The Body Keeps the Score
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4.3 • 252 Ratings
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The effects of trauma can be devastating for sufferers, their families and future generations. Here one of the world's experts on traumatic stress offers a bold new paradigm for treatment, moving away from standard talking and drug therapies and towards an alternative approach that heals mind, brain and body.
'Fascinating, hard to put down, and filled with powerful case histories. . . . the most important series of breakthroughs in mental health in the last thirty years' Norman Doidge, author of The Brain that Changes Itself
'An astonishing and important book. The trauma Bible. I cannot recommend it enough for anyone struggling with...well...anything' Tara Westover, author of Educated
'Dr. van der Kolk's masterpiece combines the boundless curiosity of the scientist, the erudition of the scholar, and the passion of the truth teller' Judith Herman, author of Trauma and Recovery
©2019 Bessel van der Kolk (P)2019 Penguin Audio
Customer Reviews
Real, raw and practical!
Loved it! It gave me a deeper understanding of trauma and the ability to see it through new eyes. It should be a prescribed text for any practitioner, teachers, mental health workers and assembly line psychiatrist.
Excellent resource
I work as a mental health support worker and have found that understanding trauma better has helped me in my role
Should’ve read this years ago.
Everyone in my psych and counselling circles kept banging on about this book and in my usual way I was thinking it’s probably like everything else I have read. Yeah, nah… it’s not. This book is unique and it’s worth the time and investment. Audiobook version is read beautifully, too. Take care if you live with a lot of trauma, and especially if you’re a veteran. This book is kindly and gently written but it also doesn’t muck around describing the brutality of these things exactly as they are experienced by so many of us. Essential reading for the psychology and counselling student/professional, and a high value read for the individual seeking a deeper understanding of themselves and/or loved ones.