Dr. Perry describes how early life stress and violence affects the developing brain. Perry finds that relationships are the agents of change and the most powerful therapy is human love.
Based on four decades as a physician, Mate sees Addiction, not as a medical “condition” distinct from the lives it affects, rather the result of a complex interplay among personal history, emotional, and neurological development, and brain chemistry. Promoting compassionate self-understanding as the first key to healing and wellness.