The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog

And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook -- What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love, and Healing

De: Bruce D Perry, Maia Szalavitz

Narrado por: Chris Kipiniak

In this classic work of developmental psychology, renowned psychiatrist and the coauthor of the #1 New York Times bestseller What Happened to You? reveals how trauma affects children—and outlines the path to recovery

How does trauma affect a child's mind—and how can that mind recover?

Child psychiatrist Dr. Bruce D. Perry has helped children faced with unimaginable horror: genocide survivors, murder witnesses, kidnapped teenagers, and victims of family violence. In the classic The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog, Dr. Perry tells their stories of trauma and transformation and shares their lessons of courage, humanity, and hope. Deftly combining unforgettable case histories with his own compassionate, insightful strategies for rehabilitation, Perry explains what happens to children’s brains when they are exposed to extreme stress—and reveals the unexpected measures that can be taken to ease such pain and help them grow into healthy adults. Only when we understand the science of the mind and the power of love and nurturing can we hope to heal the spirit of even the most wounded child.

excellent and informative

I am a psychotherapist working with children in the foster system and found this book to be very helpful in my work. I have also worked with adults and find that much of this can be applied to work with them, as well. I highly recommend this book to anyone working with children or adolescents in any capacity, either providing therapy, medical services, teaching, tutoring, or any other role. I also highly recommend this book for all psychotherapists regardless of the population you work with.

Excellent

Nice book on human phycology, childhood tram-a. One important thing to learn from this book is to give a child a loving care from the day the child is born. Every loving touch, care, attention matters. This will help them grow in their full potential as a good adult ready to face the world in a good manner.

Excellent clinical overview for layperson

Having no medical or therapeutic expertise, I found this to be a good book to explain how childhood trauma disrupts development and how we can help children to heal. The cover describes it as “upbeat” but that is a stretch - maybe compared to what therapists hear on a daily basis but not for the layperson! In any case, the troubling true stories were essential in helping me understand the issues being discussed. Great narration too!

Highly Recommend

This book is well written and so informative. Highly recommend! If you or a loved one suffers from PTSD this book will help you understand what causes PTSD and how to deal with it. There is hope

A must read for humanity

I discovered this book when I was researching how to live through failure and embrace it as a strength. As I started reading more about this book I was intrigued and gladly so. This book helped me learn how to cope with the inevitable failure cycle. The fear of the unknown is paralyzing. In my research I have found that failure is about losing and in my quest to be an optimized human, it’s important to work through that loss. The author teaches us that to facilitate recovery, the loss of control and powerlessness felt must be counteracted. The only way to restore a normal stress response to unfortunate and horrifying events is to restore the feeling of control. You'd rather know what is going to happen (be that awful or not) than not know. It's better to know misery is coming than to be miserable not knowing is coming. The book is not a light casual read. I found that I could only read a chapter at a time before needing space to reflect. The stories that Dr. Perry talks about are horrific and (sadly) true. I don’t think I was emotionally prepared for some of the stories, but now I am convinced that this book deserves attention from all parents, educators, policymakers, courts, law enforcement, therapists, and every adult who wants to support the community.