
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 8,943 Words
- Contents 578 Words
- Prologue: Facing Trauma 5,652 Words
- Chapter 1: Lessons from Vietnam Veterans 5,267 Words
- Chapter 2: Revolutions in Understanding Mind and Brain 4,795 Words
- Chapter 3: Looking into the Brain: The Neuroscience Revolution 5,435 Words
- Chapter 4: Running for Your Life: The Anatomy of Survival 5,327 Words
- Chapter 5: Body-Brain Connections 5,126 Words
- Chapter 6: Losing Your Body, Losing Your Self 5,102 Words
- Chapter 7: Getting on the Same Wavelength: Attachment and Attunement 6,691 Words
- Chapter 8: Trapped in Relationships: The Cost of Abuse and Neglect 4,773 Words
- Chapter 9: What’s Love Got To Do With It? 6,715 Words
- Chapter 10: Developmental Trauma: The Hidden Epidemic 7,719 Words
- Chapter 11: Uncovering Secrets: The Problem of Traumatic Memory 4,156 Words
- Chapter 12: The Unbearable Heaviness of Remembering 4,232 Words
- Chapter 13: Healing from Trauma: Owning Your Self 6,661 Words
- Chapter 14: Language: Miracle and Tyranny 4,312 Words
- Chapter 15: Letting Go of the Past: EMDR 3,882 Words
- Chapter 16: Learning to Inhabit your Body: Yoga 4,499 Words
- Chapter 17: Putting the Pieces Together: Self-Leadership 4,488 Words
- Chapter 18: Filling in the Holes: Creating Structures 5,150 Words
- Chapter 19: Rewiring the Brain: Neurofeedback 6,057 Words
- Chapter 20: Finding Your Voice: Communal Rhythms and Theater 6,020 Words
- APPENDIX: CONSENSUS PROPOSED CRITERIA FOR DEVELOPMENTAL TRAUMA DISORDER 5,242 Words
- EPILOGUE: CHOICES TO BE MADE 24,313 Words
- FURTHER READING 5,357 Words
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 4,083 Words
- NOTES 155,482 Words
- INDEX 46,299 Words