In the modern world, quick-fix methods often overshadow intricate psychodynamics. In contrast, The Problems of Complex Trauma Therapy goes beyond surface-level tools and techniques and urges us to look deeper into the process—the origins of our struggles, and the profound impact of carrying them.
This book delves into the nuanced complexes that give rise to our struggles, examines why we repeat relational patterns, and explores how we heal our relationship with the past. By skillfully weaving together classical theory and practical wisdom, Dr. Christensen challenges the conventional nature of therapy, inviting readers to discover the very essence of their emotional landscape.
THE COMPILATION
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Perspectives of Dissociative Identity Response: Ethical, Historical, and Cultural Issues
with a Foreword by Laura Brown, PhD
Including the Following Chapters:
Cultural Humility in the Treatment and Healing of Dissociation by Jamie Marich, Ph.D., LPCC-S, LICDC-CS, REAT, RYT-500 (she/they-we)
Historical Context of Dissociative Diagnoses by Emily Christensen, PhD, LCPC-S
The Role Misogyny and the Patriarchy Play in the Development and Continuation of Dissociative Disorders, Trauma and Abuse by Christine Forner
Therapeutic Presence and the Therapeutic Relationship as Both Trigger and Container to Healing within Polyvagal Theory by Jill Hosey
Non-Suicidal Self-Injury and Suicidality in Dissociative Disorders by Alexis E. Arbuthnott, Ph.D., R.D.Psych.
Healing Diet Culture Trauma Through Self-Acceptance and Love by Annie Goldsmith, RD
Dissociation in Autism Spectrum Disorders: An Under-recognized Symptom by Katherine E. Reuben, MPH; Ayden Parish
Parenting with Dissociation by Alexis E. Arbuthnott, Ph.D., R.D.Psych.
“Dr Who, a Tardis, and a relocation”: Women with Dissociative Identity Disorder reflect on barriers to identifying and disclosing their trauma
by Mary-Anne Kate, PhD, Graham Jamieson, PhD, Warwick Middleton, MD
LGBT Issues in Dissociation by Lou Himes and Emily Christensen, PhD, LCPC-S
“The Body is Bad”: When Disability and Complex Dissociative Disorders Meet by Marin Hann, M.A., LPC
“Securefulness” by Christine Forner and Lisa Danylchuk
Historical Context of the Plurality Movement by Emily Christensen, PhD, LCPS-S
2022 Winner
of the
ISSTD Media Award
THE WORKBOOK
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Me, Not-ME, and We:
A Lived Experience Workbook
for Phased Recovery from Complex and Relational Trauma
with Dissociative Identity Response
THE MEMOIR
(Editorial Collaboration by Emma Sunshaw, Vivian Conan, Joan Golston)
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if tears were prayers:
a life with dissociative identity disorder