Learning to Bear the Unbearable
How MDMA Works
By Bessel van der Kolk and Rich Simon - As a researcher and outspoken advocate for therapeutic innovation, Bessel van der Kolk has been as influential as anyone in shaping the landscape of trauma therapy today. He describes what’s distinctive about the therapeutic potential of psychedelics.
Daily Blog
VIDEO: Learning to Let Go of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk on the Power of Creating a Narrative
Imagine the helplessness of being unable to distinguish painful past experiences from present ones. According to Bessel van der Kolk, author of The Body Keeps the Score, this is what happens when a traumatic memory is triggered. Old emotional responses bubble up even when the current trigger has little to do with the original trauma.
Daily Blog
The Evolution of Trauma Treatment
Bessel van der Kolk Shares His Hope for the Future of the Field
By Bessel van der Kolk - My hope for the field of trauma treatment is that we learn how to help people bring their imaginations more fully to bear on their possibilities. More recently, we’ve been exploring the capacity to rewire brains that are stuck in freeze and terror and develop a sense of self-compassion that enables people to integrate their dissociated self from the past into in a calm state of mind in the present.
Daily Blog
Main Conference
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MDMA, Psilocybin, and Marijuana for Treating PTSD and Other Mental Distress
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Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP) Training Course
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5/21/2019
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BESSEL A VAN DER KOLK, M.D.
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The Politics of Mental Health
Highlights from Symposium 2019
Pioneering trauma specialist Bessel van der Kolk took aim not only at the politics within the therapy field that determine what diagnoses get into the DSM, but the politics in the larger arena that lead people to ignore the prevalence of trauma in society.
Magazine Article
When Talk Isn’t Enough
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Main Conference
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5/31/2019
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BESSEL A VAN DER KOLK, M.D.
ED TRONICK, PHD
MARTIN TEICHER, M.D., PH.D.
JULIAN FORD, PH.D.
STEPHAN WOLFERT, MFA
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ROBERT WHITAKER
ALI SMITH
ATMAN SMITH
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JULIAN FORD, PH.D.
STEPHAN WOLFERT, MFA
CATHY MALCHIODI, PH.D., REAT
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ROBERT WHITAKER
ALI SMITH
ATMAN SMITH
ANDRES GONZALEZ, MBA
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MDMA, Psilocybin, and Marijuana for Treating PTSD and Other Mental Distress
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5/29/2019
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WILL RICHARDS
BESSEL A VAN DER KOLK, M.D.
RICHARD C. SCHWARTZ, PHD
JAMES HOPPER, PH.D.
MICHAEL MITHOEFER, MD
RICK DOBLIN, PHD
MICHAEL ALPERT, MD
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RICK DOBLIN, PHD
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DANIEL MCQUEEN, MA
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Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP) Training Course
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5/21/2019
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BESSEL A VAN DER KOLK, M.D.
JOHN M. GOTTMAN, PH.D.
JULIE GOTTMAN, PH.D.
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When Talk Isn’t Enough
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BESSEL A VAN DER KOLK, M.D.
JANINA FISHER, PH.D.
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BESSEL A VAN DER KOLK, M.D.
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Trauma Healing with Bessel van der Kolk, MD
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Main Conference Day 2
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BESSEL A VAN DER KOLK, M.D.
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Main Conference Day 1
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BESSEL A VAN DER KOLK, M.D.
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RUTH LANIUS, M.D., PH.D.
ELIZABETH WARNER, PSY.D.
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Learning to Bear the Unbearable
How MDMA Works
By Bessel van der Kolk and Rich Simon - As a researcher and outspoken advocate for therapeutic innovation, Bessel van der Kolk has been as influential as anyone in shaping the landscape of trauma therapy today. He describes what’s distinctive about the therapeutic potential of psychedelics.
Daily Blog
VIDEO: Learning to Let Go of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk on the Power of Creating a Narrative
Imagine the helplessness of being unable to distinguish painful past experiences from present ones. According to Bessel van der Kolk, author of The Body Keeps the Score, this is what happens when a traumatic memory is triggered. Old emotional responses bubble up even when the current trigger has little to do with the original trauma.
