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

Prologue : Facing trauma --

Part I. The rediscovery of trauma. Lessons from Vietnam veterans ; Revolutions in understanding mind and brain ; Looking into the brain: the neuroscience revolution --

Part II. This is your brain on trauma. Running for your life: the anatomy of survival ; Body-brain connections ; Losing your body, losing your self --

Part III. The minds of children. Getting on the same wavelength: attachment and attunement ; Trapped in relationships: the cost of abuse and neglect ; What's love got to do with it? ; Developmental trauma: the hidden epidemic --

Part IV. The imprint of trauma. Uncovering secrets: the problem of traumatic memory ; The unbearable heaviness of remembering --

Part V. Paths to recovery. Healing from trauma: owning your self ; Language: miracle and tyranny ; Letting go of the past: EMDR ; Learning to inhabit your body: yoga ; Putting the pieces together: self-leadership ; Filling in the holes: creating structures ; Applied neuroscience: rewiring the fear-driven mind with brain/computer interface technology ; Finding your voice: communal rhythms and theater --

Epilogue : Choices to be made --

Appendix : Consensus proposed criteria for developmental trauma disorder.

Facing trauma

The rediscovery of trauma. Lessons from Vietnam veterans ; Revolutions in understanding mind and brain ; Looking into the brain : the neuroscience revolution

This is your brain on trauma. Running for your life : the anatomy of survival ; Body-brain connections ; Losing your body, losing your self

The minds of children. Getting on the same wavelength : attachment and attunement ; Trapped in relationships : the cost of abuse and neglect ; What's love got to do with it? ; Developmental trauma : the hidden epidemic

The imprint of trauma. Uncovering secrets : the problem of traumatic memory ; The unbearable heaviness of remembering

Paths to recovery. Healing from trauma : owning your self ; Language : miracle and tyranny ; Letting go of the past: EMDR ; Learning to inhabit your body : yoga ; Putting the pieces together : self-leadership ; Filling in the holes : creating structures ; Rewiring the brain : neurofeedback ; Finding your voice : communal rhythms and theater

Epilogue : Choices to be made

Appendix. Consensus proposed criteria for developmental trauma disorder.