The Body Keeps the Score: Mind, Brain, Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D. (Paperback)(Audiobook)(NEW)

The Body Keeps the Score:  Mind, Brain, Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D.  10% of the purchase price of this book goes to support adult literacy through ProLiteracy--thank you! From the back cover: A pioneering researcher transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing in this New York Times bestseller Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five Americans has been molested; one in four grew up with alcoholics; one in three couples have engaged in physical violence. Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, one of the world’s foremost experts on trauma, has spent over three decades working with survivors. In The Body Keeps the Score, he uses recent scientific advances to show how trauma literally reshapes both body and brain, compromising sufferers’ capacities for pleasure, engagement, self-control, and trust. He explores innovative treatments—from neurofeedback and meditation t