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f you can melt the monster, then the original wound wasn't abandonment; it was just a puzzle waiting for the right love. In Sex with Dark Gods, Sunday Times bestselling author and certified trauma psychotherapist Christine Joanna Hart explores the hidden psychology behind destructive relationships, trauma bonding, shame, and the unconscious pull toward power. From prison visiting rooms with serial killer Kenneth Bianchi to encounters with extremist figures, undercover journalism, and high-level political spaces, Hart examines not only the men she met; but the psychological forces that drew her there. What makes intelligent, capable women repeatedly choose destructive partners? Why does trauma make danger feel like love? How do saviour fantasies form - and why are they so hard to break? Drawing on her professional expertise in trauma therapy, adoption trauma, attachment wounds, parts-based therapy, identity fragmentation, and shame dynamics, Hart maps the unconscious mechanics behind: - Trauma bonding - Destructive attachment patterns - Attraction to narcissistic and violent personalities - The saviour complex - Repetition compulsion - Adoption trauma and abandonment wounds - Shame in relationships - The nervous system's addiction to intensity This is not a sensational memoir about ""bad boys."" It is a psychological excavation of how unresolved trauma shapes romantic choice, power dynamics, and self-worth. Christine Joanna Hart is a certified trauma psychotherapist specialising in adoption wounds, identity disturbance, complex attachment patterns, and parts-based therapy. She works with individuals, couples, and adolescents seeking deep psychological transformation. As an investigative journalist, she has worked for the Daily Mail and the Sunday Times and has appeared on GMTV, BBC World Service, and Amazon Prime. She is a Sunday Times bestselling author published by Hodder & Stoughton. Sex with Dark Gods is the first book in The Psychology of Trauma series; exploring how shame, power, and fragmentation shape modern love and identity. If you are searching for answers about trauma, destructive relationships, attachment wounds, or why you keep choosing partners who feel intoxicating but unsafe; this book will help you understand the pattern. If you do not make your darkness conscious, you will call it fate.

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Christine Joanna Hart is a certified trauma psychotherapist specialising in adoption trauma, attachment wounds, destructive relationship patterns, shame, and parts-based therapy. Her work focuses on identity fragmentation, repetition compulsion, trauma bonding, and the unconscious forces that shape intimate relationships. A Sunday Times bestselling author published by Hodder & Stoughton, Hart previously worked as an investigative journalist for the Daily Mail and Sunday Times, and has appeared on GMTV, BBC World Service, and Amazon Prime. Her Psychology of Trauma series explores how unresolved trauma drives power dynamics, attraction to narcissistic personalities, and the search for redemption through love. She works with individuals, couples, and adolescents seeking deep psychological transformation. For therapy enquiries and further writing, visit her website or Facebook page.:

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