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timverbergt's review
3.0
2,5/5
Very interesting concept and way of thinking about this problem. What really bombs this book is the tendency of extreme repetition. The general thesis of this book is repeated over and over again without any real new contributions. When it (finally) arrives at the treatment part of the book, the author loses his clear style of writing and seems to not be able to give a comprehensive description and step by step plan of how to treat trauma. I'm not suggesting he would be able to formulate a treatment plan that would work for everyone, but even the basic steps and methods are vague and unclear.
Somatic experiencing has merit, but you're better of learning it from another source than this book. Which is a shame, because the author invented it.
Very interesting concept and way of thinking about this problem. What really bombs this book is the tendency of extreme repetition. The general thesis of this book is repeated over and over again without any real new contributions. When it (finally) arrives at the treatment part of the book, the author loses his clear style of writing and seems to not be able to give a comprehensive description and step by step plan of how to treat trauma. I'm not suggesting he would be able to formulate a treatment plan that would work for everyone, but even the basic steps and methods are vague and unclear.
Somatic experiencing has merit, but you're better of learning it from another source than this book. Which is a shame, because the author invented it.
hoguelikewoah's review
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.5
The majority of what I’ve read over the last year and a half have been works focused on educating about and healing from all things trauma. Everything that I’ve read has some connection to this book because its authorship was in the early 90s. Because of that, Levine speaks to triune brain model, whereas, contemporary, mental health professionals tend to acknowledge, working with the whole person and the biopsychosocial model. He touches on this somewhat with somatic experiencing. This is a fundamental read to gain some foundations and understanding how trauma impacts a person‘s daily living activities. The insight gained from this have been useful and improving therapy delivery outcomes and personal psychoeducation that can be used to heal and move forward from past hurts.
nmajeau's review against another edition
4.0
I’ve read this before as a book as opposed to an audiobook. The audiobook voice is insufferable unfortunately. This book is focused mostly on single event trauma as opposed to complex or in a situation where there wasn’t a single event or multiple events that made something traumatic. I thought of more personal insights upon a second read and I love the concepts, but there’s still something missing for me.
foxlyn_wren's review
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
beccalove's review
1.5
Extremely outdated and problematic. Oversimplifying trauma and the treatment of it wreaks of the decades old ways to approach and then minimize the long term impacts of trauma.
endpaper's review
4.0
4.5 stars for the book itself, but very difficult to enjoy due to psychic vampire narration.