The Body Keeps the Score - Bessel van der Kolk

The Body Keeps the Score is the inspiring story of how a group of therapists and scientists— together with their courageous and memorable patients—have struggled to integrate recent advances in brain science, attachment research, and body awareness into treatments that can free trauma survivors from the tyranny of the past.

Drawing on more than thirty years at the forefront of research and clinical practice, Bessel van der Kolk shows how the terror and isolation at the core of trauma can literally reshape both brain and body. Readers will come away from this book with awe at human resilience and at the power of our relationships—whether in the intimacy of home or in our wider communities—to both hurt and heal.