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Benjamin asked this question about The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma:
Hi is someone able to tell me if this is a self help book or more academic? Im looking for something to read to address some of my own life but not really an academic opinion. Rather something i can practically apply to my life. Any advice appreciated
Pamela O From what I have read so far, it is more academic history. It's a story of how the author and other contemporaries developed theories surrounding trau…moreFrom what I have read so far, it is more academic history. It's a story of how the author and other contemporaries developed theories surrounding trauma and ways to support people who have experienced it. I feel it's good in that you learn A LOT about trauma and what research has found without having to go into academic journals. Yet it's not a classic self-help book. As a therapist, it has really helped me to conceptualize what is happening with some of my clients. (less)
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The Body Keeps the Score
by Bessel van der Kolk
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