The Body Keeps the Score

Editorial review

Drawing on three decades of clinical work and brain imaging research, the psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk explains how trauma reorganizes the nervous system and surveys the evidence-based therapies — somatic, cognitive, pharmacological, relational — that can help people recover.

Summary

Drawing on three decades of clinical work and brain imaging research, the psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk explains how trauma reorganizes the nervous system and surveys the evidence-based therapies — somatic, cognitive, pharmacological, relational — that can help people recover.

Key takeaways

• 1

  The Body Keeps the Score rewards readers who want depth as well as momentum.

• 2

  The atmosphere and prose earn a second look after the final chapter.

• 3

  A strong literary fiction discovery on Isahe.

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  Isahe highlights it for balanced, premium editorial curation.