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Originally Posted by Dnester
My T is gone for 3 months so I had my first session with my old Psychologist that I stopped seeing about 12 to 15 years ago. I cant remember. Anyway on our first visit she suggest I buy one of her books on DID that she wrote. (Which let me let you is a train wreck) Then she also wants me to come 2 times a week. One to process external stuff ( stressors of everyday life) Then an internal stuff ( to process parts stuff). My first impression is she is money hungry. I dont pay for it but still. Then she got me to do 2 online tests. One test about health and said whatever it showed she would write a note to PCP to get those things addressed then a ADD online test to assess for 6 different types of ADD to see if they would hinder our work and how to addresd it. Then she suggested I buy another book called Got Parts? I dont know how I feel about her.
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what are the book titles I know a few places where you can get books relatively cheep some as low as a couple bucks.
Im a bit worried that she is having you buy books when this is your first session. first sessions are usually more you talking about you and your problems and what want out of therapy and what problems you want to address.
by the way did you know that the author of got parts A. T .W. / Robert Rich is a pseudonym for a male author but not the authors initials. lol I was absolutely surprised to find out there was actually no one named A. T. W. and no actual Robert Rich phd. that the author completely made up this and the bio's for each of his pseudonyms.And that those letters / names he writes under had absolutely nothing to do with the author. most authors that have pseudonyms pick names and initials that mean something important to them but this one purposely picks pseudonyms that have no relationship / connection to the author. and that this author has many different pseudonyms. I found this out at a book signing event he is totally not what most expected. just my musings on this author. totally floored me because the way this author writes had me totally convinced in who the author was and what was being wrote about. now that I know the truth Im highly skeptical of that author and their books.
I did read the book got parts before I knew who the person was behind the computer. but for me most of it was not helpful since it was completely different in how my treatment providers and I were doing things.... others I know found great help from this book. it is a 2005 book, most of the technical information in it like diagnostics, treatments and such are outdated (the world changed over to the new ways and such in 2013) but some still find it useful.
it talks about how everyone even normal people have normal parts of self, learning how to map your parts whether you have dissociation or not, managing your daily life, managing triggers, grounding techniques so that you dont dissociate so much, and much more in the way of outdated information and frankly beware of false information in the book. your treatment provider can help you weed through whats factual based on what DID is today and your own treatment plans.