The Body Bears the Burden

Download or read book The Body Bears the Burden written by Robert C. Scaer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2001 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Post-traumatic stress syndrome, whiplash syndrome, and voodoo death are all examples of a "freeze" somatic responses to stress, according to a physician in practice for 30-plus years. Dr. Scaer presents his mind/brain/body model of traumatization, implications for therapy (including controversial "power therapies"), and case studies. Influences include Peter Levine (Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma, 1997) and Bessell van der Kolk (psychiatry, Boston U. School of Medicine); the latter supplies the foreword. c. Book News Inc.