Dissociation

Previously I posted about dissociation as a symptom or subjective experience. Today, I want to go over the types of Dissociative Disorders that we diagnose: Depersonalization / Derealization Disorder Dissociative Amnesia Dissociative Identity Disorder Depersonalization Disorder: This involves a sense of detachment from self. It…

Ever wonder how chronic dissociation, particularly Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID/OSDD) develops? According to our current understanding, the capacity to dissociation is learned in very early childhood when a child’s needs are going unmet.   When a little one is in need of food, a diaper…

You’re EMDR trained. You realize DID is more common than you were taught. You want to learn how to recognize and screen for DID. If you are looking for training and information in this area, I’ve created a course just for you… Introduction to Working…

I’ve spent a lot of time recently talking about grounding as a coping strategy for trauma and dissociation. Now I want to focus on the strategy of time orientation. Trauma time refers to the experience of feeling like you are still in the trauma (there-and-then),…

Since we’ve been talking so much about dissociation, what it is, and how we work with it, I also want to spend some time on talking about how to cope with dissociation. These suggestions are not specific to coping with dissociation when it’s occurring. These…

As previously posted, these are the 5 C’s that guide my work with parts: curiosity, compassion, communication, consent and cooperation. Today I want to talk about the element of consent. Consent gets complicated when there are various parts of self with conflicting values, needs, and…