The Body Keeps Score

The Body Keeps Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk (2014) explores trauma through the lens of an urgent public health issue, often interconnected with politics.

Bessel identifies trauma as part of the shared human experience, often related to love and loss. Bessel encouragers readers to feel what they feel while also fostering joy, creativity, meaning and connection to sustain healthy mental wellbeing.

Bessel further goes on to explore the wise mind. The wise mind combines the use of our right brain (creativity, emotion and imagination) in combination with the left brain (logic, language and critical thinking) to produce balanced thinking.

Drawing on real life experiences working in the mental health profession for decades, Bessel’s book remains a valuable resource