Workbook for The Body Keeps The Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk M.D.: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma - Softcover

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Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798412136196

Publisher: Independently published, 2022

Synopsis

Note to Readers:
This is an unofficial Workbook for Bessel Van Der Kolk's "The Body Keeps the Score" designed to enrich your reading experience

Workbook for The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk

Award winning psychiatrist professor of psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine and President of the Trauma Research Foundation asks the question: How will 21st century psychiatry deal with widespread trauma in the United States?

The Body Keeps the Score follows the history and development of trauma diagnosis and treatment and the journey of Van Der Kolk from his early work with Vietnam veterans suffering from PTSD to the frontier of current trauma treatment and therapy

In this Workbook for The Body Keeps the Score, we've looked at some of the ideas and debates that have influenced the field of trauma treatment and offered the reader a chance to engage with the issues raised. We've utilized multiple learning styles with detailed summaries, lessons, and goals, plus bulleted checklists and action plans to help readers digest and comprehend the ideas expanded on in the book.

Throughout the book you will find:

Summaries
These summaries are concise overviews of each chapter, drawing key themes and learning outcomes. Within them you’ll discover:

• The key issues that have faced Bessel Van Der Kolk and the field of PTSD treatment


• Insights suggested by Bessel Van Der Kolk into how trauma develops.


• Explanations - the leading treatments currently applied to trauma, along with those in development.

Lessons
Activities based on some of the key ideas and approaches put forward by Bessel Van Der Kolk that zone in on personal attitudes towards trauma.

• Stocktaking lessons that allow the reader to look at their own beliefs and ideas about trauma


• Points of reflection that can be raised with trusted friend and with medical professionals that address the issues of trauma.


• Opportunities for discussion on what might be most beneficial when it comes to treatment.

Goals
A brief dissection of the main idea of each chapter:

• A concise overview of the main ideas Van Der Kolk is keen to get across.


• Important features and context for the chapters.

Checklists
These bullet-pointed lists include:

• Breakdowns of what we can learn from aspects of trauma diagnosis.


• Plans and strategies for the wider public when considering the issue of traumatic memory

Action Plan
This is a chance for the reader to build their own personal ideas to engage with as they navigate the realms of memory and abuse. Ideas include:

• Suggestions and ideas for how the reader might respond to those who experience abuse.


• Long-term plans for the individual on how they can address painful memories in their own lives.


• Questions one should ask when grappling with seemingly unresolvable personal issues.

If you want some understanding of how the field of trauma research and treatment have evolved and get to grips with how it is likely to develop in the future, then click buy now and find out how therapy, body awareness and community will help to end the epidemic of trauma.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798412136196
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 78