Dissociation : Vol. 2, No. 3, p. 151-159 : A model for abreaction with MPD and other dissociative disorders

Abstract

A conceptual model for abreactive work with multople personality and other dissociative disorders is presented. The context and process of abreaction are described. the model includes the following components: Providing safety and protection (preparation); eliciting dissociated aspects of the trauma (identification); alleviating the fixation point in existential crisis of the trauma (resolution); creating a gestalt with the dissociated aspects within reconstructed cognitive schema (assimilation); empowering the patient through the return of an internal locus of control, restoration of contiguous consciousness and memory, and assimilation of identity (application).