What is the dynamics of psychotherapy in mediating the effects of childhood trauma on adult life? Combining insights from trauma-focused work, understandings of the developmental brain, and the neurodynamic processes of psychotherapy, the authors explain how good and bad care in childhood affect adulthood. They provide a scientific background to deepen the understanding of childhood developmental trauma.

They introduce principles of therapeutic change and how and why approaches that combine mind and body, as well as brain approaches, are so effective in treating developmental trauma. The book specifically focuses on Pesso Boyden System Psychotherapy (PBSP), which uniquely combines and integrates key processes of mind and body work, which can facilitate positive changes in adult survivors of childhood abuse.

Through client stories, Petra Winnette and Jonathan Baylin describe the clinical application of PBSP and the underlying neuropsychological concepts it is based on. The book "Working with Traumatic Memories to Heal Adults with Unresolved Childhood Trauma" has applications related to psychotherapists, psychologists, and psychiatrists working with clients who have experienced trauma.