The Body Keeps the Score

The Body Keeps the Score reveals how trauma reshapes the brain and body, impairs well-being, and explores treatments that activate healing through neuroplasticity and connection. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma - Paperback  Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five Americans has been molested; one in four grew up with alcoholics; one in three couples have engaged in physical violence. Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, one of the world’s foremost experts on trauma, has spent over three decades working with survivors. In The Body Keeps the Score, he uses recent scientific advances to show how trauma literally reshapes both body and brain, compromising sufferers’ capacities for pleasure, engagement, self-control, and trust. He explores innovative treatments—from neurofeedback and meditation to sports, drama, and yoga—that offer new paths to recovery by activating the brain’s natural neuropl