Table of Contents:
  • Prologue : Facing trauma
  • Part I. The rediscovery of trauma : Lessons from Vietnam veterans
  • Revolutions in understanding mind and brain
  • Looking into the brain: the neuroscience revolution
  • Part II. This is your brain on trauma : Running for your life: the anatomy of survival
  • Body-brain connections
  • Losing your body, losing your self
  • Part III. The minds of children : Getting on the same wavelength: attachment and attunement
  • Trapped in relationships: the cost of abuse and neglect
  • What's love got to do with it?
  • Developmental trauma: the hidden epidemic
  • Part IV. The imprint of trauma : Uncovering secrets: the problem of traumatic memory
  • The unbearable heaviness of remembering
  • Part V. Paths to recovery : Healing from trauma: owning your self
  • Language: miracle and tyranny
  • Letting go of the past: EMDR
  • Learning to inhabit your body: yoga
  • Putting the pieces together: self-leadership
  • Filling in the holes: creating structures
  • Rewiring the brain: neurofeedback
  • Finding your voice: communal rhythms and theater
  • Epilogue : Choices to be made
  • Appendix : Consensus proposed criteria for developmental trauma disorder.