The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Body</strong> <strong>Keeps</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Score</strong>: <strong>Bra<strong>in</strong></strong>, <strong>M<strong>in</strong>d</strong>, <strong>and</strong> <strong>Body</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Heal<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> <strong>Trauma</strong> (Bessel Van Der Kolk) What causes people to cont<strong>in</strong>ually relive what <strong>the</strong>y most want to forget, <strong>and</strong> what treatments could help restore <strong>the</strong>m to a life with purpose <strong>and</strong> joy? Here, Dr Bessel van der Kolk <strong>of</strong>fers a new paradigm for effectively treat<strong>in</strong>g traumatic stress. Nei<strong>the</strong>r talk<strong>in</strong>g nor drug <strong>the</strong>rapies have proven entirely satisfactory. With stories <strong>of</strong> his own work <strong>and</strong> those <strong>of</strong> specialists around <strong>the</strong> globe, <strong>The</strong> <strong>Body</strong> <strong>Keeps</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Score</strong> sheds new light on <strong>the</strong> routes away from trauma - which lie <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> regulation <strong>and</strong> sync<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> body <strong>and</strong> m<strong>in</strong>d, us<strong>in</strong>g sport, drama, yoga, m<strong>in</strong>dfulness, meditation <strong>and</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r routes to equilibrium.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Body</strong> <strong>Keeps</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Score</strong>: <strong>Bra<strong>in</strong></strong>,<br />
<strong>M<strong>in</strong>d</strong>, <strong>and</strong> <strong>Body</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Heal<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Trauma</strong>