BOOK STUDY GUIDE The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk Chapter 3: Looking Into the Brain: The Neuroscience Revolution Know how trauma impacts the amygdala, Broca’s area, the right side of the brain, stress hormones (and how those stress hormones impact the brain) and how we can get stuck in flight or freeze Chapter 4: Running for Your Life: The Anatomy of Survival How trauma impacts the nervous system The Brain from Bottom to Top What is Heart Rate Variability and how can it be used to test the flexibility of the nervous system? Chapter 7: Getting on the Same Wavelength: Attachment and Attunement A Secure Base The Dance of Attunement The Long-Term Effects of Disorganized Attachment Dissociation: Knowing and Not Knowing Restoring Synchrony Chapter 8: Trapped in Relationships: The Cost of Abuse and Neglect A Torn Map of the World Learning to Remember Hating Your Home Replaying the Trauma Chapter 11: Uncovering Secrets: The Problem of Traumatic Memory Normal Versus Traumatic Memory
