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The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk
Non-Fiction
The Body Keeps the Score
by Bessel van der Kolk
—· 520 p· 2014
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Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five Americans has been molested; one in four grew up with alcoholics; one in three couples have engaged in physical violence. Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, one of the world’s foremost experts on trauma, has spent over three decades working with survivors. In _The Body Keeps the Score_, he uses recent scientific advances to show how trauma literally reshapes both body and brain, compromising suffer…
Pages
520
Pardes Publishing
Linguistic complexity
2/5
Straightforward
Thematic complexity
3/5
Layered
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Reader feel
Emotional depth
9
Practical Applicability
9
Narration
8
Clinical Rigor
8
Prose
6
Pacing
6
Worldbuilding
2
Plot twists
1
My journey
My experience
private
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Unread
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DNF
Finished
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The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk
Non-Fiction
The Body Keeps the Score
by Bessel van der Kolk
— · —· 520 pages· 2014
hauntingreflectivedarkhopeful
Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five Americans has been molested; one in four grew up with alcoholics; one in three couples have engaged in physical violence. Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, one of the world’s foremost experts on trauma, has spent over three decades working with survivors. In _The Body Keeps the Score_, he uses recent scientific advances to show how trauma literally reshapes both body and brain, compromising suffer…