Dr. van der Kolk and his various collaborators have published extensively on the impact of trauma on development, such as dissociative problems, borderline personality and self-mutilation ...

But many human behaviors still puzzle van der Kolk, 82. He doesn’t understand why the medical community doesn’t take childhood trauma more seriously. He doesn’t understand why leaders still ...

The wildfires have left devastation in their wake. But recovery goes beyond rebuilding homes. Explore how community, compassion, and trauma-informed tools can rebuild hope.

Trauma can leave deep scars, both visible and invisible. For those in recovery, walking the minefield of potential triggers ...

Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, trauma researcher, clinician and bestselling author of “The Body Keeps the Score,” explains that abuse suffered during childhood changes brain development, capacity ...

especially if we're going through it or have a long history of struggles and trauma. Luckily, our bodies "keep the score" as psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk famously put it. New Zealand-based ...