Dissociation : Vol. 6, No. 2/3 (June/Sept. 1993)

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    Dissociation : Vol. 6, No.2/3, p. 079 : Editorial
    (Ridgeview Institute and the International Society for the Study of Multiple Personality and Dissociation, 1993-06) Kluft, Richard P., 1943-
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    Dissociation : Vol. 6, No.2/3, p. 087-101 : The treatment of dissociative disorder patients: an overview of discoveries, successes, and failures
    (Ridgeview Institute and the International Society for the Study of Multiple Personality and Dissociation, 1993-06) Kluft, Richard P., 1943-
    The treatment of dissociative disorder (DD) patients with multiple personality disorder (MPD) and allied forms of dissociative disorder not otherwise specified (DDNOS) has advanced rapidly over the last two decades. It is clear that many patients with these conditions can be treated successfully, and several schematizations of the treatment process have been published. However, all studies to date have been open; controlled studies remain to be done. This presentation will review what is known about the treatment of these conditions, however flawed the state of our knowledge, as judged by the criterion of being associated with good clinical results. A number of relevant issues will be discussed.
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    Dissociation : Vol. 6, No.2/3, p. 145-161 : The initial stages of psychotherapy in the treatment of multiple personality disorder patients
    (Ridgeview Institute and the International Society for the Study of Multiple Personality and Dissociation, 1993-06) Kluft, Richard P., 1943-
    The psychotherapeutic treatment of multiple personality disorder (MPD) places many burdens and demands upon a patient who is already beleaguered if not overwhelmed. Therefore it is useful if not essential to prepare the patient to manage the stresses that treatment may impose before beginning to deal with difficult material. The role of the first stages of the psychotherapy is to prepare a firm foundation for the more intense and draining work that will follow. The initial stages of establishing the psychotherapy and making preliminary interventions provide optimal opportunities to establish the therapeutic alliance, introduce the patient to techniques that will be essential components of the more difficult stages, clarify basic transferential patterns before they have become problematic, address anticipated problems regarding shame and secrecy, foresee likely causes of potential stalemates, and define and resolve problems in therapist-patient collaboration.