Archive for June, 2011
Psychotic Dissociation
Thursday, June 30th, 2011A patient prone to psychotic dissociation develops the delusion that the separate voices are not part of the self but are intruding from an outside source. At the far end of the dissociative spectrum lies Chronic Undifferentiated Schizophrenia, the most extreme form of Psychological/Relational splitting in which the inner world […]
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011Relating to a patient in this kaleidoscopic state is unnerving even for a trained therapist. One never knows which personality is going to show up for an appointment, but after awhile the therapist becomes familiar with them. The typical body language of the different personalities gives them each away before a […]
This weekend June 25th & 26th in Salt Lake City Utah
Thursday, June 23rd, 2011 I wanted to keep you all up to date as to how I am spending my free time these days.
I am waist deep in the creative writing community, a very active support group, and I’ll be reading a short selection from the novel I am writing along with 9 other […]
Dissociation and the Relational Dimension
Thursday, June 23rd, 2011The deeper the splitting of the self the more profoundly family and social relationships in the Relational realm will be disrupted. If inner voices function as very different personalities and never talk to each other, then there can be no consistency in the way outer relationships are conducted.
Anyone who tries to […]
Dissociation in the Psychological Dimension
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011Psychotherapy uncovers internal psychic structures variously labeled in different
psychological theories as inner voices (in Voice Dialogue), subpersonalities (in Psychosynthesis), or inner objects (in Psychoanalysis and Object Relations theory). These are normally viewed as aspects of the self with distinctive characteristics and ways of responding to situations. Inner voices can […]
Neurobiological Clues to Dissociation in the Physical Dimension
Thursday, June 16th, 2011The intricate neuobiological mapping of circuit loops that serve different functions in the brain suggests the possibility that some of these loops or interrelated families of loops could function quasi independently of one another as stable complex patterns of organization within the central nervous system. These isolated loops might be […]
Restoring the Natural Pattern
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011After severe trauma – especially against a background of extreme familial, crosscultural or social conflict – in psychotic states, or during spiritual experiences, patients may experience what seem to be separate voices from within self or from outside. These voices that seem subjectively to be other than self originate from several […]
Dissociative Phenomena
Thursday, June 9th, 2011We all feel at odds with ourselves at times, but normally conflicting feelings are contained within an overall sense of a unified self. During normal child development, various dissociative phenomena occur temporarily. These involve projection of parts of the self or of the inner images of need fulfilling persons onto fantasy […]
Internal and External forms of Dissociation
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011The concept of dissociation encompasses much more than psychological fragmentation alone. The multidimensional meaning of the term applies to both internal and external
forms of dissociation involving separate nuclei of thought, feeling, identity, energy or consciousness that are perceived as split off from or separate but attached to the self in […]
Dissociative Phenomena
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011We can fruitfully apply the multidimensional model to the consideration of dissociation, a term that refers to a broad range of phenomena commonly observed in survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Dissociation can be defined in the Psychological dimension as a splitting process in which memories, attitudes, symptoms, or traits are […]