Everyone will experience a bereavement in their lives. Although loss is a part of life that is commonplace, we can feel quite unlike ourselves as we go through it and we all experience it differently. When it happens, it can be a very lonely time. Going through a bereavement encompasses all the many and varied losses […]
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van der Kolk. This celebrated work from 2015 begins by describing in an accessible way the physiology of trauma - how trauma can affect the brain and body. It is established that experiencing trauma can permanently change our brains and bodies, and even expose the sufferer to increased risk […]