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Thankful and Happy to be Here

By Kathy Broady MSW 13 Comments

  It's Thanksgiving Day in the USA.  That gives me one more reason to say....  it's a good day to be thankful for all the changes that have been made around here at Discussing Dissociation.   I am THANKFUL for .....   T  --  Thankful for YOU, for coming here to read H --  Happy about having a new web platform where new opportunities are now             possible A --   Appreciation for the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dissociative Identity Disorder, Featured Posts #3, Online Therapy Tagged With: Appreciation for readers, Blog Improvements, Discussing Dissociation, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Kathy from Discussing Dissociation, Launching a new site, Thankful, Thankfulness, Thanksgiving Day

4 Happy Thanksgiving Thankful For’s

By Kathy Broady MSW 25 Comments

Happy Thanksgiving!   Just for fun -- and because it's good for the hear too --  I'm picking a few pictures that show you some things I am thankful for.  To be specific, I'm picking FOUR things I am thankful for.  I'm thankful for a lot more than FOUR things, but you know... it's kinda fun to be thankful FOUR.   :-)  :mrgreen:  :roll:  :lol:    1.  Things that are beautiful. Nature is so … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Child Alters, Fun!, Puppies, Stories for Child Insiders, Therapy Homework Ideas Tagged With: Appreciation, baby birds, Beautiful flowers, DID Community, DID Community Support, Gratitude, Happy memories, Happy Thanksgiving, Just for fun, Maizy, Pinky, Pinto pony, Smiles, Thankful

Momma Larks – A Job Well Done

By Kathy Broady MSW 7 Comments

  Mothers.   Mothers are a difficult topic. Mother's Day is a difficult day. Complicated. Painful. Often a day of loss and grieving. A day that many dissociative survivors don’t want to think about. Ouch. If only…. If only, if only…..   I’ve been thinking about these things all week, knowing I would / should write something about mothers.   Hmmmmm….  I wasn’t sure which angle to talk about…. Then I … [Read more...]

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10 Qualities Therapists Recognize in Good Clients, part 2

By Kathy Broady MSW 11 Comments

Hello, I hope this day finds you doing well. The first part of this article certainly caused a little stir, and maybe raised a few eyebrows along the way.  Please know, my intention in posting these blogs is not to offend anyone.  If you have any questions or concerns about anything I've posted, please comment and let me know what you're thinking!  And here's a big Thank You! to the folks who did comment to the … [Read more...]

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