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Editor of the journal Attachment: New Directions in Psychotherapy and Relational Psychoanalysis Vol.12 No.1 ​(published by Phoenix Publishing House), 2018

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Editor of the journal Attachment: New Directions in Psychotherapy and Relational Psychoanalysis Vol.11 No.2 (published by Karnac books), 2017

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Editor of the journal Attachment: New Directions in Psychotherapy and Relational Psychoanalysis - Vol.12 No.2 (published by Phoenix Publishing House), 2018

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Co-editor: “Terror within and without, Attachment and Disintegration: Clinical Work on the Edge”
​Edited by Judy Yellin & Orit Badouk Epstein, Karnac, 2013

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Author and Co-editor: Mind Control and Ritual Abuse, the manipulation of attachment needs/, Joe Schwartz, Rachel Wingfield Schwartz, Orit Badouk Epstein, Karnac, 2011

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Editor of the journal Attachment: New Directions in Psychotherapy and Relational Psychoanalysis Vol.11 No.3 (published by Karnac books), 2017

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Editor of the journal Attachment: New Directions in Psychotherapy and Relational Psychoanalysis Vol.11 No.1 (published by Karnac books), 2017

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"Talking Bodies: How do we Integrate Working with the Body in Psychotherapy from an Attachment and Relational Perspective?”
​Edited by Kate White. Chapter 6: “Touching Trauma: working relationally and safely with the unboundaried body”.

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“Gaslight Reality Distortion by Familiar Attachment Figures”. Originally derived from the classic film Gaslight (1940), the term has recently been revived and brought to life the reality distortion some of our clients have endured. From the personal to the societal, this chapter is about the various degrees of gaslighting, in particular about a client who has DID and who’s life has been marked by continuous and insidious emotional torment. It describes how the relational work, using insights from attachment theory, has helped the client shift her distorted internal working models and brought about growth and a sense of selfhood.


  1. Article: Tarnation/ Director J.Caouette – film review/ Attachment Journal, Vol.1/.3, 2007, Karnac
  2. Article: ‘Can Tony Sopranos be redeemed; is there such thing as a criminal personality?’ Attachment journal, Vol.2/2, 2008, Karnac
  3. Article: ‘Positive thinking does not stop bad things happening/ an attachment approach to OCD. Attachment Journal, Vol.2/1, 2008, Karnac
  4. Article: ‘And what about the bad breast ? an attachment viewpoint on Klein’s theory’/Attachment journal, Vol.4/2, 2010, Karnac
  5. Article: ‘Mothers are not the only primary care-givers’. Attachment Journal, Vol. 4/3, 2010, Karnac
  6. Article: Why Attachment Based Therapy is the way forward, May 2007
  7. Article: “Edward Munch Exhibition at Tate” review for Attachment Journal, Vol. 5/3, 2012, Karnac
  8. Editorial: “Attachnet: The impact of the internet on our relationships” Attachment Journal, Vol 8, no.3, 2014, Karnac
  9. Book chapter: Living with the reality of Dissociative Identity Disorder/ Chapter 12: "How far have we come", Edited by Xenia Bowlby, Karnac, 2014
  10. Article: Cross the bridge to redefine the pain/ written for ESTD Newsletter, March 2015, Attachment Journal, Vol 9/3, 2015
  11. Editorial: "Gaslight": Knowing what you are not suppose to know and feeling what you are not suppose to feel, Attachment journal, Vol.11/1, 2017, Karnac
  12. Article: Occupied Body: On chronic fatigue, co-regulation and Psychoneuroimmunology, Attachment Journal, Vol 11/3, 2017, Karnac
  13. Article: Proximity Seeking to Relationship Seeking working toward separation from the abusive group, published in German as "Von der Suche nach zur nach der Bezeiung" in Die Macht von Gruppenbindungen" (Ed Kal Heinz Brisch, 2018, Nachfolger Gmbh, Stuttgart)
  14. Article: Name is Dot,  Attachment Journal, Vol 12/1, 2018, Phoenix Publishing House
  15. ​Book chapter: Trauma Work via the Lens of Attachment Theory, Gaslight Reality Distortion by Familiar Attachment Figures, Chapter 29, pg 347- 363 Approaches to Psychic Trauma, Theory and Practice Edited by Dr Bernd Huppertz.  Published by Rowman & Littlefield, 2019
  16. Article: From Proximity Seeking to Relationship Seeking: Working Towards Separation from the "Scaregivers", Frontiers in the Psychotherapy of Trauma and Dissociation, 2019
  17. Article: “The most tender place in my heart is for strangers”: sexual addiction, the fear system and dissociation through an attachment lens. Vol 13/1, 2019, Phoenix Publishing House











Film and theatre reviews:

  1. Tarnation (2007)
  2. Dogtooth (2010)
  3. Catfish, (2010)
  4. Animal Kingdom (2010)
  5. Project Nim (2011)
  6. Shame (2012)
  7. Martha Marcy May Marlene (2012)
  8. Brimstone & Treacle, a play (2012)
  9. Nostalgia for the Night (2012)
  10. Dolphin Boy (2013
  11. The Master, (2013)
  12. Beyond the Hills, (2013)
  13. The Act of Killing, (2013)
  14. Augustine, (2014)
  15. Miss Violence (2014)
  16. Ex Machina (2015)
  17. Himmler: the Decent One (2015)
  18. Force Majeure (2015)
  19. Gaslight (2016)
  20. Arrival (2017)
  21. Wizard of Lies (2017)
  22. Loveless (2017)


Book reviews:

  1. ‘Waking up in Toytown’ John Burnside, Cape 2010
  2. ‘Coping with trauma-related Dissociation’ Boon, Steel, Van der Hart,  A Norton Professional Book, 2011.
  3. ‘Healing the Unimaginable: Treating Ritual Abuse and Mind Control’ Alison Miller, Karnac, 2011.
  4. ‘The Child Survivor: Healing Developmental Trauma and Dissociation’ Joyanna L. Silberg, Routledge, 2012

Exhibition Reviews:

  1. 'Edvard Munch: The Modern Eye' 2012 
  2. 'Haroun Farocki: Berlin 2014′. ESTD Newsletter December 2014.
  3. 'Yayoi Kusama: Sculptures, Paintings & Mirror Rooms' 2016

Conferences:

  1. ‘Sitting in the Room with Pockets of Psychosis’, Bowlby Conference, London, 2008
  2. ‘Working with the Incredible Hulk’, Bowlby Conference, London, 2009
  3. ‘Fear of the word “integration” in working with severely traumatised clients’, ESTD Conference, Berlin, 2012
  4. Touching Trauma, Confer London, 2012
  5. ‘Touching Trauma: Working Relationally and Safely with the Unboundaried Body’ Bowlby Conference, London, 2012, ESTD Conference Copenhagen, 2013
  6. In conversation with Jay Greenberg, Confer London, 2015
  7. Who needs Who - the roots of traumatic disappointment show in clients with preoccupied attachment style, Bowlby Centre, ESTD Amsterdam 2016, ISTD Washington 2017, International Attachment Conference, Ulm Germany,2017.
  8. Suicide Addict - John Bowlby 23rd Annual Conference, London, 2017​​
  9. From Scaregiving to caregiving - on working with client with complex trauma and sex addiction, Bowlby Centre forum, November 2018
  10. Suicide Addict – When Rupture Feels Beyond Repair, ISTD New York, 2019

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  • About Me
  • Trauma Specialist
  • Parental Guidance
  • Supervision
  • Publications
  • Fees and Location