TY - BOOK ID - 77898486 TI - More alike than different : treating severely dissociative trauma survivors PY - 1996 SN - 1442664843 9781442664845 0802004504 9780802004505 0802072380 9780802072382 PB - Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, DB - UniCat KW - Multiple personality KW - Alternating personality KW - Consciousness, Multiple KW - DID (Personality disorder) KW - Dissociated personality KW - Dissociative identity disorder KW - Double consciousness KW - Double personality KW - Dual personality KW - MPD (Personality disorder) KW - Multiple consciousness KW - Multiple identity disorder KW - Multiple personalities KW - Multiple personality disorder KW - Personality, Multiple KW - Split personality KW - Dissociative disorders KW - Treatment. KW - Psychoanalyse KW - Klinische beschouwingen. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77898486 AB - Just as the prevalence of incest and child sexual abuse was a well-kept secret until recently, the phenomenon of multiple personality disorder (MPD) - recently re-labelled dissociative identity disorder [DID] - has been minimized. In her practice as a psychologist, Margo Rivera has found this to be no coincidence. Confirming that the root of most severe dissociative conditions lies in severe trauma, most commonly child abuse, Rivera first discusses the general historical and social contexts of dissociation and proceeds through clinical theory, case vignettes, and recorded personal experience to provide practical guidance to assessment and treatment. Rivera covers such topics as 'therapeutic frame, ' 'transference and countertransference, ' and how to understand and make use of these concepts. She discusses the controversies around 'False Memory Syndrome' and ritual abuse, issues which currently divide professionals treating trauma survivors. Rivera makes a unique contribution to the treatment of lesbian and gay abuse survivors. She theorizes that all sexuality is a social construct, subject to change over an individual's lifetime, a reality that is nowhere more clear than in those with MPD who may experience themselves as alternately heterosexual female, homosexual male, lesbian, and heterosexual male. Insightful and provocative, this important therapeutic guide will be of interest to professionals who treat trauma survivors as well as to their clients. ER -