Trauma and Memory
Brain and Body in a Search for the Living Past: A Practical Guide for Understanding and Working with Traumatic Memory
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In Trauma and Memory, best-selling author Dr. Peter Levine (creator of the Somatic Experiencing approach) tackles one of the most difficult and controversial questions of PTSD/trauma therapy: Can we trust our memories? While some argue that traumatic memories are unreliable and not useful, others insist that we absolutely must rely on memory to make sense of past experience. Building on his 45 years of successful treatment of trauma and utilizing case studies from his own practice, Dr. Levine suggests that there are elements of truth in both camps. While acknowledging that memory can be trusted, he argues that the only truly useful memories are those that might initially seem to be the least reliable: memories stored in the body and not necessarily accessible by our conscious mind.
While much work has been done in the field of trauma studies to address "explicit" traumatic memories in the brain (such as intrusive thoughts or flashbacks), much less attention has been paid to how the body itself stores "implicit" memory and how much of what we think of as "memory" actually comes to us through our (often unconsciously accessed) felt sense. By learning how to better understand this complex interplay of past and present, brain and body, we can adjust our relationship to past trauma and move into a more balanced, relaxed state of being. Written for trauma sufferers as well as mental health care practitioners, Trauma and Memory is a groundbreaking look at how memory is constructed and how influential memories are on our present state of being.
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- Gerhardus Laurence Van Niekerk
- 24-03-20
Hope where our traumatic memories feel overwhelming
As a child and adolescent psychiatrist I work with young people who have experienced developmental trauma/Complex Trauma. This book is an invaluable resource with practical advice and examples of applying trauma focused compassionate interventions. Recommended reading for all therapists who have the privilege of instilling hope where often the patient feels there is no way out.
Dr Laurie van Niekerk
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- Amazon Customer
- 03-04-20
The best book ever
Wonderful book which will change your life. It is the essence of all the knowledge needed for a therapist the same way as a patient.
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- Ben
- 21-09-17
very technical but very useful
great listen, even better with the actual book to refrance it with, if your a therapist or a trainee I highly recommend it. he gives a clear breakdown of the 4 types of memory we store
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- Niasha WALKER
- 02-11-19
I loved listening to this book
This book was very enlightening and a great way to address personal issues. Just like seeing Peter levine In person.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-11-20
A memorable book, for sure.
This book will certainly gives valuable insight into how memory works in relation to trauma. I have listened to Levines lectures and read In an Unspoken Voice and Trauma Proofing your Kids. Trauma is such a common but complex subject and this book helps to unravel some of its aspects. I particularly liked the last part, the neuroscience of how we remember, and indeed forget, and the referral to the film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, which I felt was a very good way to conclude the book.
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- Brian Mc
- 26-10-17
The trauma whisperer
I really enjoyed this book having previously read other books Levine has authored. It is well written with excellently detailed descriptions of: different types of memory; how these memory sources inter-relate; practical applications of his methods from case study material; and has helpful metaphors and stories. I highly recommend this book to counsellors and therapists who are interested in trauma. I wouldn't recommend it for people/clients who have experienced trauma as it uses technical terms which could make it a difficult read. One thing I didn't like was in reading the book advertising and cover it's easy to assume Bessel van der Kolk is a co-author - which he isn't; although his foreword to the book is very good. Bmcm oct 2017
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- Anonymous User
- 15-09-20
Great and... great
I am overwhelmed with such structural writing of highly scientific matter. Even though not a medical professional, I have enjoyed in description of traumatic experience navigation. thumbs up.
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- Mhairi Stewart
- 04-10-20
a must-read for trauma therapists
excellent content. well-read. I will return again and again and will recommend to both patients and colleagues in the field of trauma and psychotherapy
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- mjclln67
- 01-01-19
relevant and succinct
Well written and captures the subject precisely on many occasions. This is one of many books I have purchased on this subject, and yet this delivers new transparent concepts that have added to my knowledge.
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- Brian
- 12-04-24
Powerful
A refreshing look into the memory connection I love this book, well thought out, well written and enlightening.
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