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The Body Keeps the Score
- Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 16 hrs and 15 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Number one New York Times best seller
“Essential reading for anyone interested in understanding and treating traumatic stress and the scope of its impact on society.” (Alexander McFarlane, director of the Centre for Traumatic Stress Studies)
A pioneering researcher transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing in this New York Times best seller.
Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five Americans has been molested; one in four grew up with alcoholics; one in three couples have engaged in physical violence. Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, one of the world’s foremost experts on trauma, has spent more than three decades working with survivors. In The Body Keeps the Score, he uses recent scientific advances to show how trauma literally reshapes both body and brain, compromising sufferers’ capacities for pleasure, engagement, self-control, and trust. He explores innovative treatments - from neurofeedback and meditation to sports, drama, and yoga - that offer new paths to recovery by activating the brain’s natural neuroplasticity. Based on Dr. van der Kolk’s own research and that of other leading specialists, The Body Keeps the Score exposes the tremendous power of our relationships both to hurt and to heal - and offers new hope for reclaiming lives.
Cover image: © 2020 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Courtesy of the Archives Henri Matisse, All rights reserved.
Editorial Review
The Body Keeps the Score, a New York Times bestseller, is a captivating examination of the world of neuroscience and traumatic stress, its sometimes devastating consequences, and the innovative treatments that have proved to improve the lives of those suffering from post-traumatic stress disorders. Statistics say that most people will experience one or more traumatic events. The physical manifestations of those events will vary among trauma survivors, but the effects of stress hormones on our neurobiology are undeniable. Dr. Bessel van der Kolk is one of the leading authorities on traumatic experiences and their physical impacts on the mind and body. The Body Keeps the Score is the culmination of decades of Dr. Bessel van der Kolk’s groundbreaking research on psychological trauma treatment and the psychiatry behind trauma healing.
How traumatic experiences reshape our brains can affect self-regulation, the ability to feel happiness, and even build trusting relationships with loved ones. These effects can prove detrimental to individuals dealing with traumatic memories resulting from things like childhood trauma. This audiobook examines the innovative treatments that have shown great success in healing trauma and improving neurofeedback in the impacted parts of the brain, including various forms of physical activity and meditation and innovative psychotherapy like EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing).
The Body Keeps the Score is an essential listen for understanding trauma and the interventions you can take to carve hopeful paths to recovery. Whether you are grappling with unresolved trauma from child abuse or looking for general guidance on improving your mental health with reliable research from a world-class clinician, this is one audiobook you should add to your library.
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- Ben Anderson
- 2021-06-04
Transformative
This book patiently guided me through everything I needed to know about the mind and how early experiences affect the adult brain.
It was highly enlightening, yet not overly technical or hard to understand. Thank you to Vessel for writing such a comprehensive work.
6 people found this helpful
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- Sarah W
- 2021-04-13
Recommend 100%
This book had been an amazing benefit to my life! It really answered so many questions, some that I didn't even know to ask lol I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who suffers from PTSD and Childhood Trauma. Thank You for this book 🙏
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- MMRR
- 2021-11-27
incredibly triggering
couldn't get through it, half of the book are detailed accounts of violence and trauma
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- Naz
- 2021-10-29
Amazing book, not so amazing narration
This book deals with heavy stuff, specially if you have a trauma history. The narration is absurdly depressing. The content is already tough to stomach, so I couldn’t have really done without the funeral tone. Also, it’s “overwhelmed” not “overhelmed”.
4 people found this helpful
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- Angela Murray
- 2021-05-24
Dealing with trauma
This book is for anyone dealing with personal trauma or know of someone who is dealing with trauma. It’s a very easy to understand break down of how and why people act the way they do after a traumatic experience. It helped me to understand as a traumatized person why I do the things I do in life, but also how to overcome the traumas I’ve experienced. Beautiful book!
3 people found this helpful
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- Honey Bee Me
- 2022-01-02
Excellent read
An informative book about the affects of trauma and the connection to the body. I enjoyed learning about the many scientific approaches to reduce suffering and promote healing.
2 people found this helpful
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- Cindy McDowell
- 2021-10-18
Long and heavy
Some really interesting content but quite heavy and depressing material. I feel like the author could have described many of these findings and cases without going into extreme detail about the actual trauma the individuals experienced. I took quite a while to finish because it was so long and depressing which unfortunately obfuscated a lot of the interesting content. Narrator had a calm and soothing voice
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- Jamie
- 2021-03-08
Thorough Trauma History
Love the explanation of trauma and the historical unfolding of the understanding of the impact of trauma on us. The author was on the ground floor of the research many years ago. He is a trusted source. I also appreciate the explanation and recommendations for healing from trauma.
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- Guy Comeau
- 2023-04-07
Very enlightening, wow!
An amazing book! I wish I had known of all this 30 years ago, but better late then never! This book of filled with amazing facts based on real studies. I know myself so much better now. I don't think the book can replace a competent therapist however. It does give a few ideas on how to heal though. I started therapy a few months ago and this book is a very good complement to the therapy.
