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Negative Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse Survey

By Kathy Broady MSW 10 Comments

    April is Child Abuse Prevention month. Education is one of the biggest factors in the prevention of child abuse.  Those of you that have been sexually abused or physically abused know the effects of that abuse all too well.  Child abuse can affect the entire life of the survivor, and the seriousness of its effects cannot be ignored. If you are a trauma survivor, you can help to inform others about the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Depression, DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Friends of Multiples, mental health, Prevention of Sexual Abuse, Self Injury, sexual abuse, Supportive Spouses, therapy, Therapy and Counseling, Therapy Homework Ideas, Trauma Tagged With: Abuse, AbuseConsultants.com, Anxiety, Bipolar, Child Abuse, Childhood Sexual Abuse, CSA, Depression, Detachment, DID, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Eating Disorders, Fear, Kathy Broady, mental health, Mental Torment, Ongoing Violence, Prevention of Abuse, Psychiatric Disability, Self Harm, Self Injury, Self-Multilation, sexual abuse, Sexual Deviations, SI, Sleep Complications, Suicidal Behavior, Therapeutic Relationship, therapy, Therapy for DID, Trauma, Trauma Survivors

Difficult Holiday Times

By Kathy Broady MSW 26 Comments

  For many dissociative trauma survivors, various holidays and times of year are more difficult than other days.  Some survivors may know they typically have a difficult time at the change of seasons, or when Easter-time comes, for example, but they may not have the memories or internal information to understand why they consistently have a difficult time at that time of year. Are you struggling more now … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional pain, Internal Communication, Physical Abuse, Ritual Abuse, sexual abuse, Therapy Homework Ideas, Trauma Tagged With: Abuse, Amnesia, Amnesiac Walls, Anxiety, Depression, DID, DID/MPD, dissociative disorders, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Dissociative Walls, Dysfunctional Symptoms, Easter, Emotional Chaos, Fear, Flashbacks, GAD, Good Friday, Headaches, Host Alters, Internal Communication, Internal System, Kathy Broady, Lost Time, Memories, Missing Time, Multiplicity, Panic, Panic Attacks, Passover, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Self Destruction, Self Harm, Self Injury, Shaylinjanelle, Shaylinjanelle photography, SI, split personality, Splits, splitting, Suicidal, Suicidal Behavior, Suicidal Feelings, Suicidal Thoughts, Symptoms, System Communication, Talking Inside, Therapist, therapy, Time Distortion, Time Loss, Trauma, Trauma memories, Trauma Survivors, trauma therapist, Unprocessed Memories

30 Potential Blocks in the Therapy Process for Dissociative Trauma Survivors

By Kathy Broady MSW 56 Comments

The healing process for dissociative trauma survivors is very long, involved and complex, and of course, the therapy process for the treatment of Dissociative Identity Disorder is full of many potential blocks, complications, detours, messes, digressions, etc. The article, 50 Treatment Issues for Dissociative Identity Disorder, lists out many of the steps involved in trauma therapy.  How can dissociative trauma … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Depression, DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, mental health, Mind Control, therapy, Therapy and Counseling, Therapy Homework Ideas, Trauma, trauma therapist Tagged With: Addictions, Alcohol Abuse, Anger, Anxiety, Blocks in Therapy, Current Day Abuse, Current-day Safety, Denial, Depression, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Drug Abuse, Facing the Truth, Fear, Healing, Healing Process, Host Personality, Incompetent Therapy, Kathy Broady, Multiplicity, No-talk rules, Ongoing Abuse, Resistance, Resistant to Change, Sabotage, Secrets, Self Destruction, Self Injury, Sex Addiction, Suicide, Therapeutic Blocks, Therapeutic Work, therapy, Therapy Process, Therpeutic Resistance, Trauma Survivors, trauma therapist, Trauma Therapy, Treatment Goals for DID, Treatment of DID, Violent Relationships

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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Internal Communication – The Core of Treatment for Dissociative Identity Disorder

By Kathy Broady MSW 53 Comments

Continuing with the topic of Internal Communication, I ended the previous article, Overcoming Instability Issues and Unsuccessful Memory work with this list of Dissoci-ACTION steps:   Focus first on relationship building with your parts.  Get to know them.  Talk to them.  Learn their names.  Overcome your fears of who they are.  Appreciate their strengths.  Develop friendships with them.  I … [Read more...]

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