01-06-15:A 2014 Interview with Bessel van der Kolk
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"...being able to see what happens in the brain really helps us to understand certain things..."
—Bessel van der Kolk
Bessel van der Kolk has an imposing presence; he lives up to his name, and indeed to 'The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma.' But when you sit down to talk to him, he's funny and easy-going even when he delving into the combination of deep science and intense emotion that is his subject. Talking about trauma with him is anything but traumatic.
Van der Kolk may not be a household name, but he should be – and this may be the book that makes it happen. He's been working on trauma for more than 50 years, and he brings the right combination of human intuition, an ineffable sensibility, and scientific rigor to ground his subject and make it accessible to lay readers and listeners.
To a certain degree we worked our way through his book, discussing the basics of trauma, trauma in children and the developmental trauma that so differs from other trauma, to some of the healing techniques he helped discover, including EMDR.
01-06-15 UPDATE:Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 189: Bessel van der Kolk
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Here's the one-hundred eighty-ninth episode of my series of podcasts, which I'm calling Time to Read.
I've been worjking for more of a live format lately, and to this end in this Time to Read "lightning round," I've included some of the banter beforehand, to give a feel for the atmosphere when we run these little mini-interviews. The boom line: THey're a fun way to finish off the gig.
My hope is that in under four minutes I can offer readers a concise review and an opportunity to hear the author read from or speak about the work. I'm hoping to offer a new one every week.
The one-hundred eighty-ninth episode is a look at Bessel van der Kolk and 'The Body Keeps the Score.'
08-21-15: Agony Column Podcast News Report : Senator Claire McCaskill is 'Plenty Ladylike' : Internalizing Determination to Overcome Sexism [Incudes Time to Read EP 211: Claire McCaskill, Plenty Ladylike, plus A 2015 Interview with Senator Claire McCaskill]
Agony Column Podcast News Report : Emily Schultz Unleashes 'The Blondes' : A Cure by Color [Incudes Time to Read EP 210: Emily Schultz, The Blondes, plus A 2015 Interview with Emily Schultz]
07-05-15: Commentary : Dr. Michael Gazzaniga Tells Tales from Both Sides of the Brain : A Life in Neuroscience Reveals the Life of Science
Agony Column Podcast News Report : A 2015 Interview with Michael Gazzaniga : "We made the first observation and BAM there was the disconnection effect..."
04-21-15: Commentary : Kazuo Ishiguro Unearths 'The Buried Giant' : The Mist of Myth and Memory
Agony Column Podcast News Report : A 2015 Interview with Kazuo Ishiguro : ".... by the time I was writing this novel, the lines between what was fantasy and what was real had blurred for me..."
Agony Column Podcast News Report : A 2015 Interview with Marc Goodman : "...every physical object around us is being transformed, one way or another, into an information technology..."
Agony Column Podcast News Report UPDATE: Time to Read Episode 199: Marc Goodman : Future Crimes: Everything Is Connected, Everyone Is Vulnerable and What We Can Do About It
