Name: Widen the Window: Training Your Brain and Body to Thrive During Stress and Recover From Trauma
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Author: Bessel Van Der Kolk
ISBN: 9780735216594

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Widen the Window: Training Your Brain and Body to Thrive During Stress and Recover From Trauma

Type

Physical Book

Author

Elizabeth A. Stanley

Preface by

Bessel Van Der Kolk

Publisher

Avery Publishing Group

Year

2019

Language

English

Pages

496

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

23.1 x 15.7 x 4.3 cm

Weight

0.70 kg.

ISBN13

9780735216594

Synopsis "Widen the Window: Training Your Brain and Body to Thrive During Stress and Recover From Trauma "

I don't think I've ever read a book that paints such a complex and accurate landscape of what it is like to live with the legacy of trauma as this book does, while offering a comprehensive approach to healing.--from the foreword by Bessel van der Kolk A pioneering researcher gives us a new understanding of stress and trauma, as well as the tools to heal and thrive Stress is our internal response to an experience that our brain perceives as threatening or challenging. Trauma is our response to an experience in which we feel powerless or lacking agency. Until now, researchers have treated these conditions as different, but they actually lie along a continuum. Dr. Elizabeth Stanley explains the significance of this continuum, how it affects our resilience in the face of challenge, and why an event that's stressful for one person can be traumatizing for another. This groundbreaking book examines the cultural norms that impede resilience in America, especially our collective tendency to disconnect stress from its potentially extreme consequences and override our need to recover. It explains the science of how to direct our attention to perform under stress and recover from trauma. With training, we can access agency, even in extreme-stress environments. In fact, any maladaptive behavior or response conditioned through stress or trauma can, with intentionality and understanding, be reconditioned and healed. The key is to use strategies that access not just the thinking brain but also the survival brain. By directing our attention in particular ways, we can widen the window within which our thinking brain and survival brain work together cooperatively. When we use awareness to regulate our biology this way, we can access our best, uniquely human qualities: our compassion, courage, curiosity, creativity, and connection with others. By building our resilience, we can train ourselves to make wise decisions and access choice--even during times of incredible stress, uncertainty, and change. With stories from men and women Dr. Stanley has trained in settings as varied as military bases, healthcare facilities, and Capitol Hill, as well as her own striking experiences with stress and trauma, she gives readers hands-on strategies they can use themselves, whether they want to perform under pressure or heal from traumatic experience, while at the same time pointing our understanding in a new direction.

Bessel Van Der Kolk

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Bessel van der Kolk is a Dutch psychiatrist, researcher, and writer specialized in the study of trauma and its effects on the brain and body. His work has been fundamental in understanding how traumatic experiences affect the neurological and emotional development of individuals. He has worked for decades in the treatment of post-traumatic disorders and has developed innovative therapeutic approaches.

His most recognized book is The Body Keeps the Score (2014), a work of scientific dissemination that explores how trauma is stored in the body and presents various recovery strategies. His approach combines neuroscience, psychology, and alternative therapies, making him a key reference in the genre of psychology and mental health.

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