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.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-245) and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 616.85/236
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 21
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 0802004504 9781442664845
- LCCN
- RC569.5.M8
- LCCN Item number
- M58 1996eb
- Modifying agency
- DLC
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOTU
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xvi, 248 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00230175 (OCoLC)806255580 (CaOOCEL)436382
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- COVER 1
- CONTENTS 8
- PREFACE 10
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 16
- 1 Introduction: Multiple Personality in Context 20
- 2 Multiplicity Is the Solution, Not the Problem 37
- 3 Learning the Language of Dissociation 69
- 4 Assessment: A Joint Endeavour 84
- 5 Constructing the Healing Process 112
- 6 Boundaries in Psychotherapy 143
- 7 Abuse and Memory in the 1990s 171
- 8 Ritual Abuse 189
- 9 Treating the Lesbian and Gay Survivor of Abuse 207
- 10 The Politics of Child Abuse and Dissociation 226
- 11 Conclusion: Who Are You? 239
- REFERENCES 248
- INDEX 264
- A 264
- B 264
- C 264
- D 264
- E 264
- F 264
- G 264
- H 264
- I 265
- L 265
- M 265
- N 265
- P 265
- R 265
- S 265
- T 265
