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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.8521
EAN: 9780393703276
Edition: 1
ISBN: 0393703274
Label: W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 190
Publication Date: October 15, 2000
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Studio: W. W. Norton & Company
Features:- ISBN13: 9780393703276
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Illuminates the value of understanding the psychophysiology of trauma for both clinicians and their traumatized clients. Traumatized people hold a memory of that trauma in their brains and bodies. This is the first book to link this phenomenon of somatic memory and the impact of trauma on the body. Reducing the chasm between scientific theory and clinical practice and bridging the gap between talk and body therapy, Rothschild presents techniques for addressing the memory in the body.
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I'm in the process of publishing my own fictional novel (Speaking Truths, available in April) about a child who was abuducted at the age of seven, and needless to say, severely abused. When we meet my character, Landon, he's sixteen, a delequent, hates the world and is viewed as unsympathetic. I used Rothschild's "The Body Remembers" as a guidebook for understanding how trauma re-wires the mind. Rothcschild does an amazing job of "simpilfying" how the mind works to protect the abused, by re-defining reality and blocking memories as a way to self-preserve. I also used her theory to flesh how panic appears when the thinking mind has no explaination... the sense that "you just know something's about to go wrong." Without Rothschild's ability to flesh out acomplicated theory, my protagonist would have remained unsympathetic like so many teenagers in reality whose onlookers remain judgmental without undersatnding the intricacies of trauma. Thank you, Babette Rothschild.
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The book was used. It looked like new. This book was a gift from a wish list. The person receiving this gift loved it.
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Outstandingly researched and easily understandable book on brain/body rememberance of trauma. The second half of book is outstanding for therapists working with traumatic memories of clients.
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This book is divided into two parts: 1) Theory of trauma- what it is, how it is stored in the brain and body, the basic science of trauma and such. 2) trauma treatment- what does one do when they have a client who has trauma related issues- how does one work with the body to release trauma. The reasons for me finding this book useful are:
1) the writing is clear, concise and easy to understand.
2) this book is a fantastic intro to a very complex field of study and once you have the basics down, reading other more complex material is easier.
3) I found the techniques to be very useful with clients who have PTSD( tried and tested them)
Overall, I have read this book easily and quickly and found the techniques easy to apply and useful. I would def. buy this and give it a read.
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As a survivor who struggles with a vast array of symptoms associated with Complex PTSD, this book was a Godsend for me. I have been able to understand what is happening to me physically when I have flashbacks, anxiety attacks and what causes triggers that send me into states of dissociation. And just understanding what is taking place has helped me control these episodes more effectively and more quickly than I have ever been able to prior.
I gave this book to my therapist who has in turned passed it on to other clients, it has been an enormous help.
I am so grateful to have come across this book and highly recommend it to anyone who deals with trauma, whether as a therapist or as a trauma survivor.
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