Waking the Tiger offers a new and hopeful vision of trauma. It views the
human animal as a unique being, endowed with an instinctual capacity to
heal as well as an intellectual spirit to harness this innate capacity.
It asks and answers an intriguing question - why are animals in the
wild, though threatened routinely, rarely traumatized? By understanding
the dynamics that make wild animals virtually immune to traumatic
symptoms, the mystery of human trauma is revealed. Waking the Tiger
normalizes the symptoms of trauma and the steps needed to heal them.