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The Body Keeps the Score

Bessel van der Kolk

Publish date
2014
Publisher
eleftherua S.L
Description
The book examines the psychological and physiological effects of trauma on the human brain and body. Drawing on neuroscience and clinical case studies, it details how traumatic experiences alter emotional regulation, memory, and physical health. It also surveys various therapeutic approaches for recovery, including neurofeedback, EMDR, and body-oriented treatments.

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    Antonio Damasio

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    Details how bodily sensations and somatic markers constitute the foundation of emotional experience and consciousness.

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  2. Internal Family Systems Therapy

    Richard C. Schwartz

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    Presents the parts-work therapeutic model used extensively in the book's treatment section.

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  3. Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma

    Peter A. Levine

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    Informs the understanding of animal freeze responses and somatic approaches to resolving trauma.

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  4. Attachment and Loss

    John Bowlby

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    Establishes attachment theory as central to understanding relational safety and developmental trauma.

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    Judith Herman

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    Provides foundational historical and clinical frameworks for understanding psychological trauma and PTSD.

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    Stephen Porges

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    Explains the neurobiology of the social engagement system and physiological states of threat.

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  7. Ghosts from the Nursery

    Robin Karr-Morse and Meredith S. Wiley

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    Highlights how prenatal stress and early abuse biochemically prime young brains toward violence.

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  8. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

    Francine Shapiro

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    Documented as an effective intervention for reprocessing traumatic memories without verbal narration.

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  9. The Principles of Psychology

    William James

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    Cited for early insights connecting emotional processing directly to bodily sensation.

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  10. In Search of Memory

    Eric Kandel

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    Provides the cellular and neuroscience foundation for understanding how memories are formed and altered.

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  11. Affect Regulation and the Origin of the Self

    Allan N. Schore

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    Provides neurobiological backing for right-brain development through early infant-caregiver attunement.

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  12. The Master and His Emissary

    Iain McGilchrist

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    Referenced regarding hemispheric specialization and the right brain's role in holistic emotional processing.

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