The Body Keeps the Score

Bessel van der Kolk (author) 

Van der Kolk's masterpiece combines the boundless curiosity of the scientist, the erudition of the scholar, and the passion of the truth teller' Judith Herman, author of Trauma and Recovery The effects of trauma can be devastating for sufferers, their families and future generations. Here one of the world's experts on traumatic stress offers a bold new paradigm for treatment, moving away from standard talking and drug therapies and towards an alternative approach that heals mind, brain and body.

Dr Bessel van der Kolk is one of the world's foremost experts on traumatic stress. He is the founder and medical director of the Trauma Center in Boston, USA, and the director of the Complex Trauma Treatment Network. A past professor of psychiatry at Boston University Medical School, Dr van der Kolk is the author of several scholarly books and over a hundred scientific articles.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin
Publication date ‏ : ‎ 24 Sept. 2015
Print length ‏ : ‎ 560 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9780141978611
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 387 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.8 x 2.6 x 19.7 cm