[flockpride]

Hi,
I am wondering what kinds of therapeutic approaches folks are engaged in for their dissociative conditions.

EMDR? Conference room? CBT? Art therapy?

[kecanoe]

Internal Family Systems (basically the idea that all people have parts and they all have something to contribute and they all carry some pain-with DID it's more extreme, but the techniques seem to help), EMDR, Brain Spotting, Somatic Experiencing, psychodynamic. I've done art therapy and found sometimes useful.

[finding_my_way]

i have not tried anything really except just talking. my psychiatrist does EMDR and hypnosis, but she said for me she would not recommend EMDR because of the dissociation and said that it is more useful when you have less parts/fragments and a more cohesive core/sense of self, etc. as it can potentially cause other issues. so, she basically said people with PTSD or things like that without severe dissociation could benefit it from it.

as for hypnosis, she suggested it a few times for something...i cannot remember if it was memory work or getting in touch with other parts.

but right now, i'm more in the beginning phases of learning about the others (again), so i don't know what is really used for that in general.

[TrailRunner14]

My journal seems to be leading the way.

I also have just now starting understanding the way my "internal system" is how it works. I hang out with my journal by my side. I try to have my mind open to whatever wants to be heard, and I respect what I hear. I just write what comes to me, without trying to edit it. It seems to speak from the experiences it knows, that I can't recall by will. I just write what I hear.

When I get to talk with my counselor, he is open to what has been brought out and we talk about it. No pushing from me, with my journal, or him with what he wants me to journal about. He does, sometimes, give me something to focus on and sometime it happens, other times, other things come out. It's very open and not confining.