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Expressing Anger Instead of Pain

By Kathy Broady MSW 37 Comments

  Every now and then, Dr. Paul Weston (Gabriel Byrne) from HBO's series, "In Treatment" comes out with a good line, full of depth, and accurate to the therapy process. In one of the episodes I saw this week, Dr. Weston says, "Is it easier to be angry with me than to look at your own pain?"  His client was throwing all kinds of angry jabs at him when clearly she was angry, upset, and miserable about her own … [Read more...]

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Lack of Acceptance of Dissociative Parts and Their Life Histories

By Kathy Broady MSW 36 Comments

Many trauma survivors with DID, especially those relatively new in the treatment process, often have difficulty accepting that there are "other people inside your head." The ideas of losing time (including big chunks of time), losing control of yourself and your mind or your body, having a limited awareness of what has happened in your life, sharing your life with a bunch of others of all different ages, and … [Read more...]

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