There are several key points a therapist supporting an individual with DID needs to keep in mind. [1] As noted, a therapist must be aware of the dangers of showing…
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There remains much misunderstanding regarding the phenomenon of alters. Many people are simply not able to get past the dramatic aspect of an alters suddenly appearing. This is based on…
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While many cases of DID present with perhaps ten to fifteen alters and total/near total amnestic barriers between them, there are many variations and deviations from this usual presentation. I…
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Therapists may come to the diagnosis of DID in very different ways. It is important for all therapists to retain a high index of suspicion that includes DID when seeing…
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Please forgive the length of this 5 part post. The intention is to summarize some of what I have written before as well as to add some additional points of…
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