Emotional Trauma, the Impact on Health, and How to Heal, with Professor Bessel van der Kolk

Huge mainstream studies confirm exposure to emotional trauma in childhood dramatically increases the risk of seven out of the top ten causes of death in adulthood. Sixty-seven percent of all adults say they experienced trauma in childhood. A moderate exposure reduces lifespan by twenty years. Early life stress is the most under-exposed risk factor for chronic illness in adulthood. In this interview we discuss the importance of different types of trauma (Developmental trauma versus Post-traumatic stress disorder), which therapies are proven to work for each one, and much more with the world's leading expert on trauma, Bessel van der Kolk, Professor of Psychiatry at Boston Medical School and New York Times Bestselling author.