I've recommended this book to a number of friends since I've read it.
I highly recommend this book if you've felt tired, don't seem to fit in with groups, stressed, angry or just numb. If anything, the author has let me know why I've been shutdown and tired all my life, something my doctors have never been able to do, even with medication.
Good luck with your journey. :)
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- LEANNE ROBINSON
- 2022-07-25
An important and informed read
An important read for anyone who is involved with or works with folks who have experienced trauma or have experienced trauma themselves. It is a somewhat technical read but fairly easy to understand as it's written in such a way that it is accessible to most. Some of the descriptions and stories could possibly be triggering to some but I would encourage you to keep reading as there is hope and purpose in each of the personal accounts, that I found inspiring. A greater understanding of trauma, it's broader impacts on behavior and day to day functioning is vital to creating a world that can facilitate understanding, compassion and healing along with a sense of purpose, resiliency and belonging. The physical manifestation of trauma is wide spread and varied and we need to help folks find their power and healing through actions not just words and prescriptions.
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- LittleBeadsOfMercury
- 2021-04-07
Overall Worthwhile, Lingers Too Long in the Why
I found this book to be extremely well documented and quite frankly, without the exceptional narration I don’t feel I would have gained as much from the authors knowledge in trauma. If you’re a fan of Sam Harris you’ll love this narration. As to the content, as someone who is a survivor of childhood trauma, I felt the book lingered too long in the multiple case histories and ‘why’ of the traumas and missed an opportunity to provide actionable solution, tools and resources for the reader. If you’re a trauma survivor the last thing you want or need is 20 hours of dark and triggering accounts, you’re living your own trauma already. What would have been invaluable to me would have been a sense of hope and possibility for healing and again, tools and resources to help those of us highly functional but quietly suffering, a chance to take what this obviously brilliant clinician has to share and incorporate it into our own lives. Still well worth the investment.
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- Kindle Customer
- 2021-05-21
Interesting read....a little retraumatizing
This book was very interesting however I had a hard time listening to more than 15 mins at a time due to explanation of others traumatic experiences. Kind of retraumatizing if you are still in a healing state
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- Anonymous User
- 2021-04-29
Written for therapists but learned a ton
This book was a recommendation to me from a health professional. Although it was dense with research for the first 11 chapters, it was a good foundation to build on for future chapters. The narrator did a good job keeping pace and tone consistent to keep interest. I wouldn’t have made it through the book without audible. Start at Chapters 12/13 for those who want specific, evidence based interventions.
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- Shannon
- 2021-03-22
Eye opening
Wow. Never has an intro to a review been more appropriate. This book opened my mind and delivered an understanding of myself and everyone around me in a manner I had not considered before. Bottom line for me: everything matters. The body doesn’t forget anything, no matter what our brain tries to do to help us cope with life. Truly worthwhile listen for me. My gratitude to the author and his years of researching that brought this work to light.
103 people found this helpful
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- Anonymous User
- 2021-04-09
Incredible
I am close to finishing this book and I have already recommended it to everyone I know. There are no negative words which I could use to describe this book. From the writing, to the consistency, organization, level of comprehension, detailed examples/stories, knowledge and much more, this book is the most put together piece of writing that I have ever had the pleasure of reading/listening to in my life. Not only that, but the information given about Trauma has been life changing for me. This is a book I'm going to be coming back to many times.
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- C. Fairbanks
- 2021-04-16
listening to book is so different than reading it!
my book club and i decided to read this book. we all work in the homeless shelter and felt this would help us with working with some of our clients/guests. My son kidnapped my book and i decided that i would check out the audio version of the book. i love it! i am facinated by the key points that stuck out while lustening compared to reading it! I am playing with the idea of this being something i can adopt and apply with other books in the future; Reading the book and then going over it again with audio version. anyways besides that, the book is great subject matter is really thought provoking.
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- Meah
- 2021-04-09
Book is amazing
My plan is to listen several more times. So much to absorb. All great information. 👍This book is a definite keeper. Author is caring, concise, with appropriate stories to accompany technical terms. I felt as if he was speaking directly to me. Will definitely pass it onto others. Thank you Author from thw bottom of my heart.
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- Val
- 2021-05-30
Am excellent book!
This book has helped me tremendously. I was recently diagnosed with complex ptsd. After being misdiagnosed as bipolar for my entire adult life. It has been life changing.
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- Paul
- 2021-05-06
Jam packed with helpful therapies
This book helped me understand why therapies beyond CBT and meds are often more appropriate for people struggling to find their way with the effects of developmental trauma.
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- megan lysik
- 2021-08-17
Not helpful - triggering
I heard so many great things about this book and I really wanted to like it.. to me it just seems that this book is trauma p*rn. The author goes into great detail about the traumas of vets and never gives tips on how to heal it.
If this book also focused on healing the trauma and not just re-living it then it might be something worth while.
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