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Kathy
Copyright © 2008-2020 Kathy Broady MSW and Discussing Dissociation
December 2008
Testing, testing…. can you hear me now??
Why do I work as a trauma therapist?
SAFETY FIRST: Assessing Safety of Sexual Abuse Survivors
Understanding Dissociative Identity Disorder – From Separated Splitting to Safe Solidity
50 Treatment Issues for Dissociative Identity Disorder
Therapy for Dissociative Trauma Survivors, Part 1
Are Specialized Trauma Therapists Necessary?
Blocking Therapy vs. Therapeutic Mismatch
Internet Safety for Survivors with DID / MPD
Integration: A Requirement for DID Therapy – Or Not?
Interviewing a new Therapist – Questions to Keep in Mind
Working with Cult – RA – Mind Control and Extreme Torture and Abuse
10 Qualities a Therapist Recognizes in a Good Client, part 1
10 Qualities Therapists Recognize in Good Clients, part 2
Holidays for DID Trauma Survivors… Making it Nice for the Littles
Being Kind to Your Internal System
25 Ways to Avoid Self-Injury and Prevent Self-Harm
January 2009
Is Your Life How You Want It to Be?
Overcoming Instability Issues and Unsuccessful Memory Work
Internal Communication – The Core of Treatment for Dissociative Identity Disorder, part 1
Developing Internal Communication – Starting with the Basics
Working with Difficult and Destructive Alters
Creating Internal System Scrapbooks
Using Collage as a Way of Communicating
Acronyms As a Way to Bridge Communication
25 More Ways to Avoid Self-Injury and Prevent Self-Harm
Using the Internal Landscape to Increase Internal Communication
When It’s Dark and Scary on the Inside…
Thinking Ahead — Preparation for Working with your Child Parts
Understanding Child Parts in the Dissociative System
Emotional Intensity, Safety and Memory Work
Prevention of Sexual Abuse – What helps?
Radio Interview with Kathy Broady
Denial — Does it help? Or does it hurt?
Dissociative Trauma Survivors – Must You Be Alone?
Current Day Abuse – When Dissociative Survivors are Trapped, Owned, and Exploited as Adults
Using the Internal Landscape to Address Dissociative System Issues
Do You Believe Everything you Read?
DID Trauma Survivors and Getting Support from Other People – or not
Do’s and Don’ts for Singleton Friends of Multiples
What Holes are in your Healing Sidewalks?
Lack of Acceptance of Dissociative Parts and Their Life Histories
Ten Benefits of Being Multiple
2009 CONFERENCE ON CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN
What if you don’t like being Multiple?
Quotes from the Crimes Against Women Conference
Getting Back Those Lost, Missing Chunks of Time
10 Life-Lessons I’ve Learned from Multiples, part 1
10 Life-Lessons I’ve Learned from Multiples, part 2
Addressing Depression in Trauma Disorders
What do you think about Suicide?
30 Potential Blocks in the Therapy Process
Child Parts – When They Hold Suicidal Power and Influence
Organized Perpetrator Groups for Mind Control, Sexual Exploitation, and Ritualized Abuses
United States of Tara – Going too Far
United States of Tara – If you were the writer…
HBO’s “In Treatment” – Is That What Therapy is Like?
Negative Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse Survey
Long-term Costs Severe Child Abuse
Expressing Anger Instead of Pain
Introjects – What are Introjects?
Mothers and Mother’s Day for Trauma Survivors
Protective Mothers that Fight for their Children
CIA MIND CONTROL: Out Of Darkness Into The Light
Interested in Group Conversation?
One Life to Live and Jessica’s Integration
First Discussing Dissociation Group Chat
Scoring the Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES)
Body Memories – The Body Remembering
Do Therapists Know Enough about Dissociative Disorders?
Believing a Lie – the Foundation of Dissociation
Protecting Your Inner Self from Perpetrators
Cats and Dogs and Trauma Survivors
Being Hated, Feeling Hated, Overcoming Self-Hatred
20 Types of Dissociative Splits
Depression and Dissociative Identity Disorder, part 1
Depression and Dissociative Identity Disorder, part 2
The Love / Hate Relationship for Borderlines
Protecting Your Therapeutic Relationship and the Therapeutic Community
When Blogs are a Healing Resource for Survivors
Encouragement on a Difficult Day
Safety First – Recognizing and Leaving Domestic Violence
The Layers of Halloween Weekend
When You Suddenly Lose Your Therapist
Why Do You Need a Therapist Anyway?
I’m Thankful for the Readers of this Blog
Compulsive Hoarding and Dissociative Disorders
When You Know People who Want to Hurt You
January 2010
Externalizing Responsibility vs. Internalizing Responsibility
I Knew You Could! – a children’s story
Can You Picture Dissociative Identity Disorder?
