This book brings together the threads that make up the campaign for people with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). It is based on a Campaign Day for survivors organised by the Paracelsus Trust to raise awareness of DID.
Lady Xenia Bowlby is the daughter-in-law of John Bowlby, whose research has given so much to our understanding of complex personalities. She supports her husband Richard in the continuation of the work and has been active in the development of the Paracelsus Trust. Deborah Briggs is Chairperson of the Paracelsus Trust. She has worked as a therapist for a decade and specialises in trauma and sexual abuse. Her training is integrative, including relational, sensorimotor and psychodynamic psychotherapy.
Title: Living with the Reality of Dissociative Identity Disorder: Campaigning Voices
Author: Bowlby, Xenia
ISBN: 9781782201342
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Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publication Date: 2014-09-12
Number of Pages: 150
Weight: 0.1600 kg
'There is an increasing body of evidence suggesting that dissociative identity disorder (DID) is one of the legacies of extensive and repeated child sexual abuse. In this book, we can see a number of vivid snapshots of its victims struggling to cope with their terrible abusive histories and the fractured personalities that result. These are very brave people and their stories tell of events in middle-class England. We must not look away.'-Professor John Morton, OBE, FRS, Cognitive Psychologist at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College, London'This is a truly remarkable book on a number of accounts. First, it fills a gap in the literature that combines personal experience with clinical insights and unique first-hand experience of living with DID. Second, it is the product of leading, eminent, and pioneering contributors in the field of dissociation who have all achieved widespread recognition as conference speakers, trainers, writers, or artists. I know of no other book that brings together such remarkable insights, understanding, and personal experience in such an accessible way. It is essential reading for counsellors, therapists, psychiatrists, psychologists, carers, relatives, and indeed anyone seeking to understand more about DID. It may also be a great encouragement to other survivors of early life trauma who are travelling the lonely journey of recovery. The significance of this book is that it reveals more than any single piece of research could do about the challenges, and at times gifts, of living with DID. This is probably the most moving and informative book on the subject that I have read for a very long time, and should be on the book list of all clinical training courses.'-Mike Fisher, Chair of the Trauma and Abuse Group (TAG)
