Criticisms of “The Body Keeps the Score”

Van der Kolk lost his job due to pretty extensive sexual misconduct, so I think he's a pretty poor person to hold up as a hero.

That said, this article is just as bad as the book.

Of course there are massive and complex feedback loops between the brain and the body.

Trying to distill it to only one thing in one direction is kinda absurd.

I encourage folks to get more massages if they doubt that there's any causal relationship between these phenomena.

Can you give a source for the claim of "extensive sexual misconduct"? I've seen allegations of bullying, which is clearly bad enough, but nothing sexual.

> Van der Kolk lost his job due to pretty extensive sexual misconduct, so I think he's a pretty poor person to hold up as a hero.

I was curious about this accusation, so I read a bit about the scandal. [0]

It seems you are actually talking about Joseph Spinazzola, the executive director of Van der Kolk's trauma center, who was fired for sexual misconduct while Van der Kolk was on sabbatical. Van der Kolk was fired two months later, not for sexual misconduct, but for denigrating and bullying employees.

[0] https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2018/03/07/allegation...

“Of course there are massive and complex feedback loops between the brain and the body.

Trying to distill it to only one thing in one direction is kinda absurd.”

The relevant parts are good.