Bruce D. Perry quotes

The more healthy relationships a child has, the more likely he will be to recover from trauma and thrive. Relationships are the agents of change and the most powerful therapy is human love. (Bruce D. Perry)

Fire can warm or consume, water can quench or drown, wind can caress or cut. And so it is with human relationshps; we can both create and destroy, nurture and terrorize, traumatize and heal each other.

Bruce D. Perry

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

For years mental health professionals taught people that they could be psychologically healthy without social support, that "unless you love yourself, no one else will love you.”...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

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

Bruce D. Perry

Occupation: Psychiatrist
Quotes count: 5

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