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Originally Posted by CantExplain
I hope you'll forgive me if this is a touchy subject. I come from a place of curiosity, caring, and extreme ignorance. I've asked a therapist friend, but she says she hasn't studied it yet.
What is the role of talk therapy? I can imagine three approaches:
a) Work with the alters individually to help with their individual problems.
b) Work as a kind of "marriage counsellor" to improve relations between alters.
c) Work to "integrate" the alters.
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are you familiar with Janina Fisher and her new book 'Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Overcoming Internal Self-Alienation'?
Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Overcoming Internal Self-Alienation: Janina Fisher: 9780415708234: Amazon.com: Books
her book is not specifically about DID, but about a concept that she terms 'structural dissociation', which is quite common or relatable in those who have a history of complex PTSD or developmental trauma. i'm currently making my way through her book (more out of curiosity because i have already completed a lot of my own internal healing) and it's very interesting as a way for those who have suffered from early trauma and abuse to overcome many of their internal issues by identifying and connecting with 'parts' of themselves, but not necessarily fully dissociated DID parts/alters.