The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

PART ONE: THE REDISCOVERY OF TRAUMA

Chapter 1. LESSONS FROM VIETNAM VETERANS

Chapter 2. REVOLUTIONS IN UNDERSTANDING MIND AND BRAIN

Chapter 3. LOOKING INTO THE BRAIN: THE NEUROSCIENCE REVOLUTION

PART TWO: THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON TRAUMA

Chapter 4. RUNNING FOR YOUR LIFE: THE ANATOMY OF SURVIVAL

Chapter 5. BODY-BRAIN CONNECTIONS

Chapter 6. LOSING YOUR BODY, LOSING YOUR SELF

PART THREE: THE MINDS OF CHILDREN

Chapter 7. GETTING ON THE SAME WAVELENGTH: ATTACHMENT AND ATTUNEMENT

Chapter 8. TRAPPED IN RELATIONSHIPS: THE COST OF ABUSE AND NEGLECT

Chapter 9. WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?

Chapter 10. DEVELOPMENTAL TRAUMA: THE HIDDEN EPIDEMIC

PART FOUR: THE IMPRINT OF TRAUMA

Chapter 11. UNCOVERING SECRETS: THE PROBLEM OF TRAUMATIC MEMORY

Chapter 12. THE UNBEARABLE HEAVINESS OF REMEMBERING

PART FIVE: PATHS TO RECOVERY

Chapter 13. HEALING FROM TRAUMA: OWNING YOUR SELF

Chapter 14. LANGUAGE: MIRACLE AND TYRANNY

Chapter 15. LETTING GO OF THE PAST: EMDR

Chapter 16. LEARNING TO INHABIT YOUR BODY: YOGA

Chapter 17. PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER: SELF-LEADERSHIP

Chapter 18. FILLING IN THE HOLES: CREATING STRUCTURES

Chapter 19. REWIRING THE BRAIN: NEUROFEEDBACK

Chapter 20. FINDING YOUR VOICE: COMMUNAL RHYTHMS AND THEATER

EPILOGUE

APPENDIX

RESOURCES

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