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The psychiatrist, Bessel Fender Kolk, is an innovator in treating the effects of overwhelming

experiences on people and society.

We call this trauma when we encounter it in life and news, and we tend to leap to address

it by talking.

But Bessel Fender Kolk knows how some experiences imprint themselves beyond where language can

reach.

He explores state-of-the-art therapeutic treatments, including bodywork like yoga and eye movement

therapy.

He's been a leading researcher of traumatic stress since it first became a diagnosis in

the wake of the Vietnam War, and from there was applied to other populations.

A conversation with this psychiatrist is a surprisingly joyful thing.

He shares what he and others are learning on this edge of humanity about the complexity

of memory, our need for others, and how our brains take care of our bodies.

I think trauma really does confront you with the best and the worst.

You see the horrendous things that people do to each other, but you also see resiliency,

the power of love, the power of caring, the power of commitment, the power of commitment

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