ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of the book. The book focuses on traumatized clients who have "overcome", who have prestigious jobs and loving families of choice, whose lives are rich and full, but who still struggle to enjoy the quality of life they have fought to create. It offers hope to individuals who may be stable but whose internal quality of life is still as dark and painful as the traumatic past despite the safety, support, and meaningful work in their external lives. The book presents a theoretical understanding of trauma, dissociation, neurobiology, and attachment with a practical, "hand's on" approach to the treatment of these issues that is intended to be accessible to both client and therapist. It describes one theory about healing the effects of trauma and traumatic attachment that emerged from clinical observations.
