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Internet Predators and Child Alters: 10 Ideas to Keep Them Safe

By Kathy Broady MSW 2 Comments

  And...... (As the drum roll begins.........)   My top nomination for the Mental Health Blogger Award goes to Rocking Complacency.   Rocking Complacency is absolutely jam packed full of excellent information for dissociative trauma survivors, with everything from genuine tips on internet safety, how to make excellent therapeutic progress, ways to address internal communication with DID systems, … [Read more...]

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Kathy’s Video Comments: Making a Strong Foundation for Dissociative Healing

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  Hello, Silly ol' me is using a tree metaphor once again to talk about Dissociative Identity Disorder and the very many different areas of healing work to do in DID therapy.     It's "Tree Tree-ment" for dissociative trauma treatment. Ha ha ha.   :mrgreen:  :lol:  :roll:  :mrgreen:    This particular video follows along with the article,  50 Treatment Issues for Dissociative Identity Disorder  . I call this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Artwork, DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Kathy's Video Comments, mental health, Puppies, therapy, Therapy and Counseling, Therapy Homework Ideas, trauma therapist Tagged With: DID Treatment Goals, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Dissociative Survivor, Giant tree, Kathy's video comments, Strong foundation, Trauma Survivor, Treatment Goal, Tree trunks

What Would Your Perfect Treatment Plan Look Like?

By Kathy Broady MSW 6 Comments

Hello Everyone, I've been continuing to add links to the List of All Articles page, and while doing so, I came across this article written in 2010. It has 50 wonderful comments from the readers of this blog (wow! that's excellent!), and I decided to bring this topic back up to view. What do you think? Do you agree or disagree with the comments presented? Do you have your own comment to add? What would the … [Read more...]

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Article Links Made – Finally!

By Kathy Broady MSW Leave a Comment

      Hello, hello! I've been updating the List of All Articles page here at Discussing Dissociation. I'm not completely up to date on all nine years of posts and articles, but I have most of them listed. If you are looking for a specific topic, you might find it list on the List of Articles page. Or try the Category dropbox, or the Search feature.   Come check it out! Happy … [Read more...]

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50 Treatment Issues for Dissociative Identity Disorder

By Kathy Broady MSW 18 Comments

 "50 Treatment Issues for Dissociative Identity Disorder"    A comprehensive listing, yes, but even so,  still not exhaustive of all the work done by dissociative trauma survivors.     Healing takes a LOT of work. There's no wonder it's so time-consuming.   This article is one of the very first posts written on Discussing Dissociation. There are many new readers of this blog since those early … [Read more...]

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