The body keeps the score : brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma /
Van der kolk, Bessel, 1943-
The body keeps the score : brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma / Bessel A. Van der Kolk. - New York (New York) : Penguin Books, 2015 - XVI, 445 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Contenidos : Parte I: The Rediscovery of Trauma
Lessons from Vietnam Veterans
Revolutions in Understanding Mind and Brain
Looking into the Brain: The Neuroscience Revolution
Parte II: This Is Your Brain on Trauma
Running for Your Life: The Anatomy of Survival
Body-Brain Connections
Losing Your Body, Losing Your Self
Parte III: The Minds of Children
Getting on the Same Wavelength: Attachment and Attunement
Trapped in Relationships: The Cost of Abuse and Neglect
What’s Love Got to Do with It?
Developmental Trauma: The Hidden Epidemic
Parte IV: The Imprint of Trauma
Uncovering Secrets: The Problem of Traumatic Memory
The Unbearable Heaviness of Remembering
Parte V: Paths to Recovery
Healing from Trauma: Owning Your Self
Language: Miracle and Tyranny
Letting Go of the Past: EMDR
Learning to Inhabit Your Body: Yoga
Putting the Pieces Together: Self-Leadership
Filling in the Holes: Creating Structures
Rewiring the Brain: Neurofeedback
Finding Your Voice: Communal Rhythms and Theater
Bessel van der Kolk explains how trauma reshapes both the mind and the body, not just memory or emotions. The central idea is that traumatic experiences—such as abuse, violence, neglect, or war—can disrupt the brain’s stress systems and leave lasting effects on physical and psychological functioning.
The book shows how trauma affects areas of the brain involved in fear, memory, and self-regulation, often leading to symptoms like hypervigilance, emotional numbness, dissociation, anxiety, and difficulty in relationships. Van der Kolk emphasizes that trauma is often stored in bodily sensations and automatic responses, not just conscious memory.
A major focus is on recovery. The author critiques traditional talk therapy alone and highlights body-based and integrative treatments, including:
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Yoga and mindfulness practices
Neurofeedback
Theater and group-based therapies
Safe, supportive relationships
Overall, the book argues that healing from trauma requires restoring a sense of safety in both the mind and body, helping people reconnect with themselves and others in a regulated, embodied way.
9780143127741
/ V217b 2015
The body keeps the score : brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma / Bessel A. Van der Kolk. - New York (New York) : Penguin Books, 2015 - XVI, 445 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Contenidos : Parte I: The Rediscovery of Trauma
Lessons from Vietnam Veterans
Revolutions in Understanding Mind and Brain
Looking into the Brain: The Neuroscience Revolution
Parte II: This Is Your Brain on Trauma
Running for Your Life: The Anatomy of Survival
Body-Brain Connections
Losing Your Body, Losing Your Self
Parte III: The Minds of Children
Getting on the Same Wavelength: Attachment and Attunement
Trapped in Relationships: The Cost of Abuse and Neglect
What’s Love Got to Do with It?
Developmental Trauma: The Hidden Epidemic
Parte IV: The Imprint of Trauma
Uncovering Secrets: The Problem of Traumatic Memory
The Unbearable Heaviness of Remembering
Parte V: Paths to Recovery
Healing from Trauma: Owning Your Self
Language: Miracle and Tyranny
Letting Go of the Past: EMDR
Learning to Inhabit Your Body: Yoga
Putting the Pieces Together: Self-Leadership
Filling in the Holes: Creating Structures
Rewiring the Brain: Neurofeedback
Finding Your Voice: Communal Rhythms and Theater
Bessel van der Kolk explains how trauma reshapes both the mind and the body, not just memory or emotions. The central idea is that traumatic experiences—such as abuse, violence, neglect, or war—can disrupt the brain’s stress systems and leave lasting effects on physical and psychological functioning.
The book shows how trauma affects areas of the brain involved in fear, memory, and self-regulation, often leading to symptoms like hypervigilance, emotional numbness, dissociation, anxiety, and difficulty in relationships. Van der Kolk emphasizes that trauma is often stored in bodily sensations and automatic responses, not just conscious memory.
A major focus is on recovery. The author critiques traditional talk therapy alone and highlights body-based and integrative treatments, including:
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Yoga and mindfulness practices
Neurofeedback
Theater and group-based therapies
Safe, supportive relationships
Overall, the book argues that healing from trauma requires restoring a sense of safety in both the mind and body, helping people reconnect with themselves and others in a regulated, embodied way.
9780143127741
/ V217b 2015