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Multiplicity in the Home

By Kathy Broady MSW 34 Comments

  What does your home say about you? Is your multiplicity evident in the way you keep your home? Your home is your own personal space and it is important that you are ok and comfortable in that space.  Your home may also be reflective of who you are or how your life is at the moment, including the way things work in your internal system. When you look around the rooms in your house, what evidence is there of … [Read more...]

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Twittering with Kathy Broady

By Kathy Broady MSW 12 Comments

  Do you use twitter??   I’m somewhat new to the idea, but it looks like an interesting way to meet lots of dissociative folks from around the world.       UPDATE:  Please use @DiscussingDID     I think it’s working correctly, so for those of you that enjoy twittering, my previous twitter name was @Kathy_B_from_AC .  That’s a shortened version of Kathy Broady from AbuseConsultants.com, … [Read more...]

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2009 CONFERENCE ON CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN

By Kathy Broady MSW 1 Comment

Next week, I will be attending the 2009 CONFERENCE ON CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN. AbuseConsultants.com will be an exhibitor at this conference. If you are attending this conference, please stop by my exhibit table and let’s chat for awhile! . http://www.ccawonline.org/try_2.html   2009 CONFERENCE ON CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN March 2-4, 2009 Dallas Texas CO-PRESENTED BY GENESIS WOMEN'S SHELTER AND THE DALLAS … [Read more...]

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Radio Interview with Kathy Broady

By Kathy Broady MSW 3 Comments

  Do you have a radio?? You can listen to a brief Radio Interview with Kathy Broady LCSW  on KLIF 570 AM in North Texas. 12:30 pm -- today! Check it out!  :)   __________ That was Feb 2009  -- sorry if you missed it !! Warmly, Kathy   Copyright © 2008-2017 Kathy Broady MSW and Discussing Dissociation   … [Read more...]

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Using Collage as a Way of Communicating

By Kathy Broady MSW 14 Comments

  Creating a collage is another way of allowing your internal system parts to tell more about themselves. Pictures can be a powerful way of communicating.  And a collage - a collection of pictures - can tell a lifetime of stories. Most trauma survivors were repeatedly told by their abusers, "Do not tell". Violence, threats, abuse, and pain often accompanied these rules.  How many times did you hear "don't say … [Read more...]

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