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May 2024
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#787 - Bessel van der Kolk - The Surpris...

Chris Williamson
About this episode

Bessel van der Kolk is a psychiatrist, researcher, and an author.

Trauma is often discussed as a mental and psychological issue. But what if it affects more than just the mind? What does it mean if your body is holding onto trauma, and how might these memories manifest outside of our brains?

Expect to learn what is meant by the body keeping the score, what is wrong with the traditional way we talk about trauma, how you can learn to be more self compassionate, how trauma manifests and masks itself as illnesses, the best therapies and modalities for understanding and releasing trauma and much more...

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