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Trauma Through a Child's Eyes: Awakening the Ordinary Miracle of Healing [Paperback]

Peter A. Levine Ph.D. , Maggie Kline
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Book Description

December 26, 2006
An essential guide for recognizing, preventing, and healing childhood trauma, from infancy through adolescence—what parents, educators, and health professionals can do.

Trauma can result not only from catastrophic events such as abuse, violence, or loss of loved ones, but from natural disasters and everyday incidents such as 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, resulting in anxiety, nightmares, depression, physical illnesses, addictions, hyperactivity, and aggression. Rich 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.

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Editorial Reviews

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"Trauma Through A Child’s Eyes is an extraordinary body of work. Healing ourselves and our children of the effects of trauma is of the utmost importance. The more aligned we are inside ourselves and with our outer world, the more we will be able to create peace." —Debbie Robins, bestselling author of Where Peace Lives

"Some books are said, in their originality, to 'break the mold.' Trauma Through A Child’s Eyes goes one further: it 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: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers

"A truly remarkable book that captures the essence of what it is to be a traumatized child, while simultaneously helping us understand, appreciate, and facilitate their natural capacity to heal. Written with a deep sense of compassion and wisdom, this book offers clear insight to those who care for and about children." —John Stewart, PhD, author of Beyond Time Out; clinical director, Maine Medical Center; consultant to public schools, Child Psychiatry Fellowship Faculty

From the Publisher

"Some books are said, in their originality, to 'break the mold.' Trauma Through A Child's Eyes goes one further: it creates its own mold in a way that everyone concerned with the health and happiness of children will be grateful for."
- Gabor Mata, MD, author of Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers

"A truly remarkable book that captures the essence of what it is to be a traumatized child, while simultaneously helping us understand, appreciate, and facilitate their natural capacity to heal. Written with a deep sense of compassion and wisdom, this book offers clear insight to those who care for and about children."
- John Stewart, PhD, author of Beyond Time Out; clinical director, Maine Medical Center; consultant to public schools, Child Psychiatry Fellowship Faculty


Product Details

  • Paperback: 536 pages
  • Publisher: North Atlantic Books; 1 edition (December 26, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1556436300
  • ISBN-13: 978-1556436307
  • Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.2 x 9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #55,063 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.4 out of 5 stars
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4.4 out of 5 stars
As an educator this book was extremely valuable in many ways. A.  |  4 reviewers made a similar statement
It can help you also to understand your own fears and deal with them. Gisela  |  3 reviewers made a similar statement
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54 of 54 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A Terrific Book-Trauma Through a Child's Eyes January 16, 2007
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Trauma Through a Child's Eyes does what it says it will do. It awakens "the ordinary miracle of healing." As a therapist, I have read countless theory and/or practice books. I have found myself either drowning in theory or bored by an author's list of do's and don't's. This book is refreshingly different. It is wisdom writ large.

As I read, I am drawn into a place of understanding:

-the body's natural tendency to protect itself

-a child's extraordinary ability to react to, renegotiate, and heal from traumatic events

-the responsibility we all have to respond intelligently and effectively to the trauma so prevalent in our world.

As I read, I am drawn into a place of hope:

-that we all have access to resilience

-that our children can thrive

-that there is a way to help that does "no harm.'

I highly recommend this book for professionals, parents, anyone interested in the "miracle of healing." It is intelligently and compassionately written by two extraordinary professionals who are clearly more interested in healing trauma than in their own renown. I have recommended Trauma Through a Child's Eyes to clients, colleagues, friends and family and I recommend it unequivocally to you!
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30 of 31 people found the following review helpful
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This book is a remarkable resource of information for anyone who has any experience or contact with children. It is not a heady read. Completely and utterly accessible to those who have no formal training in psychology (yet still riveting for those who do), it has many step-by-step guides (creative, physical, and emotional) for dealing with and assisting children through a myriad of life's trials and traumas, including random falls and accidents, loss of a pet, abuse, death, & bullying to name a few. This book also offers numerous skill-building guides to help a child develop their senses, mindfulness, awareness and boundaries, and several basic cases are presented of children they have come in contact with over the years with various presenting problems. Terribly informative, moving, healing, thought provoking and profoundly educational, this book will be one you'll recommend again and again. Not said tongue in cheek, if you were ever a child, you need to read this book.
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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful
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This book offers clear explanations to the nature of trauma and how it affects the body--and subsequently, the emotions and perceptions and behavior--and how to prevent an overwhelming event from BECOMING traumatic for the long term. It is filled with doable and clear exercises, and helps demystify the concept of what trauma is, why things are traumatic, how to prevent trauma, the incidious way that traumatic events can impact later sensations and perceptions, and how to help heal those. A book by a leading figure in the field of trauma and the body, Peter Levine is a master.
Wonderfully clarifying for anyone who works with children--be it traumatized children or children who are exposed to 'normal' occasional overwhelming events such as falling of a bike--and to anyone who works with parents of children.
Highly recommended.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Horribly written/edited. Good information
Who edited this book? It is at times horribly written and grammatically laughable. "Immobility, freeze, helplessness, and dissociation are involuntary psycho-physiological... Read more
Published 1 month ago by D Nut
5.0 out of 5 stars Trauma Through A Child's Eyes
This book has been immensely helpful for providing information about helping a child process through trauma and be set free from the bondage of the trauma experience. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Lynette
2.0 out of 5 stars Hard
Very hard to read - I am NOT a psychiatrist, and it wasn't the sort of book I was expecting.
Published on November 24, 2009 by S. Minnich
4.0 out of 5 stars Trauma
Very interesting book that every parent should read. It describes shocking facts that not too many people even can imagine could happen on this earth.
Published on May 11, 2009 by Gabriela Simpson
5.0 out of 5 stars Good work
Peter is an expert, enjoyed many others of his work. This is no exception.
Published on April 7, 2009 by Amanda C. Mills
5.0 out of 5 stars Helping our children
This is an extraordinary tool to help us to care about our children in everyday's life and happenings. Read more
Published on October 24, 2008 by Gisela
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Book
This is a excelent and interesting book. I've gained a lot of good ideas for both my children and myself. Read more
Published on September 29, 2008 by M. Mcauley
5.0 out of 5 stars Thorough and Concise
As an educator this book was extremely valuable in many ways. One of these ways was that it gave me insight into a child's brain that has experienced trauma. Read more
Published on August 8, 2008 by A.
5.0 out of 5 stars Trauma Through a Child's Eyes: Awakening the Ordinary Miracle of...
This is a fabulous book with excellent insight into the impact of trauma on the body. The authors offer a succint and easy read filled with information describing the dynamics of... Read more
Published on December 3, 2007 by Diane J. Tinkham
5.0 out of 5 stars Best book in my library!
This is the best book in my library! I keep it next to me and reference it frequently. I have given 5 of them to family and friends with children. Read more
Published on October 2, 2007 by Robert Gonzalez
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