The impact of complex trauma on development the impact of complex trauma on development describes what happens cognitively and emotionally behaviorally and relationally to people who are repeatedly traumatized in childhood part one brings together trauma theory with a number of theories of human development. Normal human development progresses through a process of differentiation and integration and it is distorted and impeded by the fusion and fragmentation resulting from traumatic experiences the impact of complex trauma on development documents the pathological consequences of chronic interpersonal trauma on psychological development behavior and interpersonal relationships. Pdf on dec 1 2014 lee miriam whitman raymond published cheryl arnold and ralph fisch the impact of complex trauma on development find read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. The impact of complex trauma on development describes what happens cognitively and emotionally behaviorally and relationally to people who are repeatedly traumatized in childhood part one brings together trauma theory with a number of theories of human development it directly addresses and describes developmental pathology and its origins