There was a recent article in the Washington Post title: Social Media Is Traumatizing Us More Than We Realize. The article focuses on the widespread implications of repeatedly engaging with…
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From Hyper-vigilance to Trust
Moving from hyper-vigilance to ordinary vigilance is one critical expression of the ability to trust. In fact, it is the path for making one’s multiplicity workable in everyday life. I…
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The Role Of The Significant Other In DID Therapy – Part 3 of 3
As mentioned in Volumes 1 and 2 of Engaging Multiple Personalities, years into my retirement I accidentally bumped into Ken, the husband of Joan, one of my former patients. Joan’s…
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The Role Of The Significant Other In DID Therapy – Part 2 of 3
I have set forth below some simple rules I would recommend to therapists encountering alters in a session. They are also recommendations I have made to significant others who were…
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The Role Of The Significant Other In DID Therapy – Part 1 of 3
The question of whether or not to involve a patient’s Significant Other in treating individuals with DID is sometimes raised by patients, and sometimes raised by their SO (“Significant Other”)….
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