From there SKR and I really branched out adding more and more things to my therapy program.

The first step was that I was never treated from the separateness point of view that my memory pieces were flesh and blood alters separate from me.

The professionals that she and I contacted told us to

"refer to the alters as -Parts.. and pieces of memories because alters are parts of the persons memories that have been separated during abuse situations. By starting from the beginning of treatment knowing what alters are will prevent more confusiona and denial later on down the road. Treatment for Dissociative Identity Disordeer focuses not on creating more dissociation but on the person gaining more control by the co consciousness and integration process."

I of course hated those words - co consciousness and integreation so SKR changed the wording for me and we did activities that would promote my developing the abilitiys needed for the process of co consciousness and integration.