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Michelle asked this question about The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma:
does anyone have a list of book club discussion questions that can be used to discuss this book?
Megan Galloway Hi, Michelle! The Body Keeps the Score appears most useful to two separate groups of people, doctors and abuse/trauma survivors. This makes a list of …moreHi, Michelle! The Body Keeps the Score appears most useful to two separate groups of people, doctors and abuse/trauma survivors. This makes a list of discussion questions difficult to create, without understanding to which audience - or a completely different group of people - the book club is focused. Topics range from the long-term physical effects on the brain from abuse and trauma, through case studies of trauma survivors who have been misdiagnosed, given strong medications, and not really given any tools those survivors could use to release the torments, night terrors, and other emotional, psychological, and spiritual damages caused by the trauma. Oops, I see that your request was 7 months ago, but I just joined Goodreads today and I wanted you to have some response to your question. Hope you were able to develop the list you needed for the book club discussion. Blessings, Megan Erin Galloway(less)
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Catherine Theriault I would add teachers to the list of whom this book may be more useful. In fact, it's a must read for special education teachers, and I would have bene ...more
Apr 04, 2019 07:15AM
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by Bessel van der Kolk
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