Working With Traumatic Memories to Heal Adults With Unresolved Childhood Trauma ─ Neuroscience, Attachment Theory and Pesso Boyden System Psychomotor Psychotherapy

Winnette, a comparative scientist and psychotherapist in Czechoslovakia, and Baylin, a psychologist in the US, apply Pesso Boyden System Psychomotor psychotherapy, a model of psychotherapy that combines key processes of mind-body work, to create positive change in adult survivors of childhood maltreatment. They review child development, attachment, and the developing brain to illustrate the consequences of developmental trauma for children and adults, then explain how to help clients with unresolved developmental trauma using the principles and methods of this therapy, including comparisons to other models, the creative interventions used in Pesso Boyden System Psychomotor therapy, and its theory, content, and process in the context of developmental neurobiology, ending with case studies and an interview with the co-founder of the therapy, Albert Pesso. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Petra Winnette has a PhD in Comparative Science from Charles University, Prague. She has a master degree in Pedagogy, Literature and Visual Art. She studied Applied and Developmental Psychology at the University College Cork, Ireland. She is certified in Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP Institute, USA, UK) Attachment Focused Therapy (AFTI, USA) and Pesso Boyden System Psychomotor therapy (PBSP Institute, Boston, USA). She is founder and director of Natama Institute for Family Care Development in Prague where she has an extensive practice in counseling and therapy. For the last sixteen years she has specialized in the areas of early development, trauma and attachment in her work with families, children and adults. Petra speaks at national and international conferences, provides training and gives lectures. She lives in Prague, Czech Republic. Jonathan Baylin, PhD, a psychologist in private practice, provides workshops for therapists on integrating knowledge about the brain with psychotherapy. He has been working in the mental health field for 35 years. For the past 15 years, while continuing his clinical practice, he has immersed himself in the study of neurobiology and in teaching mental health practitioners about the brain. He has developed a brain-based model of attachment-focused treatment to help therapists and caregivers facilitate the child's journey from mistrust to trust. Jonathan lives in Delaware, USA.