List of Contributors

Rosemary Bernstein, MS, is an advanced doctoral candidate working with Dr Jennifer Freyd. Before joining the University of Oregon's Clinical Psychology program in 2009, Rosemary received BAs in Psychology and Art Practice with a minor in Interdisciplinary Studies of Early Childhood from the University of California, Berkeley. Heavily influenced by both attachment theory and betrayal trauma theory, her graduate research has focused on the psychosocial effects of early relational trauma and loss—particularly as they relate to subsequent interpersonal functioning in the context of both romantic and caregiver-child relationships. Rosemary has also worked toward identifying early predictors of insecure and disorganised infant-parent attachment relationships. She was trained in adult attachment interview coding by Drs Main and Hesse, and earned reliability in Spring, 2013. E-mail: reb@uoregon.edu

Ruth Blizard, PhD, is a psychologist practicing in Binghamton, NY, USA, with over thirty years of experience in treating people with complex trauma, dissociation, those labelled as having personality disorders and substance abuse issues. She served as editor of the newsletters of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation and Division 56 of the APA, Trauma Psychology News. She is on the editorial board of the Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, and has reviewed articles for the Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma, and Trauma Psychology: Theory, Research, Practice and Policy. She has published book chapters and articles integrating psychoanalytic concepts and attachment theory in the treatment of trauma, dissociation and psychosis, and has presented internationally on trauma, attachment, borderline personality, psychosis and the spectrum of dissociative disorders. She has taught the official ISSTD course, Diagnosis and Treatment of Dissociative Disorders. E-mail:

Louis Breger is a psychologist, psychotherapist, and scholar. He