CONTENTS

Praise for The Body Keeps the Score

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

PROLOGUE: FACING TRAUMA

PART ONE:

THE REDISCOVERY OF TRAUMA

1. LESSONS FROM VIETNAM VETERANS

2. REVOLUTIONS IN UNDERSTANDING MIND AND BRAIN

3. LOOKING INTO THE BRAIN: THE NEUROSCIENCE REVOLUTION

PART TWO:

THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON TRAUMA

4. RUNNING FOR YOUR LIFE: THE ANATOMY OF SURVIVAL

5. BODY-BRAIN CONNECTIONS

6. LOSING YOUR BODY, LOSING YOUR SELF

PART THREE:

THE MINDS OF CHILDREN

7. GETTING ON THE SAME WAVELENGTH: ATTACHMENT AND ATTUNEMENT

8. TRAPPED IN RELATIONSHIPS: THE COST OF ABUSE AND NEGLECT

9. WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?

10. DEVELOPMENTAL TRAUMA: THE HIDDEN EPIDEMIC

PART FOUR:

THE IMPRINT OF TRAUMA

11. UNCOVERING SECRETS: THE PROBLEM OF TRAUMATIC MEMORY

12. THE UNBEARABLE HEAVINESS OF REMEMBERING

PART FIVE:

PATHS TO RECOVERY

13. HEALING FROM TRAUMA: OWNING YOUR SELF

14. LANGUAGE: MIRACLE AND TYRANNY

15. LETTING GO OF THE PAST: EMDR

16. LEARNING TO INHABIT YOUR BODY: YOGA

17. PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER: SELF-LEADERSHIP

18. FILLING IN THE HOLES: CREATING STRUCTURES

19. REWIRING THE BRAIN: NEUROFEEDBACK

20. FINDING YOUR VOICE: COMMUNAL RHYTHMS AND THEATER

EPILOGUE: CHOICES TO BE MADE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

APPENDIX: CONSENSUS PROPOSED CRITERIA FOR DEVELOPMENTAL TRAUMA DISORDER

RESOURCES

FURTHER READING

NOTES

INDEX