Wow, myself, this is really helpful. Thank you.

The reminder that the label doesn't really matter is a good one for me. thank you.

The reassurance that having a therapist who is inexperienced in treating DID is also helpful
I looked at the NAMI thread on DID and found it very useful and informative, so thank you for that too. I don't think my counsellor will know the site but I may suggest it to her. I will certainly put in the time and what you have suggested and written about gives me some ideas of how I can carry on doing that while I wait for some kind of decision (which my GP will have to make) about how to proceed.

thank you so much.
Caroline