In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness
Peter A. Levine PhDamazon.com
In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness
Trauma and Memory: Brain and Body in a Search for the Living Past: A Practical Guide for Understanding and Working with Traumatic Memory
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The Body Keeps the Score: Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk • 1 highlight
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One of the most devastating effects of trauma is that people’s biology changes into a biology of threat; this is expressed on multiple levels, in stress hormones, immunology and what the brain selects to pay attention to. The intrinsic reward system changes, as do “attractors”—what turns you on or leaves you cold. As a consequence, traumatized peop... See more
Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D. • The Body Keeps The Score
This means helping them to respond appropriately to danger but, even more, to recover the capacity to experience safety, relaxation, and true reciprocity.
Bessel van der Kolk • The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
