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This is a book about the triumph of inner authority over the debilitating effects of trauma and abuse. In a simple and straightforward style, a three-phase model for treating dissociative identity disorder (previously known as multiple personality disorder) in introduced. The Collective Heart model is consistent with the current standards of care which emphasize caution and restraint. Additionally, the Collective Heart model has several unique features: It highlights the retrieval of personal authority rather than the retrieval of traumatic memories, identifies the fundamental inner unity underlying the fragmented personality system, and introduces techniques that facilitate communication between personalities and between each personality's conscious mind and the collective heart.
Six chapters of fascinating case vignettes illustrate therapeutic techniques and show how clients tap into their underlying inner unity to create the conditions for their own maturation, making it safe for their alters to grow, heal, and eventually join the host as a seamless, harmonious whole.
"A major strength of this book is its detailed depiction of Krakauer's clinical work. Her techniques are given in sufficient detail for the reader to use. . . . [Another] asset of the book is Krakauer's unusual candor in reflecting on alterative understandings of her findings and ideas, and on the possible limitations on the utility of her methods. . . . Many of her ideas and approaches are thought-provoking and deserve further study. . . .This book is very well-written. It reads more smoothly and clearly than most texts of its type. . . . Dr. Krakauer is a clever and skilled clinician, and those interested in the treatment of DID who are already experienced and well-grounded in the literature of that field will find it worthwhile to acquaint themselves with her contributions."
-Richard Kluft, M.D., Ph.D., American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis
"Dr. Sarah Krakauer presents her Collective Heart model in a personal, engaging and highly readable fashion, This volume will enrich clinical understanding as well as stimulate important theoretical and research developments."
-Carolyn Zerbe Enns, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Cornell College, From the Foreword
"This book is well-written and interesting to read. The model is innovative and the case examples are quite well done and compelling."
-Christine Courtois, Ph.D., Washington, D.C.
"This is the best new book on treating Dissociative Identity Disorder. Sarah Krakauer has developed a balanced caring approach based on research and clinical experience... This book will transform how you work with these patients."
-Leonard Holmes, Ph.D., Mental Health Resources
"This book presents an empathic caring model that putspower in the hands of the client and assumes that clients hold within themselves the capacity for self-healing. The goal in therapy is personal mastery and current coping rather than recovered memory. . . . This is an innovative and impressive treatment model. I am convinced that more rigorous empirical investigation would demonstrate its efficacy."
-Miriam Liss, Ph.D., Mary Washington College
| Preface | p. XI |
| Acknowledgments | p. XVII |
| Foreword | p. XXI |
| The Nature and Early History of Hypnosis and Dissociation | p. 1 |
| The Nature of Dissociation | p. 2 |
| The History of Dissociation and Hypnosis | p. 5 |
| Traumatology and the Treatment of Dissociative States: Major 20th Century Developments | p. 20 |
| Traumatology | p. 20 |
| The Recovered Memory Controversy | p. 30 |
| Eliminate the Chaff or Reject Hypnosis En Bloc? | p. 42 |
| Overview of the Collective Heart Model: Assumptions, Stages, Goals, and Techniques | p. 44 |
| Three Stages of Therapy | p. 47 |
| Assessment of Dissociative Identity Disorder | p. 68 |
| Initial Evaluation | p. 69 |
| Completing the Diagnostic Process | p. 80 |
| Evaluation of Safety Concerns | p. 88 |
| Basic Therapeutic Techniques: Where to Go and How to Get There | p. 92 |
| Techniques Facilitating the Meditative State | p. 93 |
| Visualized Structures Utilized in the Meditative State | p. 100 |
| The Nature of the Therapeutic Relationship | p. 107 |
| Empowering the Client | p. 109 |
| Forming a Relationship with the Personality System | p. 116 |
| Responding to Backsliding | p. 118 |
| Responding to Clinical Errors | p. 119 |
| Preservation of Life Contracts | p. 119 |
| The Use of Other Written Documents | p. 120 |
| Legal Accountability | p. 121 |
| Acknowledging Appreciation for Your Role as the Client's Therapist | p. 121 |
| Seeking Guidance from the Inner Wisdom | p. 122 |
| Types of Guidance Sought in the Theater | p. 122 |
| Introduction to Case Illustrations | p. 125 |
| Discussion | p. 132 |
| Becoming a Team: Fostering Internal Communication and Cooperation | p. 137 |
| Scott's Progress with Utilizing Systemic Cooperation and Inner Wisdom | p. 140 |
| Stepping Out of the Narrative | p. 156 |
| Overview of the Next 13 Months of Therapy | p. 157 |
| Discussion | p. 171 |
| Inner Lessons in Self-Advocacy | p. 176 |
| Case Illustrations | p. 177 |
| Discussion | p. 183 |
| Decreasing Anxiety to Remove Obstacles to Inner Guidance | p. 185 |
| Working Through Trauma: Sharing Memories and Internally Challenging the Authority of the Abuser | p. 192 |
| The Act of Telling | p. 193 |
| The Pain of Hearing and Knowing | p. 195 |
| The Impact of Internal Confrontation | p. 197 |
| Maintaining an Internal Boundary | p. 202 |
| The Process of Joining | p. 203 |
| Together as One: The Postjoining Process | p. 205 |
| Present Orientation | p. 206 |
| Increased Capacity to Handle Environmental and Internal Stress Adaptively | p. 208 |
| Resolution of Anger and Grief | p. 211 |
| Termination of Therapy | p. 212 |
| Current Status of the Collective Heart Treatment Model | p. 214 |
| Characteristics of the Clinical Series | p. 215 |
| Preliminary Evaluation of the Model | p. 217 |
| Conclusions | p. 229 |
| Preservation of Life Contract (Avoiding Self-Harm) | p. 231 |
| Preservation of Life Contract (Avoiding Physical Harm to Others) | p. 233 |
| References | p. 235 |
| Index | p. 241 |
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ISBN: 9780876309759
ISBN-10: 0876309759
Audience:
Tertiary; University or College
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 272
Published: 20th April 2001
Dimensions (cm): 22.9 x 15.2
x 1.8
Weight (kg): 0.499
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