Comments on: Do Therapists Know Enough about Dissociative Disorders?

By: gobbies

gobbies — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:03:06 +0000

MC= Mind Control

By: muffledones

muffledones — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:44:07 +0000

not sure what MC means?

By: gobbies

gobbies — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 02:13:31 +0000

do you guys think MC is another level as well? Meaning T’s need training on DID. Do you think they need more training even above that for MC work? I would think so, but wondering what everyone else thinks

Gobbies

By: muffledones

muffledones — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:02:46 +0000

Monalesa, I hope you can find a new T some time. Sorry that the one you have isn’t working out too well. Searching is hard, and there are no perfect T’s out there. But there are good ones. Its good you are learning stuff w/the T you have. But mebbe like me, you will need a more specialized T at some point.
I am glad your learning to be a better parent, its hard I know. I try so hard too. I really don’t want to be a source of hurt to my kids
That must have been really hard w/your old T that died Sorry.
Take care.

Ivory, thanks for the clarification. I agree, many modalities can work, its kinda the framework and details that are diff w/DD’s.
Even my present experienced T, who teaches bout DD’s is kinda feeling her way thru as to how to treat me. I have been w/her for a year now, and we still are working out what works and doesn’t work.
But for me anyways, I can sorta trust that she understands bout DD’s and how conveluted the thinking can seem to be when its comming from diff parts. I think she gets it…..
LOL, I got major trust issues.
And you explained it just fine!! Its just this is a bit of a hard topic for me, cuz it was real hard at the time to make the descicion to lv my old T. But I feel that I did what what best.
I am glad you wrote! more info for all is good

By: Ivory

Ivory — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 03:09:53 +0000

muffledones,

I’m sorry, I didn’t mean that I teach my T about DID. What I meant is that from what I read and from what my T has shared about normal treatments for DIDs, there are modalities and methods that are standard for all. He no longer tries so much to fit me into that as much as he treats where I’m at at the moment, i.e. where I lead.

Sorry for not explaining it well enough the first time.

By: monalesa

monalesa — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:38:16 +0000

my current therapist doesn’t seem willing to learn about did. i have been seeing her for about 8 months. she once told me she liked research and data so i found her a lot about did. she never read it. she said “if you ever find anything interesting pass it on to me though”. she doesn’t let me talk about the things that happened. she says we need to focus on what is happening in the present. none of the others will talk to her now. in therapy i only talk about day to day things and how to cope with them.
my ex therapist helped me and the others a lot. i saw her for nearly four years before she got sick. she had to stop working and then she died last year. my current therapist often makes comments about how unhealthy it was for me to see my ex t for that long. she thinks i was too attached to her.
it isn’t safe for me to do did work with my current t but it does help with day to day things. i am learning to be a better parent and trying to learn to control my outbursts a bit better. it is hard because most of the time i feel like i am screaming inside and i will lose all control of myself at any moment. my t is helping me learn to use positive self talk for my anxiety. i don’t think it helps though.

By: muffledones

muffledones — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:50:49 +0000

A good T is a wonderful thing.
But some specialized knowledge is needed IMHO for treating DD’s.
Now a good T can do research and attend seminars etc and then w/clients become an experienced DD T. GOOD!!!
I think alot of wasted time or even serious harm can result from T’s who *think* they know bout DD’s.
They are very complex disorders at best, utterly bewildering in some cases. Generally very challenging. Boundaries are SO important.
Its just very different the average short term therapy.
My old T, was a very good T, but she wasn’t willing to invest the considerable time it would take to learn how to work w/DD’s.
I was sad to leave, but I knew we were going in circles alot. I kept feeling misunderstood. I made HUGE gains in therapy w/old T, but I came to a point where I needed a DD T.
Now I have a DD T and she teaches ME about DD’s rather than the other way around. She recognizes things my old T couldn’t. I feel safer w/her cuz she knows the implications of suggesting certain things. She warns me ahead of holidays etc She moves carefully.
I didn’t teach her this stuff, she already knew.
She ‘gets’ alot of stuff.
Ones

By: mindparts

mindparts — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:29:56 +0000

I agree with Ivory. “Knowledge” about DD/DID is a far second to basic therapy skills. If the therapist has good skills and is able to deal with the “therapy roller coaster”, then that’s what you need. Paul.

By: muffledones

muffledones — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:57:36 +0000

Thats hard to vote on….
I happen to have an experienced DD T now. Found her thru ISSTD.
Previous T didn’t know. She tried, but kept not really ‘getting’ it despite my efforts.
DD are SO friggin confusing at best.
Confusing to have, confusing to treat.
I think you gotta have a certain kind of a mind to be able to work w/DD.
Cuz as a T you gotta be able to think so broadly. So in a multitrack way.
I wish there were more out there who could treat DD’s.
I agree that there is a long way to go in training.
My T does training as well as clients.
So there is training going on out there.
Ones

By: gobbies

gobbies — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:28:14 +0000

I think there is such a range out there… Some therapists still refuse to acknowledge that it exists. some think you are a lost cause and hospitilization and heavily sedating meds are hte only option. Some just don’t know anything. some try hard but don’t know enough. And some are awesome.

I’d say in the field in general there is a very long way to go.