Hello! Here is it -- your list of qualities found in an really good therapist. It's a really loooooooooong list !! There are almost 150 descriptions of what an exceptional therapist looks like, and the kind of therapist that DID trauma survivors need. Very thorough! :-) Remember that discussion in the Our Complicated Selves area? Well.... I've combined the answers provider by YOU, the readers of … [Read more...]
The Big Questions Answered by Laura, the DID Email Consultant
Hello! This post has been written by Laura, the Email Consultant here at Discussing Dissociation. She's new here, and I've asked her to write some answers to the kinds of questions we might expect people to ask. HOWEVER, I am sure you will have a question of your own that has not been covered in the list of questions below. Remember those articles about interviewing a new therapist ?? Well.... this … [Read more...]
Kathy, Where Have You Been These Past 5 Years?
Five years! Those of you who have been reading here for awhile will know what I'm talking about, and some of you are going to learn a whole lot about me today. :) FIRST -- I want to say... this [post was written on] the 15-year anniversary for the beginning of my very first online therapeutic site for dissociative trauma survivors -- AbuseConsultants -- a website offering online counseling, email … [Read more...]
Do Dissociative Trauma Survivors Actually Lose Time?
One of the diagnostic criteria for Dissociative Identity Disorder is experiencing amnesia or lost time. While losing time may seem like an obvious hole in your every day life, it really might not be as obvious as it seems it could be. For dissociative trauma survivors, the sliding of time is a normal everyday way of life. It just is how it is, and time feels very different for DID survivors than it does for other … [Read more...]
Where Did I Put My Keys?
Last night I lost my keys in the office. It was a silly ordeal – they were hanging right where I last put them – but it took me awhile to remember where that was. I had a little help finding them, and I am really thankful that Mr. Janitor Man was so very kind. He was patient with me, looking everywhere with me while I retraced my steps of the evening. We looked under couches, in between cushions, under … [Read more...]