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The Body Keeps the Score

The Body Keeps the Score

by Bessel van der Kolk

Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

Personal Growth
Family
2015
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One out of four patients we interviewed could not recall anyone they had felt safe with as a child. We checked “nobody” on our work sheets and did not comment, but we were stunned. Imagine being a child and not having a source of safety, making your way into the world unprotected and unseen.

Bessel van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score