New Book: Trauma and Attachment in the Perinatal Period
I am very proud to announce that my new book, Trauma and Attachment in the Perinatal Period: A Developmental Model of Dissociation, is now available for pre-order from Routledge. The book is co-authored by Layla Brack and will be published on 14 December 2026.
The book brings together many years of clinical experience and explores how our earliest attachment experiences — beginning in the perinatal period — can profoundly shape development, trauma, dissociation, and relationships throughout life.
It introduces several new concepts, including Unseen Attachment Trauma, Thanatos Attachment, and Dissociative Reactions, offering new perspectives on forms of attachment trauma that can remain hidden and therefore easily go unrecognized in clinical practice.
I am deeply grateful for the endorsements the book has received. Richard M. Cross describes it as a “transformative, client-centered reframing of attachment, trauma, and dissociation.”
Now available for pre-order from Routledge: