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10 Tips For Spouses and Partners of Survivors with Dissociative Identity Disorder

By Kathy Broady MSW 118 Comments

    Does your spouse have DID?  Do you care deeply about someone with Dissociative Identity Disorder?  I know already -- your relationship is complicated! But take heart -- there was something wonderful about them that drew you to them, and something trustworthy about you that drew them to you. Beautiful as that may be, you are probably confused about all the dissociative issues that happen … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Family Members of Trauma Survivors, Featured Posts #4, Friends of Multiples, Supportive Spouses Tagged With: Dissociative Identity Disorder, Dissociative Spouse, forum for partners of trauma survivors, Living with a DID survivor, Married to a DID survivor, partners of DID survivors, significant others, SO for DID, Spouses of DID survivors, SSPA, Suport for Spouses Partners Allies Forum, Support for Spouses

What Would Your Perfect Treatment Plan Look Like?

By Kathy Broady MSW 87 Comments

  In this blog article, I’d like to hear your opinion.    Mostly, I'd like you to hear your opinion!  Your opinion about YOUR perfect treatment plan is very important.  Have you thought about what you might like or need?  If you think about it now, you might be able to express that better to your therapist or to the various mental health professionals in your area. It’s very clear that the mental health … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Family Members of Trauma Survivors, mental health, therapy, Therapy and Counseling, Therapy Homework Ideas, trauma therapist Tagged With: DID / MPD, DID Survivors, DID Therapy, DID Therapy 101, Dissociation, dissociative disorders, Dissociative Experts, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Goals for DID Therapy, Healing, Kathy Broady, Mental Health Treatment, Spouses of DID survivors, Supportive Family Members, trauma therapist, Treating Dissociative Disorders, Treatment Approach for DID, Treatment Goals for DID

Do’s and Don’ts for Singleton Friends of Multiples

By Kathy Broady MSW 64 Comments

    I am not sure who wrote the following list of “Do’s and Don’ts for Singleton Friends of Multiples”.  This list was e-mailed to me years ago by a person with Dissociative Identity Disorder, saying this list was comprised by an anonymous group* of multiples.   I am sure that there could be many other suggestions added to the list, but for today, I will post it in exactly the same format as I received … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Friends of Multiples, Supportive Spouses Tagged With: Abuse, Boundaries, Child Alter, Child Parts, Crisis, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Emotional Crisis, How to be friends with a multiple, Kathy Broady, Listen, mental health, Multiples, Multiplicity, Safe Touch, Safety, Singleton Friends, split personality, Spouses of DID survivors, Support for DID, Support for trauma survivors, Support Team, Supportive Family Members, Supportive Friends, Supportive Spouses, Trauma, Trauma Survivors

DID Trauma Survivors and Getting Support from Other People – or not?

By Kathy Broady MSW 25 Comments

  Dissociative trauma survivors need emotional support. However, this can be difficult to achieve. As the show, "United States of Tara" is gradually starting to demonstrate, survivors with Dissociative Identity Disorder have friends and family members that offer varying levels of support: Those that find dissociative trauma survivors to be really good, kind, decent, and wonderful people, and will stand by them … [Read more...]

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