The Body Keeps the Score
How stress and trauma live in the body, and the many paths to healing.
Biography
Bessel van der Kolk is a Dutch-born psychiatrist who has spent decades researching trauma. The Body Keeps the Score (2014) became a long-running bestseller.
Main ideas and philosophy
Van der Kolk argues that trauma affects body and brain, and that recovery may involve body-based approaches alongside talk therapy.
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