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The Body Keeps the Score

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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - OVER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD

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, author of Educated

'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

©2019 Bessel van der Kolk (P)2019 Penguin Audio

Critics Review

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
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
A seminal book that outlines the author's pioneering work
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
A gripping bestseller about where trauma goes, and its disastrous effects on both individuals and societies. Deeply interesting.
Times
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
Incredible
Evening Standard
Everyone should read this book

User Reviews

Book 4.6
Narration 4.8
Author Bessel van der Kolk
Narrator Sean Pratt
Duration 16 hours and 16 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9780141992648
Format Audiobook
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Genre Coping with / advice about PTSD and other psychological traumas, Popular psychology, Psychiatry, Trauma and shock
Collections #BookTok
Availability AU, GB, IE
Rating
4.6 (5 reviews)
Narration
4.8 (5 reviews)

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