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Land of the Free?

By Kathy Broady MSW 9 Comments

For folks in the USA, it’s the July 4th holiday weekend.  Barbecues, picnics, swimming parties, and fireworks are happening all over the country.  Red, white, and blue stars and stripes are visible in every direction.  It’s a fun holiday – most people are in festive moods.     The point of the Independence Day holiday is to celebrate freedom.  It’s about being free, living in a land that is free, … [Read more...]

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Doubly Difficult Days for DID Survivors

By Kathy Broady MSW 28 Comments

  This weekend is often a difficult weekend for trauma survivors with dissociative identity disorder.  First, there is Father’s Day (for those of us living in the USA), and secondly, it’s the Summer Solstice.  Anytime the difficult days get stacked on top of each other, it’s going to make for a complicated time.   On days when the issues seem to surface in layers, what do you do to cope? **This blog article is … [Read more...]

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10 DID Therapy 101 Tips

By Kathy Broady MSW 27 Comments

  Lots of trauma survivors with Dissociative Identity Disorder are just starting their healing process.  Other dissociative survivors are not new to their healing process, but they might realize that they haven’t yet covered all the basics.  Do you need any tips for DID therapy? DID therapy can feel huge, daunting, difficult, and overwhelming.  There is so much to do and so many areas of work.   For a broader … [Read more...]

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When You Suddenly Lose Your Therapist

By Kathy Broady MSW 277 Comments

Several people that have been reading Discussing Dissociation have made posts and comments about how enormously painful and difficult it is to lose a therapist. There are several different ways to “lose a therapist” but for the purposes of this particular blog entry, I’d like to focus on situations where there was sudden loss. In my years of experience, I have seen a variety of circumstances that have led to … [Read more...]

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Scoring the Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES)

By Kathy Broady MSW 43 Comments

    I hope you have already recorded your score for the  Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES) before reading this follow-up blog. If you haven't yet taken the DES, please do so before reading any further. Information about the DES can be found here:   How Dissociative Are You? Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES)     To explain the scoring of the DES, I’m going to quote some material from Dr. Colin Ross’s … [Read more...]

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