Picturing Dissociative Identity Disorder: “Self Portrait”
Picturing Dissociative Identity Disorder: Their Own Little Worlds
Picturing DID/MPD – From_Ashes
Pictures of DID – “How I View My Head”
Picturing Parts of a Dissociative System
Dual Mask – A Picture of Dissociative Identity Disorder
Picturing the Healing Process for Dissociative Identity Disorder
United States of Tara is Integrated Now? Really?
Picturing a Group of Insiders – a Dissociative System
Do You Need Faith to Overcome the Effects of Trauma?
US of Tara – Sexual Confusion, Misconduct, and Acting-Out
Not Getting to Be Your True Self – But Whose Life is it Anyway?
What Did Your Mother Teach You?
Sorting through Transference Issues
Doubly Difficult Days for DID Survivors
I Had a Great Time – Thanks for Asking
Do Dissociative Trauma Survivors Actually Lose Time?
Switching in Your Sleep — Are you Snoozing or Secretly Awake?
Who’s Looking at You in the Mirror?
Turning Self Soothing into Self-Soothing
A Double-Sided Halloween Weekend
What Would Your Perfect Treatment Plan Look Like?
Freedom of Choice and Client Empowerment or Therapeutic Exploitation?
With Darkness and Depression, is there Anything to be Thankful For?
Let Sleeping Dogs Lie – or not?!
Are Newborn Babies Born with Innocence and Purity? How about You?
Wintertime – A Dark Night for Winter Solstice
Puppy Updates — Here’s Diesel and Vera
January 2011
A New Year’s Message from Oliver
2010 in review – from WordPress about the Discussing Dissociation Blog
Because These Little Gals are Just Too Cute!
January 2012
2011 in Review – Stats Compiled by WordPress Blogs
And 300,000 Thank you’s to You
Pie Squabbles — A Story about Internal Conflict
I Just Don’t Understand Perpetrators!
Thanks Again, from Kathy Broady to You
Happy Easter — If not now, then soon
Pictures From You that Make You Smile
Integration — A New Category and Nine Quick Opinions
A Painful Mother’s Day – the Cards Not Written
Maizy’s Go Away or Fly Away Kind of Day
Three Difficult Scenarios involving Fathers
January 2013
Wishing Happiness for You in the New Year
2012 in Review — As Prepared by WordPress Blogs
A Thank You to Santa’s Reindeer
Doris and Morris, the Neighbors, of Course
Easter Weekend: Sorting through the Layers Within
Pinwheels to Prevent Child Abuse
When the Painful Past is the Painful Present
Extinguishing Fear by Relaxing the Body
Facing Your Fears and Moving Forward
Tweeting @DiscussingDID for DiscussingDissociation Blog
It’s Ok to be Unique — It’s Ok to be Plural
Inside, After — In the Head of a Dissociative Trauma Survivor
Hotmail, Mailboxes, and Dissociative Identity Disorder
Maizy’s M&M Memory – Remembering the Good Times
Remembering Annemaria , reblog
Can the Horrors of Halloween Drain Away, Leaving Room for Fun?
Do You Need Faith to Overcome the Effects of Trauma? . reblog
Do You Enjoy the Quiet? Or Being Alone?
What Do You Think About Suicide? . reblog
My 100 Strengths, as Said by a Group of Dissociative Trauma Survivors
My 100 Strengths, as Said by a Group of Dissociative Trauma Survivors, Part Two
With Darkness and Depression, is there Anything to be Thankful For? , reblog
My 100 Strengths, as Said by a Group of Dissociative Trauma Survivors, Part Three
50 Treatment Issues for Dissociative Identity Disorder , reblog
Holidays for DID Trauma Survivors… Making it Nice for the Littles , reblog
Discussing Dissociation, Five Years Later
Dual Mask — A Picture of Dissociative Identity Disorder , reblog
The Therapeutic Value of Writing
The Bullying Bird . reblog
The Therapeutic Value of Play vs. Play Deprivation
20 Types of Dissociative Splits , reblog
How Dissociative Are You? , reblog
Scoring the Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES) , reblog
Picturing a Group of Insiders – a Dissociative System , reblog
Mind Control Programming Basics II: The Emotional Roots
First Do No Harm — Not Even to Yourself
25 More Ways to Avoid Self-Injury and Prevent Self-Harm , reblog
Mind Control Programming Basics III: Individuality Survives Programming
Why Can’t I Stop Hurting Myself? 12 Thoughts about That
Are You Having Trouble Staying Asleep?
Pie Squabbles – A Story about Internal Conflict , reblog
Thank you, and Merry Christmas Eve
Merry Christmas – or is it Merry for Everyone?
