Mapping Mirrors: Attachment, Deprivation, Complex Trauma, & Dissociation

Mapping Our Mirrors is a compassionate exploration of how identity forms in the context of trauma, deprivation, and disrupted relationships. Drawing on attachment theory, dissociation research, and clinical insight, the book reframes dissociation as an adaptive response. Through clear language and relational metaphors, it examines shame that was imposed, selves that emerged to survive what could not be held, and the healing power of accurate reflection. Healing is understood as increased awareness, access, and dignity across self-states, rather than dissociative symptom erasure. Written for survivors and clinicians alike, within the context of feminist liberation framework, Mapping Our Mirrors offers a relational framework for understanding the self through patterns of survival, connection, and repair.