Restoring Mentalizing in Attachment Relationships: Treating Trauma with Plain Old Therapy

The book provides a conceptual framework for treating trauma patients and illuminates relationship factors that are empirically associated with positive outcomes. Patients who have suffered broken and dysfunctional attachments will benefit from its emphasis on trust, compassion, and true connection. Mental health clinicians of diverse theoretical orientations - be they psychiatrists, psychologists, or social workers, in training or practice - will benefit from its emphasis on what works.