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Dissociation : Vol. 5, No. 4, p. 236-241 : An overview of family treatment in dissociative disorders

Benjamin, Lynn R.; Benjamin, Robert (Ridgeview Institute and the International Society for the Study of Multiple Personality and Dissociation, 1992-12)

Family treatment interventions, in contradistinction to family therapy, are an important concomitant to individual therapy in the treatment of multiple personality disorder (MPD). Such interventions have the potential to ...
Dissociation : Vol. 6, No. 1, p. 054-065 : Interventions with children in dissociative families: a family treatment model

Benjamin, Lynn R.; Benjamin, Robert (Ridgeview Institute and the International Society for the Study of Multiple Personality and Dissociation, 1993-03)

Interventions with children are surveyed from the literature of the diverse fields of MPD, play therapy, family therapy, and sexual abuse and trauma. Within a family treatment model, play therapy and hypnotic interventions ...
Dissociation : Vol. 7, No. 1, p. 012-022 : Application of contextual therapy to the treatment of multiple personality disorder

Benjamin, Lynn R.; Benjamin, Robert (Ridgeview Institute and the International Society for the Study of Dissociation, 1994-03)

Contextual Therapy, as developed by Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy, M.D., is a system of family therapy which describes an ethical and relational way of appreciating interactions in families and of conducting therapy among members ...
Dissociation : Vol. 7, No. 1, p. 035-043 : A group for partners and parents of MPD clients. Part I: process and format

Benjamin, Lynn R.; Benjamin, Robert (Ridgeview Institute and the International Society for the Study of Dissociation, 1994-03)

A group for partners and parents of clients with MPD provides an effective system of support and education. It enhances a sense of community, reduces the effects of stigma and secondary traumatization, and allows for the ...
Dissociation : Vol. 7, No. 2, p. 104-111 : A group for partners and parents of MPD clients part II: themes and responses

Benjamin, Lynn R.; Benjamin, Robert (Ridgeview Institute and the International Society for the Study of Dissociation, 1994-06)

Over more than seven years, common themes have emerged in an adjunctive group for partners and parents of MPD clients. Those themes include: the diagnosis, how the family member "ought " to behave, anger, the sense and ...
Dissociation : Vol. 7, No. 3, p. 191-196 : A group for partners and parents of MPD clients part III: marital types and dynamics

Benjamin, Lynn R.; Benjamin, Robert (Ridgeview Institute and the International Society for the Study of Dissociation, 1994-09)

This article examines the marital dynamics between MPD clients and their partners. It attempts to classify types of partners, describing seven categories: New Abusers, Caretakers, "Damaged Goods," Obsessives, Paranoids, ...
Dissociation : Vol. 7, No. 4, p. 229-238 : Issues in the treatment of dissociative couples

Benjamin, Lynn R.; Benjamin, Robert (Ridgeview Institute and the International Society for the Study of Dissociation, 1994-12)

Marital work is an important adjunct to the individual treatment of the dissociative client. In this paper, we examine Kaslow's (1982) standard of the "healthy" couple and the specific problems inherent in marital work ...
Dissociation : Vol. 7, No. 4, p. 239-245 : Utilizing parenting as a clinical focus in the treatment of dissociative disorders

Benjamin, Lynn R.; Benjamin, Robert (Ridgeview Institute and the International Society for the Study of Dissociation, 1994-12)

Parenting is a potent resource in both the individual and family treatment of Dissociative Disorders. A focus on parenting helps to build the therapeutic alliance and establish a safe base. It subtly shifts the client's ...
Dissociation : Vol. 7, No. 4, p. 246-260 : Various perspectives on parenting and their implications for the treatment of dissociative disorders

Benjamin, Lynn R.; Benjamin, Robert (Ridgeview Institute and the International Society for the Study of Dissociation, 1994-12)

The parent-child dyad has been an underutilized resource for clinicians who treat individuals with dissociative disorders. This article examines the functions of the parent from the perspectives of various fields of ...