"The Body Keeps the Score" is a seminal work on the understanding and treatment of trauma, written by renowned psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk. Drawing from his extensive clinical experience and research, van der Kolk explores how trauma reshapes both body and brain, compromising sufferers’ capacities for pleasure, engagement, self-control, and trust. He emphasizes that trauma is not just an event of the past but a lingering imprint on the mind and body, often manifesting through a myriad of physical and psychological symptoms."