Review by CHRISTINE T SULEK
This book is a lovely and readable guide to how trauma and stress affects us physically, and how to work to overcome it. Despite being a weighty subject matter, the writing is smooth and digestible by non-academics.
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| Title Statement | The body keeps the score: brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma / Bessel A. van der Kolk, M. D. |
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| Author | Van der Kolk, Bessel A., 1943- |
| Publication | New York: Viking,2014. |
| Extent of Item | 443 pages |
| ISBN | 9780670785933 (hardcover) |
| Other Number | pr00978649 |
| Contents | Lessons from Vietnam veterans --Revolutions in understanding mind and brain --Looking into the brain : the neuroscience revolution --Running for your life : the anatomy of survival --Body-brain connections --Losing your body, losing your self --Getting on the same wavelength : attachment and attunement --Trapped in relationships : the cost of abuse and neglect --What's love got to do with it? --Developmental trauma : the hidden epidemic --Uncovering secrets : the problem of traumatic memory --The unbearable heaviness of remembering --Healing from trauma : owning your self --Language : miracle and tyranny --Letting go of the past: EMDR --Learning to inhabit your body : yoga --Putting the pieces together : self-leadership --Filling in the holes : creating structures --Rewiring the brain : neurofeedback --Finding your voice : communal rhythms and theater --Epilogue : trauma and society. |
| Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| By Topic | Post-traumatic stress disorder--Physiological aspects |
