Audiobooks by Bruce D. Perry

Born for Love: Why Empathy Is Essential--and Endangered

"**Narrated by the Author** The groundbreaking exploration of the power of empathy by renowned child-psychiatrist Bruce D. Perry, coauthor, with Oprah Winfrey, of What Happened to You? "Empathy, and the ties that bind people into relationships, are key elements of happiness. Born for Love is truly fascinating." - Gretchen Rubin, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Happiness Project From birth, when babies' fingers instinctively cling to those of adults, their bodies and brains seek an intimate connection, a bond made possible by empathy-the ability to love and to share the feelings of others. In this provocative book, psychiatrist Bruce D. Perry and award-winning science journalist Maia Szalavitz interweave research and stories from Perry's practice with cutting-edge scientific studies and historical examples to explain how empathy develops, why it is essential for our development into healthy adults, and how to raise kids with empathy while navigating threats from technological change and other forces in the modern world. Perry and Szalavitz show that compassion underlies the qualities that make society work-trust, altruism, collaboration, love, charity-and how difficulties related to empathy are key factors in social problems such as war, crime, racism, and mental illness. Even physical health, from infectious diseases to heart attacks, is deeply affected by our human connections to one another. As Born for Love reveals, recent changes in technology, child-rearing practices, education, and lifestyles are starting to rob children of necessary human contact and deep relationships-the essential foundation for empathy and a caring, healthy society. Sounding an important warning bell, Born for Love offers practical ideas for combating the negative influences of modern life and fostering positive social change to benefit us all. It reveals how and why the brain learns to bond with others-and is a stirring call to protect our children from new threats to their capacity to love."

Bruce D. Perry, Maia Szalavitz (Author), Maia Szalavitz (Narrator)

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[German] - Was ist dein Schmerz?: Gespräche über Trauma, seelische Verletzungen und Heilung

"Wie die Seele wieder gesund wird: berührende Gespräche über Trauma und Transformation. Wenn wir als Kind nicht das bekommen, was wir für eine gesunde Entwicklung brauchen, zum Beispiel Sicherheit und eine dauerhafte emotionale Verbundenheit, entstehen seelische Verletzungen. Unsere Lebendigkeit wird eingeschränkt, wir können unser Potenzial nicht entfalten oder fühlen uns minderwertig. Oprah Winfrey diskutiert mit dem renommierten Hirnforscher und Kinderpsychiater Bruce Perry die Auswirkungen traumatischer Kindheitserlebnisse. In vielschichtigen und tief persönlichen Gesprächen beleuchten die Autoren, wie sehr diese Erfahrungen unser Leben als Erwachsene prägen. Durch einfühlsame Fragestellungen helfen sie, die Wurzel des Schmerzes aufzuspüren. Uns wird klar, warum wir in bestimmten Situationen so fühlen und so handeln. Auf diese Weise können Kindheitstraumata bewältigt und seelische Verletzungen geheilt werden, damit ein Leben in emotionaler Verbundenheit, Freiheit und Erfüllung gelingt."

Bruce D. Perry, Oprah Winfrey (Author), Linda Holly, Thomas Höricht (Narrator)

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[Spanish] - El chico a quien criaron como perro: Y otras historias del cuaderno de un psiquiatra infantil

"'Este cuaderno de atrocidades, con el que no habrá capítulo donde el lector no se sienta zarandeado, es en realidad una crónica de la inocencia interrumpida; un estudio del cerebro infantil y de cómo ciertas situaciones creadas por los adultos que rodean al niño, pueden convertir a este en una máquina sin sentimientos, en un obseso sexual, en una víctima de la anorexia, en un desconfiado o en una mente irreparable.'—Luna Miguel ¿Qué pasa cuando se traumatiza un cerebro joven? ¿Cómo afecta la mente de un niño el terror, el abuso o la desgracia? El psiquiatra infantil Bruce Perry ha ayudado a muchos a superar horrores inimaginables: niños supervivientes de genocidios o testigos de homicidio, adolescentes secuestrados o víctimas de violencia familiar. Mediante la observación del trauma a través de la lente científica, Perry nos revela la asombrosa capacidad del cerebro para curarse. Combinando las historias de casos inolvidables con sus propias estrategias de rehabilitación, el autor explica lo que ocurre exactamente en el cerebro de un niño expuesto a un estrés extremo, y propone diferentes medidas para aliviar el dolor y ayudarle a crecer como un adulto sano. Las cosas más simples –el entorno, el afecto, el lenguaje, el contacto, etc.– pueden influir profundamente, para bien o para mal, en un cerebro en desarrollo. En este interesante documento, Bruce Perry demuestra que solo cuando entendamos la ciencia de la mente podremos tener la esperanza de curar el espíritu de casi cualquier niño, incluso el más afectado. 'Mediante la exposición de cada historia clínica y las aplicaciones del «tratamiento neurosecuencial», Perry y Szalavitz ofrecen una demostración fascinante de cómo las sinergias entre los avances en neurociencia y la psicología consiguen mejorías sorprendentes en pacientes que se consideran casos perdidos.'—El Cultural"

Bruce D. Perry, Lucía Barahona (translator), Maia Szalavitz (Author), Alan Bochm (Narrator)

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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

"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."

Bruce D. Perry, Maia Szalavitz (Author), Chris Kipiniak (Narrator)

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Audiobooks by Bruce D. Perry

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