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Understanding Dissociative Identity Disorder – From Separated Splitting to Safe Solidity

By Kathy Broady MSW 48 Comments

    Do you feel like you can be very different people? Do you have trouble remembering what happened through your week? Do you have minimal memories of your childhood? Do you feel a lot of conflict within yourself, and have unexplainable extremes in your behavior, thoughts, or attitudes? Do you have conversations in your head, and do the voices in your … [Read more...]

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SAFETY FIRST: Assessing Safety of Sexual Abuse Survivors

By Kathy Broady MSW 35 Comments

  The violence must end for healing to truly begin.       Current safety is the foundational building block of healing for people who have been sexually abused.   It is a known fact that children are being abused and exploited on a daily basis by sexual predators. Any child trapped in an abusive situation will naturally continue to use trauma-based coping strategies. They need safety in order to develop … [Read more...]

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Kathy, Why do You Work as a DID Trauma Therapist?

By Kathy Broady MSW 11 Comments

Why do I work as a DID trauma therapist?   I’ve been told it would be soooo much easier and less stressful and probably more lucrative to sell shoes. However, I have devotedly worked with trauma survivors and their loved ones for over 30 years. During this time, I have come to appreciate the depth of pain, the atrocious injuries, the years of dysfunction, the heartbreaking losses, and the overwhelming grief … [Read more...]

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