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Book

The body keeps the score : brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma

Call Number

  • 616.8521 V2283 (CEN, EAS)

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Publication Information

New York, New York : Viking, 2014.

Physical Description

xvi, 443 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Contents

  • Lessons from Vietnam veterans
  • Revolutions in understanding mind and brain
  • Looking into the brain : the neuroscience revolution
  • Running for your life : the anatomy of survival
  • Body-brain connections
  • Losing your body, losing your self
  • Getting on the same wavelength : attachment and attunement
  • Trapped in relationships : the cost of abuse and neglect
  • What's love got to do with it?
  • Developmental trauma : the hidden epidemic
  • Uncovering secrets : the problem of traumatic memory
  • The unbearable heaviness of remembering
  • Healing from trauma : owning your self
  • Language : miracle and tyranny
  • Letting go of the past: EMDR
  • Learning to inhabit your body : yoga
  • Putting the pieces together : self-leadership
  • Filling in the holes : creating structures
  • Rewiring the brain : neurofeedback
  • Finding your voice : communal rhythms and theater
  • Epilogue : trauma and society.

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