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Kroppen håller räkningen : Hjärna, sinne och kropp vid läkning efter psykiskt trauma

Bessel van der Kolk

4.27 AVERAGE

mrsjules's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

eleyezeeaye's review against another edition

4.0

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if you haven’t been in touch with your therapist in a little while maybe call them up

erin_esq's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional informative slow-paced

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it didn’t focus on what I thought it would, but it was still very informative

fmburnside's review against another edition

5.0

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Quite literally life changing. This should be a part of every child development or social work class. Or really every area in which you deal with people.

sbaillif's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

fizzy_s's review against another edition

4.5

emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

gary_cochrane's review against another edition

4.5

challenging inspiring reflective medium-paced

grace_ella27's review against another edition

1.0

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I’m very conflicted in how I feel about this book. On one hand, it provides a valuable insight into the profound effects of trauma, and the various methods that can be employed to address these. On the other hand, I found the tone of writing at times incredibly distasteful. Among these:

i. The author referring to the physical appearance of his female patients (e.g. ‘gorgeous’), despite this having absolutely no relevance to his point

ii. Infantilisation of patients - I hated the use of the term ‘temper tantrums’ throughout

iii. The inclusion of very explicit details of patient traumas, which did little to aid the explanations. This is especially pertinent given that one of the main target audiences of this book is trauma survivors themselves, who may find listening to these details particularly distressing.

Overall, while I have learnt a lot from this book, I would recommend that others wishing to learn about trauma seek an alternative to this book.

michaelpcooper's review against another edition

3.75

informative medium-paced

mizu_'s review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH

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Heard some problematic things about the author and want to seek out better options for understanding C-PTSD