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How The Body Keeps Score - Dr Bessel van der Kolk
Usher HallLothian Road
Wed 4 Nov · 19:30
About this event
Traumatic experiences leave their imprint on the body as well as the mind. Dr Bessel van der Kolk returns to How To Academy to offer a new paradigm for healing. The helplessness and invisibility associated with trauma need not be inevitable. Drawn from more than thirty years at the forefront of research and clinical practice, Dr Bessel van der Kolk’s global bestseller The Body Keeps The Score showed us that the terror and isolation at the core of trauma literally reshape both brain and body–and demonstrated a new approach to recovery, moving away from standard talking and drug therapies to heal mind, brain and body. Now Dr van der Kolk joins us to explore his bold new paradigm for treatment. Fusing insights from the cutting-edge of neuroscience with the weight of decades of experience as an active therapist, Dr van der Kolk will reveal the power of our relationships–whether in the intimacy of the home or in our wider communities–to both hurt and heal. Join us to discover how both adults and children can reclaim ownership of their bodies and their lives.
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