Book Review: The Body Remembers: The Psychophysiology of Trauma and Trauma Treatment

This book review is part of a series that covers the topic of Post - Traumatic Stress Disorder / PTSD. Post - Traumatic Stress Disorder ( PTSD ) is an anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to a grisly event or probing in which grave physical harm occurred or was threatened. Jef Gazley is t he Official Guide to Post - Taumatic Stress Disorder / PTSD. The Body Remembers: The Psychophysiology of Trauma and Trauma Treatment, by Babette Rothschild, is a serviceable resource for people fascinated in Traumatic Recovery and it is available through Amazon and Barnes and Bluestocking.

For both clinicians and their clients there is tremendous value in understanding the psychophysiology of trauma and percipient what to do about its manifestations. This book illuminates that physiology, shining a irradiated light on the collision of trauma on the body and the phenomenon of somatic memory.

It is now study that people who have been traumatized grasp an tacit memory of traumatic events in their genius and bodies.

That memory is ofttimes especial in the symptomatology of posttraumatic stress disorder— nightmares, flashbacks, shock responses, and dissociative behaviors. In interpretation, the body of the traumatized secluded refuses to be ignored.

While reducing the abyss between scientific theory and clinical practice and bridging the gap between talk therapy and body therapy, Rothschild presents dirt and non - touch techniques for giving the body its due. With an eye to its notice for clinicians, she consolidates obscure knowledge about the psychobiology of the stress response both in normally irritating situations and during extreme and prolonged trauma. This gives clinicians from all disciplines a foundation for speculating about the origins of their clients ' symptoms and incorporating regard for the body into their practice. The somatic techniques are chosen with an eye to making trauma therapy safer while increasing mind - body integration.

Packed with engaging situation studies, The Body Remembers integrates body and mind in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder. It will appeal to clinicians, researchers, students, and general readers.