- William James College’s Human Trafficking Research Hub Publishes Major Study on the Roles of Attachment Patterns and Trauma-Coerced Bonding in Commercial Sex06/09/2025 01:48:32 PMStaff Writer
The Human Trafficking Research Hub at William James College presented at the NEPA conference in October 2024.William James College’s (WJC’s) Human Trafficking Research Hub (HTRH), a community of scholars, clinicians, and survivors, has published The Roles of Adult Attachment and Complex Trauma in Sex Trafficking-Related Coercive Bonding: Entry, Entrapment, and the Challenges of Exiting in Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.
The work represents extensive collaboration both within WJC and with external community partners. The research team consisted of 19 members, 13 of whom have a WJC affiliation. Team members have affiliations with three WJC departments, Counseling and Behavioral Health, Clinical Psychology, and Organizational and Leadership Psychology, and include students, faculty, and alums. The research was funded by William James College’s Faculty Seed Grant and the Manuscript Development Award, Wisdom Lotus Foundation, International Psychoanalytic Association, Ready.Inspire.Act (RIA, Inc.), and the MetroWest Health Foundation.Research & AdvocacyResearch & Advocacy