[elevatedsoul]

how do i find someone that is capable of treating these things?

i dont think there is anyone in the clinic i go to that can...

maybe when i get insurance i can find someone?
but how? who? what?

[Scotch]

That's hard, it really is. The only person that could possibly understand you for your happens to be well- you. And even then it's difficult. If you live in the USA, it would probably be best to get some form of insurance if you would like to work towards getting a good doctor. We're not experts on this but it's what we did so we hope that wherever you're at, as long as you keep holding on and trying then things will hopefully change for the better elevated.

For us, we would actually have to drive outside of our city to find a therapist who specializes in D.I.D. but everything having is worth fighting for right?

[ruh roh]

If I were you, I would just look for a therapist you work well with and not focus on a particular diagnosis. Mine does not advertise her specialty in dissociative disorders, so I wouldn't have found her that way even if I had known what I was dealing with. There is a lot that they know and can explain that's not on the internet, so it's worth seeking treatment if you struggle in any area of life. The most important thing, though, is finding a therapist you work well with.

[amandalouise]

Originally Posted by elevatedsoul

how do i find someone that is capable of treating these things?

i dont think there is anyone in the clinic i go to that can...

maybe when i get insurance i can find someone?
but how? who? what?

here in the USA the health system has changed. now all american's are required by law to have health insurance. after a person has health insurance the insurance company sends you a membership book that lists all the treatment providers covered by your health insurance plan.

some insurance companies are assigning the treatment providers to you based on which treatment providers have not reached their quota for number of patients.

other insurance companies let the patient choose their treatment providers from the membership book they got when they signed up for their insurance plan.

other insurance companies are having the past treatment providers send in a referral for who the patients new treatment provider is going to be.

if you dont already have insurance contact your social services agency. they will be able to help you apply for the state insurance plan,

if you do not have insurance you either pay out of your pocket or sign up for your state insurance plan or choose an insurance company. many people now are using the healthcare.gov website to go shopping for health insurance, they open the website only once or twice a year. it will soon be opening again heres the link https://www.healthcare.gov/

since you already have a treatment provider (at least Im assuming you do because some of your posts talk about your therapy and getting diagnosed and such things that go on in therapy ) my suggestion is ask your therapist or psychiatrist that is treating you already if they can help you get insurance and a new treatment provider set up. it will help with the the application process and so on if you have someone to help you do it.

[elevatedsoul]

my therapist is interested in learning, thats why i like her

[ruh roh]

That's great. It's much harder to find a therapist who's a good fit, than a therapist with a particular kind of expertise. The former will have good results, the later...may or may not.

[Luce]

My ex T says also says it is better to look for someone whom you have a good rapport as long as they are willing to learn... it isn't necessary for them to have experience with dissociative disorders.

Having said that I have looked high and low with someone who fits that criteria in my current area and have found no one. One therapist kept talking about DID as though it was schizophrenia, another told me outright that DID doesn't exist, and my current t is just as clueless. I am starting with another t soon (hopefully this week) and am trying to muster up the courage to just be upfront about it with her. It is hard when the people who are supposed to know about this stuff seem to view it in the same vein as alien abduction or something like that. When I have tried to talk about DID with Ts here they look at me as though I am telling them I believe I have three heads, six arms and an elephant trunk growing out of my back.

Yeah.
No.

If you have a good rapport with your T and believe she is willing to learn alongside you, then you have struck gold.

[kecanoe]

I needed to see a t who has experience with DID. I tried some others, still see some of them. But my improvement is due to work with the t with the experience. I have to drive out of town to see her.

[Luce]

I see the new t in a couple of days and I have decided she is going to be the one I stick with. I have decided I am going to tell her about the DID in the first session, and take things from there.

If she doesn't believe in DID I am going to tell her "that is okay - lots of scientists didn't believe in global warming for a long time either."