BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk

by: Bessel van der Kolk

Only £12.99

As many of you know, this isn’t a new book, but surprisingly it’s one that we have never carried before, despite the fact that it has sold over 3 million copies. It’s a book that changed the world. The author was born in the Netherlands but has taught in the United States for many decades. He is a pioneer in trauma and this book recounts all the work he has done shining a light on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD, leading to all sorts of breakthroughs in helping people live with it and even put it behind them. He offers a bold new paradigm for treatment, moving away from standard talking and drug therapies and towards an alternative approach that heals mind, brain and body. The author Tara Westover writes “I cannot recommend it enough for anyone struggling with, well, anything”. It’s full of stories and case histories and, even though the author is a world-renowned scientist, it is very readable and engrossing.

560pp, 197 x 129 mm, Paperback, 2015, RRP £12.99