A review by stephaniemeyers
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk

dark emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

If you’re looking to learn a lot of trauma and therapy, this is a great book. It can be pretty upsetting though, given that most chapters feature 1-2 case stories about horrifyingly traumatic events. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Medical trauma, Murder, Car accident, Death of parent, Incest, Abandonment, Torture, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Pedophilia, Rape, and Self harm