ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book presents an integrationist view of diagnosis. Theories are lenses and use of all available lenses, from the biological to the psychosocial, can increase the understanding of clients and improve the abilities to match the techniques to the client. The book also presents three complex trauma cases through the process of therapy relationship formation, and the actual therapy relationship management work. A basic tenet of the book is that complex psychological trauma therapy seeks to heal and change these core difficult attachment patterns to more stable, safe, predictable ones. The book highlights the relationship with the therapist as one of the most central predictors of therapeutic success. Complex trauma therapy that seeks to change the client's entire inner sense of self/world targets the eventual development of earned security.
