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A review by embers_of_amber
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk
challenging
informative
medium-paced
3.0
This book is a mixed bag.
On one hand, there is a ton of practical advice and information. It explains a lot (treatments, how the DSM came about, how trauma was first studied and is still studied).
Major problem though: it's written by an old white man and it reads very..biased. Inappropriate comments about patients, excusing war criminals, etc. It's also written in a more textbook like format.
The epilogue was surprisingly progressive though. Trauma is political and an epidemic.
On one hand, there is a ton of practical advice and information. It explains a lot (treatments, how the DSM came about, how trauma was first studied and is still studied).
Major problem though: it's written by an old white man and it reads very..biased. Inappropriate comments about patients, excusing war criminals, etc. It's also written in a more textbook like format.
The epilogue was surprisingly progressive though. Trauma is political and an epidemic.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Rape, and War