Bessel van der Kolk: The Psychiatrist Who Made Trauma Visible in the Body

Bessel van der Kolk: The Psychiatrist Who Made Trauma Visible in the Body

When a Dutch child grows up during Nazi occupation watching his father return from a work camp, watching hunger hollow out his neighbors, watching liberation armies arrive too late for too many, trauma stops being an abstract concept. It becomes the air you breathe,...
New Frontiers in Brain-Based Therapies for Trauma

New Frontiers in Brain-Based Therapies for Trauma

What are Newer Brain-Based Therapies for Trauma?  In recent years, there has been a surge of interest and research into novel therapies that target the brain and nervous system to treat the effects of psychological trauma. These emerging approaches leverage new...