Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) Treatment
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Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) is a mental health disorder that stems from overwhelming, consistent, and repeated childhood trauma, such as physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, abandonment, and neglect, to name a few. DID is the brain’s defense mechanism from continuing to experience the harm that the individual is going through. It involves distinct parts, also known as “alters,” of a person that may hold different memories, emotions, or roles, which all work in their own way to help the person to survive. To most people, this can feel confusing or isolating; however, it is not a sign of weakness but of the mind’s incredible ability to protect itself. With compassionate therapy and understanding from a specialized trauma therapist, individuals with DID can learn to build safety, connection, and a more unified sense of self.
What does DID treatment look like?
At Healing Ground Counseling, we follow each client in what they need; however DID treatment has 3 distinct steps toward finding ultimate healing and wholeness:
Stabilization of emotions
Trauma processing
Integration
These 3 steps can look different from person to person, specifically regarding how long it will take them to move from one step to the next. It is important to follow these steps and not move too quickly, which is why we take a cautious and trauma-informed approach to helping people heal from their past traumas.
DID Treatment at Healing Ground Counseling
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Step 1: Neurofeedback
The individual will start with sessions of traditional therapy to get to know each other and set some treatment goals, as well as neurofeedback to help with the stabilization of emotions in preparation for the trauma processing part of treatment.
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Step 2: Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART)
In this step, they will work together with their therapist on resolving their past traumas in a safe and directed way. This oftentimes provides enlightenment, greater perspective, and ultimately a feeling of wholeness.
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Step 3: Integration
Not to be confused with fusion, integration is the process where the different alters in the system identify who will be the “core self” and function as one singular individual OR how they can work together as a unified system (very much like a regulated and unified family system works together) with one identity being identified as the “core self.”
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