Intimate Edges of Psychotherapy for Complex Trauma

Rebecca Klott, PhD, is a licensed counseling psychologist. She is the founder and president of River City Psychological Services, a group practice in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She also writes psychologically focused fictional works. Richard Raubolt is a licensed clinical psychologist and board-certified psychoanalyst. He has written three books, published over 30 professional papers, and produced five films on the intersection of applied psychoanalysis and social-cultural issues. In over 45 years of practice, Richard has presented his work nationally and internationally. Loray Daws is a registered clinical psychologist in South Africa and British Columbia, Canada. He is currently in private practice and serves as a senior faculty member at the International Masterson Institute and as a board member and teaching faculty at the Object Relations Institute in New York. Loray specializes in psychoanalysis and Dasein analysis and is the author and editor of eight books on psychoanalysis and existential analysis.

“A psychoanalytic memoir of unimaginable impacts and survival. At the heart of such catastrophe, Faith lies dormant, awaiting rebirth of psyche and soul. Damaged and damaging bonds finally housed, finding psyche-soul deformations transformed, the shattered and shattering impacts of childhood trauma infused with life-giving capacity. As written by Lord Byron and articulated by Daws - Here’s to the Children of the Second Birth.” - Dr. Michael Eigen, psychoanalyst; author, Bits of Psyche: Selected Seminars by Michael Eigen “This courageously intimate and unflinchingly honest page-turner, co-created by Dr. Richard Raubolt (analyst) and Dr. Rebecca Klott (analysand), offers readers an extraordinary glimpse into the profound heartbreak of severe, complex childhood trauma, the messiness of human suffering, and the intricacies of the healing process. Sustained by Raubolt’s faith in the transformative power of a co-created ‘we’, Rebecca, even in her darkest moments, finds solace in the knowledge that she is no longer alone. The rawness of Rebecca’s heartrending experiences and the incisiveness of Raubolt’s penetrating insights are woven together with such tenderness and love that this becomes a story not just about therapy but about the shared humanity of two brave souls journeying in tandem from lost to found.” - Martha Stark, MD, award-winning author of nine books on the integration of psychoanalytic theory with clinical practice, including Modes of Therapeutic Action, Working with Resistance, and Relentless Hope“This memoir pushes the boundaries of modern psychoanalytic treatment in a way that deepens what Freud coined as ‘the talking cure’. In these pages one finds a combination of talking and writing that blends emotional depths with theoretical moorings, while a beautiful, painful story unfolds.” - Keri S. Cohen, co-editor, Toxic Nourishment and Damaged Bonds in the Work of Michael Eigen, Working with the Obstructive Object (Routledge)

• Forward by Rachel Newcombe Letter to the reader Chapter One, The Beginning Chapter Two, Attachment Part One Chapter Three, Attachment Part Two Chapter Four, A Whole New Way of Reliving Trauma Chapter Five, The PhD Program Years Chapter Six, And, Again Chapter Seven, Living with the Possibility of Goodbye and Post-Traumatic Growing Chapter Eight, Interview with Loray Daws Chapter Nine, On Ontological survival and the children of the second birth