![]() ![]() Another method he suggests is writing and keeping a journal. His work is predicated on integrating body-focused treatments into trauma recovery work, like yoga, role-play, dance and meditation. van der Kolk, but the latter - the mind-body connection - is most neglected. Survivors usually need some combination of the three methods, writes Dr. In a review by Concepcion de Leon on Octoshe clearly summarizes the three approaches that the book covers for people recovering from trauma: 1) top down by talking 2) taking medicines and 3) bottom up – allowing the body to have experiences. It is #1 on Amazon for books related to Mental Illness. ![]() The Body Keeps Score: Brain, Mind and the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk is currently #1 on The New York Times Best Sellers Paperback Nonfiction list and it has been on the list for 149 weeks. ![]() During this time I came across a book which I found very meaningful. Coping with these challenges certainly has been difficult for me, especially in the spring when I did not physically feel well. COVID, the challenges of staying at home for over a year and then returning to interactions with people, and the need to navigate a new normal are stressful for most of us. In my last blog, I shared that Simone Biles’s decision to withdraw from the team competition and some of the individual events in the Olympics increased our focus on mental health. ![]()
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