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.
Dr Bessel van der Kolk is one of the world's foremost experts on traumatic stress. He is the founder and medical director of the Trauma Center in Boston, USA, and the director of the Complex Trauma Treatment Network. A past professor of psychiatry at Boston University Medical School, Dr van der Kolk is the author of several scholarly books and over a hundred scientific articles.
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
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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 -- William Leith, 'Books of the Year' * Evening Standard
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Everyone should read this book
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