Bessel van der Kolk
Psychiatrist and trauma researcher, founder of the Trauma Research Foundation, and author of The Body Keeps the Score. Ran the first NIH-funded studies of EMDR and of yoga for PTSD.
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Where they publish
Site besselvanderkolk.com His own site: biography, scientific publications, and the workshops he teaches.
The list of his 150-odd scientific papers, the trauma trainings he teaches, and The Body Keeps the Score. He does not blog; what he publishes are papers and talks, and this is the index to them.
Link verified 3 Sept 2026.
Elsewhere Instagram The account for the book, posting clips and announcements.
Runs under the book's name rather than his: clips from talks, workshop announcements, and reading from the trauma field.
Link verified 3 Sept 2026.
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