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Trauma and the Body

A Sensorimotor Approach to Psychotherapy
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Trauma and the Body explores the intricate connection between psychological trauma and its physical manifestations within the body. This insightful work delves into how trauma impacts not only the mind but also expresses itself somatically, affecting both physical health and overall wellness. Integrating theory and therapeutic approaches, the authors provide an in-depth understanding of how to acknowledge and work with the body's responses as part of healing from trauma.
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You might enjoy this insightful read if you're interested in understanding how trauma affects the body and mind. With a focus on the integration of neuroscience and body-oriented psychotherapy, this work provides valuable perspectives for health professionals and anyone fascinated by the connection between physical and psychological healing.

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Trauma and the Body

The body, for a host of reasons, has been left out of the "talking cure."

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The body, for a host of reasons, has been left out of the talking cure. Psychotherapists who have been trained in models of psychodynamic, psychoanalytic, or cognitive therapeutic approaches are skilled at listening to the language and affect of the client. They track the clients' associations, fantasies, and signs of psychic conflict, distress, and defences. Yet while the majority of therapists are trained to notice the appearance and even the movements of the client's body, thoughtful engagement with the client's embodied experience has remained peripheral to traditional therapeutic interventions.

Trauma and the Body is a detailed review of research in neuroscience, trauma, dissociation, and attachment theory that points to the need for an integrative mind-body approach to trauma. The premise of this book is that, by adding body-oriented interventions to their repertoire, traditionally trained therapists can increase the depth and efficacy of their clinical work.

Sensorimotor psychotherapy is an approach that builds on traditional psychotherapeutic understanding but includes the body as central in the therapeutic field of awareness, using observational skills, theories, and interventions not usually practised in psychodynamic psychotherapy. By synthesising bottom-up and top-down interventions, the authors combine the best of both worlds to help chronically traumatised clients find resolution and meaning in their lives and develop a new, somatically integrated sense of self.

Series: Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology

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Trauma and the Body is highly praised for its integrative approach, offering a variety of psychosomatic treatment strategies. Clinicians and researchers appreciate its valuable insights into body-oriented psychotherapies, making it accessible to a range of mental health professionals. It is commended for its clear explanations and practical applications, contributing significantly to the mind-body medicine literature.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780393704570

Publisher: WW Norton & Co

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 17 October 2006

Country: United States

Imprint: WW Norton & Co

Contributors:

  • Foreword by Daniel J. Siegel
  • Foreword by Bessel van der Kolk

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 33.0mm

Width: 165.0mm

Height: 244.0mm

Weight: 675g

Pages: 384

About the Author

Kekuni Minton, Ph.D., is a faculty member at Naropa University. Pat Ogden, PhD, is the founder and director of the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute. She lives in Boulder, Colorado. Clare Pain, M.D., is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Universities of Toronto and Western Ontario. Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. is a graduate of Harvard Medical School and completed his postgraduate medical education at UCLA with training in pediatrics and child, adolescent, and adult psychiatry. He is currently a clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine, founding co-director of UCLA's Mindful Awareness Research Center, founding co-investigator at the UCLA Center for Culture, Brain and Development, and executive director of the Mindsight Institute, an educational center devoted to promoting insight, compassion, and empathy in individuals, families, institutions, and communities. Dr. Siegel's psychotherapy practice spans thirty years, and he has published extensively for the professional audience. He serves as the Founding Editor for theNorton Professional Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology which includes over three dozen textbooks. Dr. Siegel's books include Mindsight, Pocket Guide to Interpersonal Neurobiology, The Developing Mind, Second Edition, The Mindful Therapist, The Mindful Brain, Parenting from the Inside Out (with Mary Hartzell, M.Ed.), and the three New York Times bestsellers: Brainstorm, The Whole-Brain Child (with Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D.), and his latest No-Drama Discipline (with Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D.). He has been invited to lecture for the King of Thailand, Pope John Paul II, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Google University, and TEDx. For more information about his educational programs and resources, please visit: www.DrDanSiegel.com.

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