The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, Body in the Healing of Trauma

About the Course
Teachers will explore what trauma is and looks like, how it might present in the population, and how trauma has the ability to reshape the body and brain, compromising the sufferer’s capacities for pleasure, engagement, self-control and trust. The book then explores innovative treatment options that can help activate the brains neuroplasticity.
Required Text:
- The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Identify how trauma presents in individuals and how it changes the body and brain.
- Explain how what the brain-body connection is.
- Explain the role of memory in trauma.
- Be able to name 3 tools that would help minimize the effect of trauma on an individual.
Reviews
Elizabeth Bednorz
A very important and relevant book. The instructor was very supportive, encouraging, and responsive. This course strengthened my practice as an educator.
Jennifer Caldwell
This book was extremely interesting. I learned so much about the connection between trauma, the brain, and our emotions. This will better help me support my students
Leah Pellegrini
Having more knowledge of the brain science behind trauma, along with narrative descriptions of the impact of trauma was very informative, and felt so important as we are seeing so many students dealing with trauma. Very interesting class!