The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
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Key Details
- Primary Focus
- Foundational trauma neurobiology and body-based healing frameworks
- Appropriate For
- Young adults and adults with trauma, PTSD, or complex trauma; psychoeducation phase
- Session Use
- Between-session reading in sections, integrate trauma frameworks and body-based concepts
Overview
Explains how trauma reshapes the brain and body, supporting understanding of symptoms through neurobiological and somatic frameworks.
How clinicians use it
This foundational trauma-informed resource provides a neurobiological framework for understanding how trauma reshapes the brain and body. It is highly suitable for psychoeducation and helping clients who have "plateaued" in talk therapy to identify the physical roots of their symptoms. While it integrates evidence-based components like EMDR and mindfulness, it is categorized as evidence-informed rather than a manualized protocol. It is best used as a conceptual tool to bridge the gap between cognitive understanding and somatic experience, emphasizing 'bottom-up' healing through body awareness and self-regulation.