Contributed by Bessel van der Kolk
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VIDEO: Bessel van der Kolk on Taking Care of Our Mental Health During Coronavirus
What the Research Says about Staying Connected in Times of Crisis
How do you find community in the midst of physical distancing? However you can. In this clip from the 2020 Networker Virtual Symposium, trauma expert Bessel van der Kolk shares how he's maintaining social connections, offers a few tips, and explains what attachment and trauma research tells us about the importance of staying connected during times of crisis. Read More
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. Read More
The Politics of Mental Health
The Story of the PTSD Diagnosis
Learning to Bear the Unbearable
How MDMA Works
VIDEO: When is It Trauma? Bessel van der Kolk Explains
Is Your Client Traumatized? For the Answer, Look to the Body
Then, Now & Tomorrow
Oral Histories of Psychotherapy 1978-2017
VIDEO: Helping Clients Integrate Past and Present
Bessel van der Kolk on Integration and Healing in Trauma Treatment
Bessel van der Kolk
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.