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Bessel van der Kolk

Psychiatry, trauma research

Known for

The Body Keeps the Score

Why their work may matter

Widely read account of trauma's physical and relational dimensions. Popular and influential; not every clinical claim in this literature carries the same level of evidence.

Connection to a theme in The Trenches

Chapter 4, read alongside more conservative sources.

Start here

The Body Keeps the Score.

Books

  • The Body Keeps the Score

Listed as additional recommended reading. This is not a source for The Trenches, does not imply endorsement, and does not imply agreement with everything this person teaches.