Dissociation : Vol. 4, No. 2 (June 1991)
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2024-03-29T15:12:04ZDissociation : Vol. 4, No. 2, p. 109-114 : The use of healing ceremonies in the treatment of multiple personality disorder
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Dissociation : Vol. 4, No. 2, p. 109-114 : The use of healing ceremonies in the treatment of multiple personality disorder
Vesper, Joyce H.
Although talk therapy and abreactive work are crucial in the treatment of multiple personality disorder, these techniques do not always assist the client in bringing closure to other exposed wounds. As a result, some patients continue to feel vulnerable and to doubt their ability to rid themselves of the anguish unleashed by these uncovered memories. Such instances require the therapist to move beyond the usual practices and techniques of therapy and to create alternative
methods which will bring the client emotional relief. These procedures may involve any number of the adjunctive therapies as well as the use of ceremony to complete the release and resolution of the memory. This article explores the use of ceremony and gives an example of how ceremony was used successfully in the treatment of a client.
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1991-06-01T00:00:00ZDissociation : Vol. 4, No. 2, p. 105-108 : The process of the MPD therapist and the use of the study group
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Dissociation : Vol. 4, No. 2, p. 105-108 : The process of the MPD therapist and the use of the study group
Hyde, Rosalie; Weinberg, Denise
This article presents a developmental model of the therapist's process of skill acquisition delineating Neophyte, Mastery, and Expert Phases. Specific characteristics and pitfalls of each developmental stage are described on a continuum. The discussion also focuses on the use of the local study group as an educational and supportive environment for the therapist treating patients diagnosed with dissociative disorders. A description of how such a study group provides
a source for case consultation, peer supervision and support for the otherwise isolated and confused therapist is presented.
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1991-06-01T00:00:00ZDissociation : Vol. 4, No. 2, p. 099-104 : Movement therapy with multiple personality disorder patients
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Dissociation : Vol. 4, No. 2, p. 099-104 : Movement therapy with multiple personality disorder patients
Baum, Edith Z.
Group movement therapy with multiple personality disorder (MPD) patients can provide a useful healing experience, though the treatment of homogenous MPD group can be a challenging endeavor.
Four pervasive themes emerged in the movement sessions: establishing trust through kinesthetic empathy, negotiating social interaction, eliciting expressive movement and traumatic material, and integrating a more coherent sense of self. These themes were congruent with parallel developments in individual psychotherapy. The interdisciplinary collaboration of verbal and movement therapy works well together. Often work in one modality helps to negotiate impasses
in the other. The evocative power of movement and the therapeutic principles that flow from it, i.e., that one can move across the dimensions of behavior, affect, sensation and knowledge (BASK), serves to reconnect the sequestered aspects of the traumatic past, encouraging integration.
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1991-06-01T00:00:00ZDissociation : Vol. 4, No. 2, p. 092-098 : Clinical work with families of MPD patients: assessment and issues for practice
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Dissociation : Vol. 4, No. 2, p. 092-098 : Clinical work with families of MPD patients: assessment and issues for practice
Williams, Mary Beth
Partners and children of those who suffer multiple personality disorder may play important healing roles when they are able to be included in the therapeutic process. They can help map the system, provide emotional support, and contain episodes of rageful acting out. However, prior to beginning family therapy, the therapist must conduct a thorough assessment of family dynamics and individual members' strengths, coping skills, and levels of safety and trust in self and others. Themes of family treatment discussed in this paper include education, limit setting, contract development, mapping of alters, building a knowledge of the trauma history, creating family intimacy, recognition of individual needs, partners' issues, social skills training, and dealing with emotional impacts of multiplicity.
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