FEAR EMBODIED Brain, Mind, and Body in Trauma Therapy

Bessel van der Kolk's book is a unique work. It is a compendium of contemporary knowledge on trauma, while also being a deeply personal, passionate story about finding ways to help people suffering from traumatic experiences. The author – a distinguished psychiatrist, researcher, and clinician – invites us to understand trauma and discover further methods for liberating ourselves from its grip. We trace the complexities of diagnosis and neuroscientific discoveries. We examine therapy sessions and research. Despite the harrowing stories it touches on, the book leaves a deeply humanistic, optimistic message: no matter how cruel life throws us, we can mobilize our strength not only to survive but also to heal from the effects of overwhelming experiences. His openness to scientific achievements and the truth of experience, as well as his profound social commitment, make his work cognitively fascinating and exceptionally useful for therapeutic practice.
 
 
 A book for professionals working with trauma, for those of us who have experienced it in our own lives, and for all those who want to understand other people.