Deschutes Public Library

What happened to you?, conversations on trauma, resilience, and healing, Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D., Oprah Winfrey

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-301)

contains biographical information

illustrations

no index present

non fiction

What happened to you?

bibliography

Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D., Oprah Winfrey

conversations on trauma, resilience, and healing

"Oprah Winfrey, sharing stories from her own past, and a renowned brain development and trauma expert discuss the impact of trauma and adversity and how healing must begin with a shift to asking, "What happened to you?" rather than "What's wrong with you?" Through deeply personal conversations, Oprah Winfrey and Dr. Bruce Perry explore how what happens to us in early childhood influences the people we become. They challenge us to shift from focusing on zWhats wrong with you?y or zWhy are you behaving that way?y to asking zWhat happened to you?y Many of us experience adversity that has a lasting impact on our physical and emotional health. What happens to us in childhood is a powerful predictor of our risk for health problems down the road and offers scientific insights into the patterns of behaviors so many struggle to understand. Here, Winfrey shares stories from her own harrowing past and her understanding of the vulnerability that comes from facing trauma at a young age. Joining forces with Dr. Perry, one of the worlds leading experts on childhood trauma, Winfrey marries the power of storytelling with science and clinical experience to better understand our past so that we may clear a path to our future opening the door to resilience and healing in a proven, powerful way." --, Inside front jacket flap