Trauma Through a Child's Eyes: Awakening the Ordinary Miracle of Healing; Infancy Through Adolescence - Peter A. Levine

Levine offers a hopeful alternative to children acting in on themselves or out on others in response to pain and injury. He explains how adults can help children tap into and strengthen their natural resiliency to resolve the effects of trauma and cope successfully with future harmful situations. \nWhat parents, educators, and health professionals can do to recognize, prevent, and heal childhood trauma, from infancy through adolescence--by the author of Waking the Tiger \nTrauma can result not only from catastrophic events such as abuse, violence, or loss of loved ones, but from natural disasters and everyday incidents like auto accidents, medical procedures, divorce, or even falling off a bicycle. At the core of this book is the understanding of how trauma is imprinted on the body, brain, and spirit--often resulting in anxiety, nightmares, depression, physical illnesses, addictions, hyperactivity, and aggression. \n \nRich with case studies and hands-on activities, Trauma Through a Child's Eyes gives insight into children's innate ability to rebound with the appropriate support, and provides their caregivers with tools to overcome and prevent trauma. \n \nTrauma Through A Child's Eyes . . . creates its own mold in a way that everyone concerned with the health and happiness of children will be grateful for. --Gabor Maté, MD, author of Hold On to Your Kids\n