Lessons from the psychotherapy chair
I have been in both chairs in the psychotherapy room, and I have learned the value of good therapy, and I have learned the value of bad therapy. Not only have I learned the value of therapy, but I have also learned a lot of lessons in both chairs. Today, I occupy the psychotherapist chair and sometimes the client chair, and I continue to learn lessons that both surprise me and teach me that a graduate degree does not guarantee expertise or even basic knowledge about mental health in today's world. I want to share some of the things that I have learned from both chairs that have set the course of my journey both as a therapist and a human being. These are the lessons learned by an OG WooWoo Therapist during 28 years in the therapist chair.
Lessons from the psychotherapy chair
One House, Many Rooms
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Today I talk about DID. Below I have provided citations for the information mentioned in the blog.
https://www.aetv.com/shows/many-sides-of-jane
· American Psychiatric Association. (2022). DSM-5-TR.
· Brand, B. L., et al. (2013). A naturalistic study of dissociative identity disorder treatment.
· Dalenberg, C. J., et al. (2012). Evaluation of the evidence for the trauma and fantasy models of dissociation.
· Howell, E. F. (2011). Understanding and Treating Dissociative Identity Disorder.
· ISSTD. (2011). Guidelines for Treating Dissociative Identity Disorder in Adults.
· Liotti, G. (2004). Trauma, dissociation, and disorganized attachment.
· Putnam, F. W. (1989). Diagnosis and Treatment of Multiple Personality Disorder.
· Reinders, A. A. T. S., et al. (2003; 2006). Neuroimaging studies of DID.
· Siegel, D. J. (2012). The Developing Mind.
· van der Hart, O., Nijenhuis, E. R. S., & Steele, K. (2006). The Haunted Self.