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Self-Help · 2014 · PG-13

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

by Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.

How trauma reshapes the brain, body, and mind — and the new treatments helping survivors reclaim their lives.

#1 New York Times bestseller “Essential reading for anyone interested in understanding and treating traumatic stress and the scope of its impact on society.” —Alexander McFarlane, Director of the Centre for Traumatic Stress Studies A pioneering researcher transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing in this New York Times bestseller Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five Americans has been molested; one in four grew up with alcoholics; one in three couples have engaged in physical violenc

For14+GenreSelf-HelpLength464 pagesRead time~13 hours

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Violence

Some

Case studies of violence and trauma throughout; war, abuse, and assault are described in clinical detail

Language

Barely any

Minimal clinical language

Sexual Content

Barely any

References to sexual trauma in clinical case studies

Substance Use

None

No substance use

Emotional Intensity

A lot

Very heavy psychological content: trauma and its aftermath is the book's entire subject

What this book is about

Bessel van der Kolk's landmark trauma psychology book is essential but intense. Case studies include severe abuse, war trauma, sexual violence, and childhood neglect. Clinical but emotionally heavy. Adult readers, especially those in trauma work.

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Trauma case studies

Sexual violence references

War trauma

Clinical but intense

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