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Trauma and Attachment in the Perinatal Period: A Developmental Model of Dissociation book cover

1st Edition

Trauma and Attachment in the Perinatal Period A Developmental Model of Dissociation

By Doris D'Hooghe, Layla Brack Copyright 2027
298 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

298 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Trauma and Attachment in the Perinatal Period offers a groundbreaking understanding of how early relationships—especially during the perinatal period—shape trauma and dissociation across the lifespan. Rather than focusing on events or diagnostic categories, this book explores how trauma within attachment relationships disrupts six areas of development: relational, bodily, neurobiological,... Read more

1. Model of the Self  2. Attachment  3. Prenatal Attachment  4. Availability  5. The Impact of Attachment on Development  6. The Therapeutic Relationship as an Attachment Relationship  7. What is Trauma?  8. Prenatal Trauma  9. Birth Trauma  10. Unseen Attachment Trauma  11. Thanatos Attachment  12. Dissociative Reactions  13. Attachment Trauma Parts  14. Attachment Trauma Parts in Clinician  15. DMD Assessment  16. DMD Case Conceptualization  17. DMD Treatment

 

 

Biography

Doris D’Hooghe is a psychotraumatologist and integrative child therapist with over 40 years of experience. Founder of Trauma Center Belgium, she co-developed the developmental model of dissociation.

Layla Brack is a clinical psychologist specializing in trauma, and a co-developer of the developmental model of dissociation shared in this book.

"In this enticing book, Doris D’Hooghe and Layla Brack carefully dissect elements of developmental relationships. Unlike many texts on this topic, they do not neglect the important, formative period before birth, which lays a foundation for more visible relationships after birth. They emphasize the unique importance of the mother, based on the biological dependency prenatally, and point out how this mother-child relationship is challenged rather than supported within the modern patriarchal world."

Cherionna Menzam-Sills, PhD, author of The Prenatal Shadow: Healing the Traumas Experienced Before and at Birth

"This is a valuable and comprehensive contribution to the literature on trauma and dissociation. Soundly researched, this book provides a well-structured developmental model that includes and explores a wide range of theories and modalities. It is particularly valuable for its discussion and contextualising of previously unacknowledged attachment traumas. Clinicians working with developmental trauma will benefit greatly from this developmental model and its application in therapeutic practice. I highly recommend it."

Violet Sherwood, PhD, author of Haunted: The Death Mother Archetype

"This book offers a transformative, client-centered reframing of attachment, trauma, and dissociation and provides a helpful bridge between theory and practice. It champions destigmatization and a hopeful and compassionate path toward broader healing. I highly recommend it."

Richard M. Cross, clinical director of Five Rivers Child Care and MCTS and fellow and faculty member of ISSTD

"As I read this book, I found myself reflecting on treatment relationships with clients who’ve thrived in treatment with me and ones who didn’t as much, or as fluidly as I would have liked them to. This book adds dimensions to knowledge of how to develop the critically necessary attachment relationship that provides the environment for healing to take place."

Joanne H. Twombly, MSW, author of Trauma and Dissociation Informed Internal Family Systems

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