The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma is a groundbreaking book by Bessel van der Kolk, a psychiatrist and leading expert on trauma. The book explores how trauma reshapes both body and brain, compromising sufferers' capacities for pleasure, engagement, self-control, and trust. It delves into various therapeutic approaches for healing trauma, emphasizing the importance of physical and somatic therapies alongside traditional talking therapies.
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""Dr. Tara Swart directly references Bessel van der Kolk and his book "The Body Keeps the Score" when discussing how trauma can be stored in the body and the limitations of talking therapy for such trauma, highlighting its relevance to her own healing journey."