Merry Christmas, Everyone , reblog
January 2014
SAFETY FIRST: Assessing Safety of Sexual Abuse Survivors , reblog
2013 in Review for Discussing Dissociation – According to WordPress
Integration: A Requirement for DID Therapy – Or Not? , reblog
Article Links Made – Finally! , reblog
The Changing of the Seasons , reblog
What Would Your Perfect Treatment Plan Look Like? , reblog
This is Easter Weekend , reblog
Are You Struggling with Difficult Holiday Times? , reblog
Easter Weekend: Sorting through the Layers Within, reblog
Baby Pies — A Bird Story, reblog
10 Comforting and Corrective Truths for Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivors
10 Truths for Adult Survivors of Sexual Abuse
Kathy’s Video Comments re: 10 Truths for Adult Survivors of Sexual Abuse
Adventure Walks – Great for Healing
Discussing Dissociation under an Avocado Tree
Using the Internal Landscape to Increase Internal Communication, reblog
Kathy’s Video Comment: Making a Calm Place Inside your Dissociative World
Mind Control Programming Basics V: Object-Based Programming
Letting Outsiders talk with your Insiders?
Depression and Dissociative Identity Disorder, part 1
Depression and Dissociative Identity Disorder, part 2
Kathy’s Video Comment: Self Injury and Dissociative Identity Disorder
Kathy’s Video Comments: Are You Switching in your Sleep?
Kathy’s Video Comments: Making a Strong Foundation for Dissociative Healing
Not Listening to Abusive Teachings
Was it now? Is it then? Will the Abuse Ever End?
The Layers of Halloween Weekend
Night Time Mystery Story, with Winnie the Pooh and Piglet too
Mind Control Programming Basics VIII: Examining Our Own Motivations
The Emotional Container of Abuse
4 Happy Thanksgiving Thankful For’s
Cats and Dogs and Trauma Survivors
This Christmas, for those in need…
What is Christmas Without Music?
Merry Christmas – or is it Merry for Everyone?
Thinking Ahead — Preparation for Working with your Child Parts
Understanding Child Parts in the Dissociative System
Addressing Depression in Trauma Disorders
Top of the List: Compulsive Hoarding and Dissociative Disorders
January 2015
More Thoughts about Self Injury — Kathy’s Video comments, Self Injury2
2014 in review for Discussing Dissociation
Turning Self-Injury into Self-Soothing
Being Kind to Your Internal System
Extra Bits of Info to Help You Through a Difficult Easter Season
Reclaiming the Holidays — Replace Painful PTSD with Good Memories
Losing Someone I Love from an Overdose
Child Parts – When They Hold Suicidal Power and Influence
DID Trauma Survivors and Getting Support from Other People – or not?
What Do You Think about Violence?
A Painful Mother’s Day – the Cards Not Written
1,000,000+ Views on Discussing Dissociation
Doubly Difficult Days for DID Survivors
Internal Communication is Critical
Developing Internal Communication – try these ideas
What if you don’t like being Multiple?
Why Bother to Integrate if You’re Multiple?
Mental Health Blogger Award Nomination
Internet Predators and Child Alters: 10 Ideas to Keep Them Safe
Letting Outsiders talk with your Insiders?
2 New Discussing Dissociation FaceBook Pages
If You Could Ask a Sex Offender a Question…
4 Happy Thanksgiving Thankful For’s
Brand New Silver Christmas Puppies!
10 Reasons Why it’s Hard to Leave Perpetrators and Abusers
Happy Holiday Greetings, and Ending those Unhappy Holidays
Remembering Favorite Memories instead of Re-living Bad Memories
January 2016
Cutest Silver Kelpie Puppies Ever
How is This Blog about Dissociative Identity Disorder Working for You?
On Easter Weekend: remember to work with your system
Requests for Dissociative ART Donations Please
Doing Lots of Hard Work, in the “Hidden Areas”
Kathy, Where Have You Been These Past 5 Years?
DID Phone Consultations with Kathy from Discussing Dissociation
What Do You Need to Know About Dissociative Identity Disorder?
A New Instagram: silver.kelpies
Podcast Interview with Kathy from Discussing Dissociation
How Many People Have Dissociative Identity Disorder?
10 Tips For Spouses and Partners of Survivors with Dissociative Identity Disorder
5000 Comments Posted on DiscussingDissociation
Please Note: New Blog Changes Ahead for DiscussingDissociation !
Introducing the Free Report: 101+ Ways to See DID
How to Find the free eBook: 101+ Ways to See DID — Dissociative Identity Disorder Described
10 Big Benefits of Being on the Email List for Discussing Dissociation
Repaired a Technical Glitch for the Email Sign Up Process
Is This an Example of Dissociative Artwork?
Merry Christmas News for the Kids! Watch your Email !
