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toreadistovoyage 's review for:
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
by Bessel van der Kolk
challenging
informative
Informative about trauma and its impact on the body, but at times repetitive. Clearly written by an expert in the field as it regularly read like a textbook. That being said, it was interesting to read about a psychiatrist whose first response is not to medicate but rather to help traumatized people to truly work towards healing in a variety of ways. It does lean heavily into PTSD, but does discuss other types of trauma.