Daily Blog
The Evolution of Trauma Treatment
Bessel van der Kolk Shares His Hope for the Future of the Field
By Bessel van der Kolk - My hope for the field of trauma treatment is that we learn how to help people bring their imaginations more fully to bear on their possibilities. More recently, we’ve been exploring the capacity to rewire brains that are stuck in freeze and terror and develop a sense of self-compassion that enables people to integrate their dissociated self from the past into in a calm state of mind in the present.
Daily Blog
VIDEO: When is It Trauma? Bessel van der Kolk Explains
Is Your Client Traumatized? For the Answer, Look to the Body
Often we hear things from clients like “My relationship ending was so traumatic for me,” or “When my uncle passed away, I was totally traumatized.” With the word trauma being used so loosely and for such a wide range of problems, how do we know what it actually means anymore?
Daily Blog
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The Politics of Mental Health
Highlights from Symposium 2019
Pioneering trauma specialist Bessel van der Kolk took aim not only at the politics within the therapy field that determine what diagnoses get into the DSM, but the politics in the larger arena that lead people to ignore the prevalence of trauma in society.
Magazine Article
Learning to Bear the Unbearable
How MDMA Works
As a researcher and outspoken advocate for therapeutic innovation, Bessel van der Kolk has been as influential as anyone in shaping the landscape of trauma therapy today. He describes what’s distinctive about the therapeutic potential of psychedelics.
Magazine Article
Then, Now & Tomorrow
Oral Histories of Psychotherapy 1978-2017
A group of innovators and leaders look back over different realms of therapeutic practice and offer their view of the eureka moments, the mistakes and misdirections, and the inevitable trial-and-error processes that have shaped the evolution of different specialty areas within the field.
- Trauma: Retreats and Advances BESSEL VAN DER KOLK
- Couples: In Search of a Safe Haven JOHN GOTTMAN
- Systems Therapy: The Art of Creating Uncertainty SALVADOR MINUCHIN
- Family Violence: Out of the Shadows MARY JO BARRETT
- Psychopharmacology: The Jury Is Still Out JOHN PRESTON
- Race Matters: How Far Have We Come? KENNETH HARDY
- Neuroscience and Therapy: The Craft of Rewiring the Brain DANIEL SIEGEL
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Bessel A. Van der Kolk, M.D., is a clinician, researcher and teacher in the area of post-traumatic stress. His work integrates developmental, neurobiological, psychodynamic and interpersonal aspects of the impact of trauma and its treatment.
Dr. van der Kolk and his various collaborators have published extensively on the impact of trauma on development, such as dissociative problems, borderline personality and self-mutilation, cognitive development, memory, and the psychobiology of trauma. He has published over 150 peer reviewed scientific articles on such diverse topics as neuroimaging, self-injury, memory, neurofeedback, Developmental Trauma, yoga, theater and EMDR.
He is founder of the Trauma Center in Brookline, Massachusetts and president of the Trauma Research Foundation, which promotes clinical, scientific and educational projects.
His 2014 #1 New York Times best seller, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Treatment of Trauma, transforms our understanding of traumatic stress, revealing how it literally rearranges the brain’s wiring – specifically areas dedicated to pleasure, engagement, control, and trust. He shows how these areas can be reactivated through innovative treatments including neurofeedback, somatically based therapies, EMDR, psychodrama, play, yoga, and other therapies.
Dr. van der Kolk is the past president of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, and professor of psychiatry at Boston University Medical School. He regularly teaches at conferences, universities, and hospitals around the world.
Dr. van der Kolk and his various collaborators have published extensively on the impact of trauma on development, such as dissociative problems, borderline personality and self-mutilation, cognitive development, memory, and the psychobiology of trauma. He has published over 150 peer reviewed scientific articles on such diverse topics as neuroimaging, self-injury, memory, neurofeedback, Developmental Trauma, yoga, theater and EMDR.
He is founder of the Trauma Center in Brookline, Massachusetts and president of the Trauma Research Foundation, which promotes clinical, scientific and educational projects.
His 2014 #1 New York Times best seller, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Treatment of Trauma, transforms our understanding of traumatic stress, revealing how it literally rearranges the brain’s wiring – specifically areas dedicated to pleasure, engagement, control, and trust. He shows how these areas can be reactivated through innovative treatments including neurofeedback, somatically based therapies, EMDR, psychodrama, play, yoga, and other therapies.
Dr. van der Kolk is the past president of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, and professor of psychiatry at Boston University Medical School. He regularly teaches at conferences, universities, and hospitals around the world.
