, is multilingual, and was a member of trauma outreach teams in South-East India post-tsunami, New Orleans post-Katrina and post-colonial South Africa post-independence. Giselle brought Peter Levine’s (“Waking the Tiger”) SE trainings to England and France where she teaches workshops related to traumatic stress. Giselle specializes in working with PTSD in early childhood disorders, adolescents, combat and high-stress situations, and international disasters.

In the early 80's, Giselle became deeply involved with the politics of childbirth and the work of Michel Odent, who became her midwife and mentor. Giselle sought to extend her intimate knowledge of physical healing to a comprehensive and holistic approach to psychological healing. Giselle’s life path has given her direct experience of the physical, emotional, social and political devastations of trauma, and an affirmed commitment to prevent its further proliferation. Her work is focused on bringing forth the transformation that can emerge when trauma is resolved, and the myriad associated benefits to self, society, and the world at large.

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