The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel Van Der Kolk
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'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
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
The Body Keeps Score has sold over 3 million copies since publication [Circana BookScan, April 2024]
Sunday Times (UK) and New York Times (USA) bestseller, March 2024
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Reviews for The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Tara Westover 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 A gripping bestseller about where trauma goes, and its disastrous effects on both individuals and societies. Deeply interesting.
The Times
Nobody can stop talking about this book right now . . . you might want to listen
Maddie Bender
Men's Health
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, M.D., author of Trauma and Recovery Everyone should read this book
Nigella Lawson A seminal book that outlines the author's pioneering work
Thea Jane May
Vogue
Draws on 30 years of experience to argue powerfully that trauma is one of the West's most urgent public health issues... Packed with science and human stories ... van der Kolk has a lot to say, and the struggle and resilience of his patients is very moving
New Scientist
Fundamental in understanding how our physical self is connected to all the things we go through and beyond
Gemma Cairney A masterpiece of powerful understanding and brave heartedness, one of the most intelligent and helpful works on trauma I have ever read. . . a brilliant synthesis of clinical cases, neuroscience, powerful tools and caring humanity, offering a whole new level of healing
Jack Kornfied, author of A Path With Heart