    
The
Body Remembers:
The
Psychophysiology of Trauma and Trauma Treatment
Babette
Rothschild
For both clinicians and their clients
there is tremendous value in understanding the
psychophysiology of trauma and knowing what to do
about its manifestations. This book illuminates that
physiology, shining a bright light on the impact of
trauma on the body and the phenomenon of somatic
memory.
 It
is now thought that people who have been traumatized
hold an implicit memory of traumatic events in their
brains and bodies. That memory is often expressed in
the symptomatology of posttraumatic stress disorder
— nightmares, flashbacks, startle responses, and
dissociative behaviors. In essence, the body of the
traumatized individual refuses to be ignored.
While reducing the chasm between scientific theory
and clinical practice and bridging the gap between
talk therapy and body therapy, Rothschild presents
principles and non-touch techniques for giving the
body its due. With an eye to its relevance for
clinicians, she consolidates current knowledge about
the psychobiology of the stress response both in
normally challenging situations and during extreme
and prolonged trauma. This gives clinicians from all
disciplines a foundation for speculating about the
origins of their clients’ symptoms and incorporating
regard
for the body into their
practice. The somatic techniques are chosen with an
eye to making trauma therapy safer while increasing
mind-body integration.
Packed with engaging case studies,
The Body Remembers integrates body
and mind in the treatment of post traumatic stress
disorder. It will appeal to clinicians, researchers,
students, and general readers.
About the Author:
Babette Rothschild, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.,
has been practicing psychotherapy since 1976. She is
a member of the International and European Societies
for Traumatic Stress Studies, the Association for
Traumatic Stress Specialists, the National
Association of Social Workers and the U.S.
Association for Body-Psychotherapy. She has written
several articles on trauma and posttraumatic stress.
After living and working for nine years in Denmark,
she has returned to Los Angeles, where she maintains
a private practice while offering professional
training, consultation, and supervision throughout
the United States and Europe.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
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On Building Bridges |
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Working with the Body
Does Not Require Touch |
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The False Memory
Controversy |
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Organization of this
Book |
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A Disclaimer |
Part I: Theory
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1. Overview of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
(PTSD): The Impact of Trauma on Body and
Mind |
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Charlie and the Dog, Part I |
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The Symptomatology of PTSD |
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Distinguishing Stress,
Traumatic Stress, PTS and PTSD |
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Survival and the Nervous
System |
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Defensive Response to
Remembered Threat |
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Dissociation, Freezing and
PTSD |
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Consequences of Trauma and
PTSD |
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2. Development, Memory, and the Brain |
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The Developing Brain |
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What is Memory? |
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3. The Body Remembers: Understanding Somatic
Memory |
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The Sensory Roots of Memory |
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The Autonomic Nervous System |
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Hyperarousal and the Reflexes
of Fight, Flight, and Freeze |
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The Somatic Nervous System:
Muscles, Movement, and Kinesthetic Memory |
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Emotions and the Body |
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4. Expressions of Trauma Not Yet Remembered:
Dissociation and Flashbacks |
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Dissociation and the Body |
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Flashbacks |
Part II:
Practice
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5. First, Do No Harm |
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On Braking and Accelerating |
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Evaluation and Assessment |
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The Role of the Therapeutic
Relationship in Trauma Therapy |
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Safety |
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Developing and Reacquainting
Resources |
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Oases, Anchors and the Safe
Place |
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The Importance of Theory |
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Respecting Individual
Differences |
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Ten Foundations for Safe
Trauma Therapy |
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6. The Body As Resource |
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Body Awareness |
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Making Friends with
Sensations |
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The Body as Anchor |
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The Body as Gauge |
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The Body as Brake |
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The Body as Diary: Making
Sense of Sensations |
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Somatic Memory as Resource |
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Facilitating Trauma Therapy
Using the Body as Resource |
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7. Additional Somatic
Techniques for Safer Trauma Therapy |
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Dual Awareness |
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Muscle Toning: Tension vs.
Relaxation |
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Physical Boundaries |
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The Question of
Client-Therapist Touch |
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Mitigating Session Closure |
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8. Somatic Memory Becomes
Personal History |
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Beware the Wrong Road |
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Separating Past from Present |
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Working with the Aftermath of
the Trauma First |
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Bridging the Implicit and the
Explicit |
References
Index
ISBN: 0
393 703274 • October 2000 • 224 pages •($30.00)
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