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Originally Posted by dlantern
It is a personal decision you dont have to open up no matter what. It is right in the guide for therapist thats why you might have thought everyone needs to get in the therapy nope it has to be gradual or there could be grave consequences... If one disruptive alter covert just been secretly listening then it is jist their time they are trusting something. It is why you have to know how is front so we all don't get confused.
I had therapist before it all blew up in our face going back to their ways.
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hi dlantern
i'm sorry to hear that your experince with your T was not entirely helpful to you or your alters (i prefer the term insiders). you are correct, when working with dissociated parts/alters, the therapist needs to proceed with patience and let each alter come out on their own time when the trust has been established, otherwise there is the potential to cause more harm if the T tries to force alters out.
it is immensely helpful when the T can understand which alter is present and interact directly with that alter because otherwise there is the potential to cause further harm or disrupt the trust formed because of the misunderstanding. did you have methods of helping your T see who was fronting in sessions? often times the switches can be very obvious to client, but quite subtle to an outsider.
how much experince of working with DID/dissociated states did this T have?