“Across generations, wariness of new individuals, groups, and ideas was built into the circuits of the human brain's alarm response because those who had this wariness were more likely to survive to reproduce. It was just safer to assume danger-… — Bruce D. Perry Copy Share Image
For years mental health professionals taught people that they could be psychologically healthy without social support, that “unless you love yourself, no one else… — Bruce D. Perry Copy Share Image
The more healthy relationships a child has, the more likely he will be to recover from trauma and thrive. Relationships are the agents of… — Bruce D. Perry Copy Share Image
Relationships matter: the currency for systemic change was trust, and trust comes through forming healthy working relationships. People, not programs, change people. — Bruce D. Perry Copy Share Image
The truth is, you cannot love yourself unless you have been loved and are loved. The capacity to love cannot be built in isolation. — Bruce D. Perry Copy Share Image
Relationships are the agents of change and the most powerful therapy is human love — Bruce D. Perry Copy Share Image
“Across generations, wariness of new individuals, groups, and ideas was built into the circuits of the human brain's alarm response because those who had… — Bruce D. Perry Copy Share Image
“When a baby gets hungry and cries his levels of stress hormones will move upward. But if Mom or Dad regularly comes to feed… — Bruce D. Perry Copy Share Image
More than 35 percent of the children exposed to a single traumatic event will develop serious mental health problems .. The real crisis of… — Bruce D. Perry Copy Share Image
It is the rare and strong person that can carry their trauma without having it spill into the next generation. — Bruce D. Perry Copy Share Image
