thanks guys... i still am not sure what's going on. there are already safe alters and a safe place to go to. so i don't know if the little one in question is just not feeling safe going there or not. could it also be that she knows there is another alter named what she was naming "the angel" the hypnotist person was asking her to create that we just don't know about? (don't know if that last bit made much sense) anyway thanks for the help. i'm still trying to figure it out.