Table of contents

Foreword / Paul E. Rapp
Acknowledgements

1. Introduction: The History, Meaning, and Implications of Chaos and Complexity / Phyllis A. Perna, Frank Masterpasqua

I. Self-Organization in Developmental Processes

2. Toward a Dynamical Developmental Understanding of Disorder / Frank Masterpasqua
3. The Self-Organization of Psychological Defenses / Marc D. Lewis, Natalka Junyk
4. Dynamics of Development in Relationships / Alan Fogel, Maria C. D. P. Lyra

II. Chaos, Complexity, and Psychopathology

5. Regression as Evolutionary Process: A View From Dialectics and Chaos Theory / Phyllis A. Perna
6. Dissociative Disorders in Chaos and Complexity / Deborah Derrickson-Kossmann, Lynn Drinkard
7. Reciprocal Causality and Childhood Trauma: An Application of Chaos Theory / Catherine J. Lasser, David S. Bathory

III. Psychotherapy

8. Complexity and Psychotherapy: Promising Dialogues and Practical Issues / Michael J. Mahoney, Amy J. Moes
9. Systematic Chaos: Self-Organizing Systems and the Process of Change / Marc R. Kossmann, Susanna Bullrich
10. Chaos and Order in the Psychotherapy Group / Virginia Brabender
11. Reflections on the Therapeutic System As Seen From the Science of Chaos and Complexity: Implications for Research and Treatment / Phyllis A. Perna
12. Complex Psychological Systems: Synergetics and Chaos / Wolfgang Tschacher, Christian Scheier

Future Directions / Phyllis A. Perna, Frank Masterpasqua