An Introductory Clinical Guide to Dissociative Identity Disorder: Best Practices for Working with Multiplicity, Attachment Wounds, and Complex Trauma

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Dedication
Contents
Introduction
1. Identity
	Multiplicity
	Language and Terminology
	Outsider Knowledge vs. Insider Knowledge
2. Diagnostic Process
	Assessment
	Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES-II)
	Differential Diagnosis
3. Aspirations
4. Resourcing: The First Pillar
	Attunement
	Mindfulness/Somatics
	Imagination
5. Getting to Know the Alters: The Second Pillar
	Introductions of Alters
	Roles
	Internal Worlds
6. Communication, Cooperation, and Co-Consciousness: The Third Pillar
	Communication
	Cooperation
	Co-Consciousness
	The Therapist as a Historian
	Retraumatization
	Moving Between the Three Pillars
7. Developmental Trauma and Attachment Wounds
	The Trauma Cycle
	Victim-Perpetrator-Rescuer Triangle
	The Reliability of Memory
8. Psychoeducation
	Dissociation and Diagnosis
	Brain Functioning
9. The Outer World
	Accommodations
	Safety Issues
	Building a Support System
	Managing Crises
10. The Inner World
	Regular Internal System Meetings
	Informed Consent
	Journaling
11. Trauma Processing Considerations
	Slowing Down the Process
	Creating a Trauma List
	Bottom-Up Therapy Interventions
	Managing Unforeseen Decompensation
Conclusion
References
Acknowledgments
About the Author