Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)

Fortunately dissociative disorders are not as prevalent as some other types of mental disorders. The understanding of anxiety disorders and other such disorders have increased over the years. Fortunately for some patients pharmacotherapy (such as Xanax) and psychotherapy have been increasingly helpful in their recovery. Hopefully as treatment options grow so will the number of patients who are able to recover from their

Difference the article focus on cognitive behavior theory and the chapter gave a review of several different therapeutic alliance included dynamic, systemic and integrative. The different phases of changes, form contemplation, precontemplation, preparation, action and maintenance. Allow the therapist recognize if the client is ready to make the changes that are necessary to move forward with their treatment assist the therapist with developing effective treatment

All interactions within the service provider organization must ensure that the client is always engaged in the recovery process and not being re-traumatized by negative interactions or insensitive communication (Elliot, Bjelejac, Fallot, Markoff, and Reed, 2005). You should never use a technique that will cause your client more harm than good. References Elliott, D. E., Bjelajac, P., Fallot, R. D., Markoff, L. S., & Reed, B. G. (2005). Trauma‐informed or trauma‐denied: Principles and implementation of trauma‐informed services for women. Journal of Community Psychology, 33(4), 461-477 Foa, E. B., & Kozak, M. J. (1986).

Dissociative Identity Disorder Madison Detwiler Psychology 1113-03 Oklahoma State University Fall 2015  Dissociative Identity Disorder There are many different personality disorders in the world today. Personality disorders are “enduring patterns of thinking, feeling, or relating to others or controlling impulses that deviate from cultural expectations and cause distress or impaired functioning” (CITE BOOK). A type of this disorder is called Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID).

TAccording to the Mayo Clinic indicators of dissociated disorders could varies and depends on the type of disorders. Some of the symptoms that could identify the disorder are partial amnesia, lack of emotions, disconnection with reality, issues in maintaining relationships, unable to deal with life stressors or emotions, and sense of out of body. Also, according to the Mayo Clinic there are three main dissociative disorders recognized by the American Psychiatric Association. These disorders are classified as dissociative amnesia, depersonalization/deserialization, and dissociative identity disorder. The American Psychiatric Association describe dissociative amnesia disorder as one of the most important and the symptom of this type of disorder,

Sigmund Freud, perhaps the most famous psychologist in the history of the field, introduced an idea in the late nineteenth century that continues to be contentiously debated: memory repression. A repressed, or recovered memory, can be defined as one which is suppressed, making it inaccessible to the conscious mind, and must be recovered by therapeutic techniques. Since Freud’s time, of course, there have been many more technically advanced analyses of memory and their repression, and these studies have introduced the idea of false memories, which are memories of experiences that occurred much differently than the individual recalls or did not even occur at all. Comparing studies performed by cognitive researchers on recovered memories and false

In my married life I am now aware of how I was doing projective identification-power. As a child my helplessness in the face of my mother’s behavior taught me the injunction of ‘be strong’ and that helplessness is bad. I tried my best to project helplessness on my spouse and he responded the way I wanted to, so for many years I felt happy and satisfied. Anytime he would reject it, I would feel a familiar anxiety of my childhood. Through therapy I learned how to own up this disowned part of me and accept my vulnerable side.

Phase One (Sessions 1 through 3) • The session 1 and 2 consists of the assessment of the client’s clinical problems and background information. Questions relate to her clinical problems, including (a) the nature of her problems (depression and difficulty with making decisions), (b) reason of seeking psychotherapy, and (c) previous attempts to deal with the problems. For the background information, the client’s histories are assessed in the areas of intimate/family relationship, educational/vocational activities, past history of psychological treatment, and physical condition. Session 3 primarily consists on the further functional assessment around her coping skills (e.g., avoidance) in the areas of interpersonal relationships. Phase Two

Dissociative identity disorder is a kind of solution for those who are going through stressful event. A dissociative disorder impairs the normal state of awareness and limits or alters one’s sense of identity, memory or consciousness. Most severe form of dissociation occurs because of painful and stressful events. The stressful event in the past might have happened in a development age or at a sensitive age which traumatized the patience. People with dissociative disorders chronically escape their reality in involuntary, unhealthy ways ranging from suppressing memories to assuming alternate identities. The parents also somehow become a reason for a child to suffer from traumatic events. The parents can help the child overcome the trauma

Intervention and Theories Intervention and theories are best supported after a multidimensional assessment is completed. Assessments provide a historical overview and identifies all areas of concerns, gaps in care, and any other goals for improvement. The member has an extensive history of sexual, physical, and psychological abuse. Strength based theory is the best approach when working with the member because it will provide a foundation to build interventions upon. "Integration of strengths within the complex and often negatively skewed narrative may re socialize potential clients to perceive that psychotherapy is not only about untwisting their distorted thinking or restoring their troubled relationships, it is also about learning

Even the name of this approach creates a difference between approaches of the past; in the past the people who came to therapy were called patients, but in this approach they are known as clients. This idea created an idea of equal partnership within the therapeutic relationship, rather than an expert treating a patient. Within this approach, it is the job of the client to improve his or her own life, not the job of the therapist. The therapist is there more as a guide to finding one’s true self, rather than the person in the session who is to give all of the answers away. Because of this unique relationship in each situation, there is a lack of techniques to use within the therapeutic session.

The discovery that Kaleigh has dissociative identity disorder was a huge surprise. I thought the she and her twin Reanne were two completely different people up until she ended up in the hospital towards the end of the book. It turns out that she has two completely different personalities, since she is obedient and secretive while Reanne is aggressive and rebellious. It made me wonder how Kaleigh was able to keep these two sides of her completely separate for so long. One would think that someone would have noticed Kaleigh’s conflicting personalities and come to the conclusion that she still thinks her twin is alive. But this sudden twist in the novel made me enjoy it even more and I thought it was really clever of Hopkins to leave out this significant and essential detail until the end of the

For example, if the patient thinks the therapist believes he or she is crazy, the therapy can be completely stopped. When trying to overcome the delusion in a person, you must connect with the goals and main problems in the person's life. Once in depth with the sessions, the therapist can begin by reinforcing positive aspects and behaviors the person has in their life. This shows the patient a sense of self-confidence. The next step would consist of tackling the discussion of the client’s smallest and less important delusions.

Findings indicate that trait and peritraumatic dissociation differentiated the resilient from the distressed-improving trajectory (trait, p < .05; peritraumatic, p < .001), but only peritraumatic dissociation differentiated the resilient from the distressed-worsening trajectory (p < .001) symptomatic groups of individuals. Though there is abundant evidence that dissociation has a positive linear relationship with PTSD symptoms, this study demonstrates that degree of dissociation can distinguish between resilient and symptomatic groups of individuals. (Galatzer-Lev,

I used Dialectic Behavior Therapy (DBT) techniques with some of my clients. I was not trained in this therapy but was familiar with the idea of being in the here-and-now. This technique worked for my schizophrenic client by keeping her focused on what was happening each day by writing in a journal and distracting her from what she thought had been happening in her past. I was able to use Art Therapy with the client I had with PTSD, depression, and suicidal thoughts. I had one client on probation who was ordered to be in counseling before she could get off of probation.