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Bruce D. Perry

Child psychiatry, neuroscience

Known for

Clinical work on childhood trauma, regulation and developmentally sensitive care

Why their work may matter

Perry's clinical framing — regulate, relate, then reason — gives adults an order of operations for hard moments.

Connection to a theme in The Trenches

Chapter 4: what behavior may be protecting.

Start here

The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog.

Books

  • The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog
  • What Happened to You? (with Oprah Winfrey)

In the resource library

  • The Boy Who Was Raised as a DogBruce D. Perry

Listed as additional recommended reading. This is not a source for The Trenches, does not imply endorsement, and does not imply agreement with everything this person teaches.