From Neglect to Healing: Attachment Theory in Working with Childhood Trauma

The book by Jacques Gilson «From Neglect to Healing» deeply explores the impact of childhood trauma on personality development and the formation of attachments. The author, relying on attachment theory, offers a comprehensive approach to understanding and working with the consequences of early negative experiences — neglect, emotional abuse, and the absence of a stable parental figure. The work examines various attachment styles — secure, anxious, avoidant, and disorganized — and their manifestations in adult life. Gilson provides practical strategies and techniques for therapists, parents, and anyone seeking healing from childhood trauma. He shows how to restore broken connections, develop healthy self-regulation mechanisms, and build fulfilling relationships based on the formation of secure attachment. This publication will be useful for psychologists, psychotherapists, social workers, educators, students of relevant specialties, and a wide range of readers interested in developmental psychology, trauma, and recovery.