January 2017
Do You Visit the Discussing Dissociation FaceBook Page?
DID Kids are Precious – Treat them with Kindness
Are You Enjoying Today’s New Email?
5 Kinds of Emotional Support Needed by Dissociative Trauma Survivors
Your Input Needed ASAP re: Your Knowledge about DID
Thanks to Those with Dedication and Support for the Healing Process
A Quick Heads Up re: Kids Time with Kathy Email Course
10 Steps for Doing Healing Work with Your DID System
Sleeping vs Time Loss – How can You Tell the Difference?
What Does Long-Term Family Violence Do to You?
When Your Insiders are Suddenly Required to Stay Inside, against your First Preference
Would You Feel Safe Enough to Report Obnoxious Raging Behavior to the Police ?
Who Wears the Party Hat the Best?
Representing the Reality of DID on TV and in the Media
Videos for DID Systems and Dissociative Trauma Survivors
Introducing Laura, the Email Consultant, for Discussing Dissociation
The Big Questions Answered by Laura, the DID Email Consultant
Getting to Know Laura – DID Perspectives, and Likes and Dislikes
Our Normal Complicated Selves – a place to write about anything
Stark Contrasts in Ways to Approach Child Development
What is a Perpetrator Introject in a Dissociative DID System?
Who are these bears?
January 2018
What’s Ahead for You at Discussing Dissociation?
How do You Define Safety from Feeling Unsafe?
Qualities You’ll Find in an Exceptional DID Trauma Therapist
My First Introduction to Dissociative Identity Disorder, then called Multiple Personality Disorder
Progress Made while Reading about DID at Discussing Dissociation
Examples of Successful Progress in the DID Healing Process
Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) Awareness Day – March 5
Inspiring DID Trauma Survivors with Hope and Encouragement
Inspiration for DID Trauma Survivors from the Students of Stoneman Douglas High School
Building DID Emotional Support and Inspiration
The Saddest Little Bear Dissoci-ACTION Story Pack is READY !!!
My Mother Would Say to You — “Help One Another”
What Happens When you Don’t Talk to Your Insiders?
DID Survivors — I have a Question for You about Fathers
Sometimes when tragedy strikes, you gotta jump. And go fast.
30 Tips for How to Help a Child who is Hurting
An Example of Doing Internal System Work with a DID System
Podcast with Kathy and TAASTTA (Trauma Awareness and Support Through the Arts)
2. Still Our Normal Complicated Selves — Keep on Writing!
Part 2: Podcast with Kathy from Discussing Dissociation with TAASTTA
Podcast: Understanding DID with Kathy of Discussing Dissociation and Becky from That B Word
10 New Additions to Discussing Dissociation Designed to Help Your DID System
Discussing Dissociation Forum Survey — Your Responses Wanted!
What about Trolls and Internet Safety in the Discussing Dissociation Forum?
Noise Pollution and Sound Trauma becomes Psychological Torture
Demonstrating DID System Work with Dark Side Parts during a Difficult Time
Clearing up Misconceptions, Stigmas, and Myths about Dissociative Identity Disorder
The Spiritual Battle Fought and Won by Dissociative Trauma Survivors
Check out these Fun Facts about Discussing Dissociation and DID Support
PODCAST: Matt from Beyond Your Past with Kathy from Discussing Dissociation
Almost 10 Years! Almost a Forum! A fantastic month planned for Discussing Dissociation!
10 Years of Discussing Dissociation and 10 Terrific Challenges for YOU
The Discussing Dissociation Community Forum is READY!
Wishing you a Fun, Happy Aussie Christmas!
Five Wishing Stars — A New Story Video for DID Kids
January 2019
The Forum is New. These PUPPIES are NEWER!
A Letter for the Broken Hearted
Creating your own Safe Environment for your DID Parts
Yes, We are Proud of the DDCF Community Forum Members!
Sad to Say We’ve Lost Someone from our DID Community
The Impact of Change: DDCF Forum is Moving and Improving
Our New DID Community Forum is OPEN!
January 2020
What’s New for You? 8 More resources for Dissociative Trauma Survivors!
The Dissociative Brain – Quilted and Created by a Talented DID Survivor
A Discussing Dissociation Workshop in Phoenix Arizona! Yes, You’re invited to come!
Dissociative Identities Awareness Day on March 5
Are you alone, isolated, or separated from your emotional support? Do you see these 8 triggers for DID survivors?
Art can Help! Art Reduces Anxiety and Depression and Increases Wellbeing
Official Registration for the P4 DID Conference Begins this Week!
Why are Puzzle Pieces so Important at the P4 DID Conference?
TODAY is the P4 DID Art & Talent MEET ‘n GREET!
And, still more to come. 🙂
Warmly,
Kathy
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