The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk is a groundbreaking book that explores the deep connection between trauma, the brain, and the body. Drawing on years of research and clinical experience, van der Kolk shows how trauma reshapes both mind and body, and offers transformative insights into healing through therapies like mindfulness, yoga, and neurofeedback. A must-read for anyone seeking to understand trauma and its effects, this book is both informative and deeply compassionate.
- Praise for The Body Keeps the Score 9,560 Words
- CONTENTS 1,120 Words
- PROLOGUE: FACING TRAUMA 7,106 Words
- 1. LESSONS FROM VIETNAM VETERANS 37,862 Words
- 2. REVOLUTIONS IN UNDERSTANDING MIND AND BRAIN 42,307 Words
- 3. LOOKING INTO THE BRAIN: THE NEUROSCIENCE REVOLUTION 19,623 Words
- 4. RUNNING FOR YOUR LIFE: THE ANATOMY OF SURVIVAL 48,762 Words
- 5. BODY-BRAIN CONNECTIONS 29,214 Words
- 6. LOSING YOUR BODY, LOSING YOUR SELF 38,879 Words
- 7. GETTING ON THE SAME WAVELENGTH: ATTACHMENT AND ATTUNEMENT 44,560 Words
- 8. TRAPPED IN RELATIONSHIPS: THE COST OF ABUSE AND NEGLECT 29,634 Words
- 9. WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT? 31,947 Words
- 10. DEVELOPMENTAL TRAUMA: THE HIDDEN EPIDEMIC 50,464 Words
- 11. UNCOVERING SECRETS: THE PROBLEM OF TRAUMATIC MEMORY 31,138 Words
- 12. THE UNBEARABLE HEAVINESS OF REMEMBERING 39,851 Words
- 13. HEALING FROM TRAUMA: OWNING YOUR SELF 67,198 Words
- 14. LANGUAGE: MIRACLE AND TYRANNY 41,886 Words
- 15. LETTING GO OF THE PAST: EMDR 36,896 Words
- 16. LEARNING TO INHABIT YOUR BODY: YOGA 31,035 Words
- 17. PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER: SELF-LEADERSHIP 48,662 Words
- 18. FILLING IN THE HOLES: CREATING STRUCTURES 33,236 Words
- 19. REWIRING THE BRAIN: NEUROFEEDBACK 50,173 Words
- 20. FINDING YOUR VOICE: COMMUNAL RHYTHMS AND THEATER 41,495 Words
- APPENDIX: CONSENSUS PROPOSED CRITERIA FOR DEVELOPMENTAL TRAUMA DISORDER 5,810 Words
- EPILOGUE: CHOICES TO BE MADE 24,971 Words
- FURTHER READING 5,914 Words
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 4,627 Words
- NOTES 155,482 Words
- INDEX 46,299 Words