Traumatic Stress: The Effects of Overwhelming Experience on Mind, Body, and Society

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This book was on sale locally for over NZ$100. At that price there was no way I would have been buying it.Then I saw this pristine new hardcover still in its shrink-wrap for US$18.THANK YOU!I cannot thank you enough for making it so accessible to me.GRATITUDE!

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I actually intended to return this book. The cost was way more than I wanted to pay. It was my own fault I was buying other things and just didn't notice. I had made arrangements to return it before I had received it. When it came I knew I wasn't going to send it back. It is a wonderful reference material. I wouldn't return this if it was twice the price.

I work with persons suffering combat PTSD. I have found this to be, by far, the best book on treatment. The authors have a depth of understanding that goes far beyond those of most other authors. No simplistic solutions, here. Not a "just change the way you think about it" approach, and not a "just put on the goggles and re-experience it until it doesn't bother you anymore" approach ... not when the crucial events are such as seeing others' bodies torn apart by efficient weapons, or losing people one has come to love. Much wisdom in this book.

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I learned a tremendous amount about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder by reading this text. I was not aware of how trauma is held in a particular part of the body. Understanding the somatic issues inherent in trauma can really assist people in recovering from trauma expeditiously. van der Kolk is an expert, making the contextual information on trauma available to clinicians and non-professionals.Dr. van der Kolk has sparked my research interest to continue the study of neuroscience, creative therapies and somatic healing.

Fantastic, must have book for clinicians. I've read it twice, and frequently find myself returning to it as a dominant resource. The content is so useful and easily applicable in the treatment of trauma. It is well organized and well-written.

The most comprehensive book I have ever read on trauma. I bought this book in 2003 and have referred back to it many times, both for myself and in helping others. I couldn't recommend it more.

Though written some years ago, nobody else has described The Effects of Overwhelming as well as this author.

INSIGHTFUL

great book haven't put it down since I got it, a must have for anyone studying PTSD, well worth it

This was helpful for my course