Paul Valent is an internationally renowned traumatologist with a background in medicine, psychiatry, and psychotherapy. Among his publications are numerous papers and several books. His first book was Child Survivors of the Holocaust: Adults Living with Childhood Trauma. His From Survival to Fulfilment: A Framework for the Life-Trauma Dialectic and Trauma and Fulfilment Therapy: A Wholist Framework are pioneering texts in traumatology. In Two Minds: Tales of a Psychotherapist and his latest book, Heart of Violence: Why People Harm Each Other, are suitable for both professionals and the general public.