Bessel van der Kolk Quotes
The most important phrases in trauma therapy are “Notice that” and “What happens next?”
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I'm terrified of therapy because I don't want it to mess with my creativity.
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In retrospect, I have devoted my scientific life mainly to the question to what extent infectious agents contribute to human cancer, trusting that this will contribute to novel modes of cancer prevention, diagnosis and, hopefully, later on, also to cancer therapy.
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My ideal relaxation is working on upholstry. I spend hours in junk shops buying furniture. I do all the upholstery work myself, and it's like therapy.
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Psychotherapy works, and some types of therapy have been shown to be much more effective than antidepressants over the long run.
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I think everybody I've seen has come from some other therapy, and almost invariably, it's very much the same thing: the therapist is too disinterested, a little too aloof, a little too inactive. They're not really interested in the person; he doesn't relate to the person.
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I think that therapy is great and can be incredibly helpful.
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I take it that a successful therapy is an oxymoron.
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Children notice things first, people later.
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You notice that he does not ask, Where am I?" says the Mayor's voice, moving out there, somewhere. "His first words are, Where is she? And his Noise says the same. Interesting.
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Show business is the best possible therapy for remorse.
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When you do your best, people notice.
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I can be normal by myself; no one notices me.
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It is irresponsible to set an arbitrary cap on how much therapy a Medicare beneficiary can receive. It ignores the health needs of our senior population - especially the oldest and sickest.
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What is divine escapes men's notice because of their incredulity.
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No notice is taken of a little evil, but when it increases it strikes the eye.
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If you notice, everyone on Deep Space Nine has this weird... I mean well... weird names. It's like they chose us for that. Except Terry Farrell but she makes it in the weirdness anyway. She fits right in with us.
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Non-co-operation is the nation's notice that it is no longer satisfied to be in tutelage.
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So take care of your life and take notice and be observant, for the number of widows is always far greater than the number of widowers.
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I still have certain goals that I want. Grammies... Other awards... an Oscar one day.
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I'm not really a knob-twiddler. I always work with an engineer; I'm not super hands-on when it comes to mixing boards and computers. I'm much more about what I'm hearing and what it needs to be like. I deal with songs and ideas and instruments.
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Our American values are not luxuries but necessities, not the salt in our bread, but the bread itself. Our common vision of a free and just society is our greatest source of cohesion at home and strength abroad, greater than the bounty of our material blessings.
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I think there are a couple of key lessons that come from Judaism that shaped my life. One of them is the idea we have a duty to repair the world, and all of us should play a role in our lives in trying to repair the world and to make the world better for the next generation.
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The most important phrases in trauma therapy are “Notice that” and “What happens next?”
