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Thinking Ahead — Preparation for Working with your Child Parts

By Kathy Broady MSW 13 Comments

  As I continue to write posts about working with child parts, I want to encourage you to think about this topic as well.   Read the following questions, and be honest with yourself – think about them.  Journal about them, and make these questions the topics of discussion in your internal meetings.  Try the acronym exercises if you need a starting place. What are your beliefs about child parts?  Who are they?  … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Child Alters, DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, mental health, therapy, Therapy and Counseling, Therapy Homework Ideas Tagged With: Abuse, Acronym, Child Alters, Child Parts, Comfort, Communication, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Healing, Homework, Inside Kids, Internal Communication, Internal System, Kathy Broady, Kid Parts, Listening, Memories, Multiplicity, Process, Protect, Protect the children, split personality, therapy, Therapy Homework, Thinking ahead, Trauma, Trauma memories

25 More Ways to Avoid Self-Injury and Prevent Self-Harm

By Kathy Broady MSW 12 Comments

.   This blog is a continuation of the initial article posted on December 31, 2008, "25 Ways to Avoid Self-Injury and Prevent Self-Harm." If you are feeling pressured to get past the "heat of the moment" and you need some ideas of how to do this safely, try using a handful of the following ideas.  These ideas will not help solve your self-injury issue on a long-term basis, but they could help you to get … [Read more...]

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Acronyms As a Way to Bridge Communication

By Kathy Broady MSW 6 Comments

Acronyms are some of my favorite writing exercises. I am repeatedly impressed with the amount and quality of helpful information that can surface through the use of acronyms. Acronyms are helpful when you get stuck.  They are also particularly helpful when addressing a topic head-on or “with logic” is getting you nowhere.  Sometimes, it is better to take a more gentle, roundabout, less direct approach.  Let the … [Read more...]

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