The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma - Bessel van der Kolk

Traumasporen in lichaam, brein en geest is the Dutch pocket edition of the globally acclaimed standard work The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk. Almost three million copies of his book have been sold worldwide – and that is no coincidence. This book changes the way you look at trauma, at yourself, and at others. Do you want to buy Traumasporen? This essential book is already waiting for you.

Trauma radically changes your life. Domestic violence, abuse, neglect, accidents, war crimes – the consequences are profound and often misunderstood. Bessel van der Kolk, one of the world's leading trauma experts and professor of psychiatry at Boston University, explains why traumatized people are repeatedly tormented by fear, numbness, and uncontrollable rage. He shows how trauma negatively affects the ability to concentrate, remember, form trusting relationships, and feel at home in one's own body.

Based on almost forty years of clinical experience and scientific research, Van der Kolk describes how therapists and scientists – together with their courageous patients – have found new paths to recovery. Insights from neuroscience, attachment research, and body awareness are brought together into treatments that can free traumatized people from the tyranny of the past.

About the author
Bessel van der Kolk is a psychiatrist, researcher, and founder of the Trauma Center in Boston. He has almost forty years of experience working with traumatized people and is considered one of the most influential voices in the field of trauma and recovery worldwide.

ISBN: 9789463160827
Format: Paperback pocket, 576 pages
Publisher: Uitgeverij Mens!
Publication date: September 19, 2022
Author: Bessel van der Kolk
Translation: Jolanda Treffers
Original title: The Body Keeps the Score