Bruce D. Perry

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[Wikipedia] Bruce D. Perry is an American psychiatrist, currently the senior fellow of the Child Trauma Academy in Houston, Texas, and an adjunct professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. A clinician and researcher in children's mental health and the neurosci

Quotes by Bruce D. Perry

For years mental health professionals taught people that they could be psychologically healthy without social support, that “unless you love yourself, no…

Bruce D. Perry

Capacity

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The more healthy relationships a child has, the more likely he will be to recover from trauma and thrive. Relationships are the…

Bruce D. Perry

Agents

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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

Change