Product Description

A neurologist's view of our response to trauma.

Our experiences of trauma sow the seeds of many persistent and misunderstood medical problems such as chronic fatigue syndrome and various maladies of the immune system. Because of our inadequate understanding of the relationship of mind and body in processing these traumas, many of us suffer needlessly from our exposure to life's traumas. Robert Scaer offers hope to those who wish to transform trauma and better understand their lives.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #104364 in Books
• Published on: 2005-07
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 308 pages

Choice, R. B. Stewart, Jr.
A thought-provoking alternative to the conceptualization of trauma…Redefines trauma as a continuum of variably negative life events…Highly recommended.

PsycCritiques
Rich clinical observations, systematic conceptualizations of real-life trauma cases, therapeutic expertise, encyclopedic knowledge, and professional integrity shine through…this appealing book.

California Bookwatch
A powerful documentation of the wider-reaching nature of trauma than medical science would usually permit.

Customer Reviews

Good compilation of information
It was a good compilation of the existing material that is already out there on trauma. I don't think that it would be a good suggestion for the average patient, because it may be difficult to maintain the focus neccessary to follow his thoughts. Patients may find selected excerpts more helpful. Patients with psychosomatic illnesses will be happy to find a doctor who sees some rational behind their disorders.

Excellent Trauma Discussion
I am profoundly grateful for this excellent book. As a clinical psychologist, I see traumatized individuals every day and this book explains so much about why this happens and what to do in treatment. This book fills in the blanks of the previous literature on this emerging field of psychology. Buy it!

Scaer Has Clearly Taken His Own Cure!
Here's a book that is just superb, in my book! Scaer is a retired medical doctor who no longer gives a rat's butt about being censured by the AMA. Just my kinda guy! And he has definitely NAILED all the ways that unresolved embodied trauma directs virtually everything in our lives from the kinds of work we do, to the kinds of parents we become, to the kinds of health issues and illnesses we encounter, to the kinds of friends and life partners we end up with. An amazingly, coherent, comprehensive account by someone who has unquestionably cleared out a lot of his own embodied trauma along the way.