Posted by Dinah on August 25, 2004, at 9:40:34
In reply to thanks everyone... and request for info, posted by alexandra_k on August 24, 2004, at 21:00:30
I'm afraid I can't be of any concrete use. I'm sure you've done the usual internet searches. :(
I just wanted to say that I'm sorry, though. I can't imagine how they think behavioral modifcation therapy is useful to something that is only partially behavioral. Sure, if you punish parts of yourself for trying to communicate, they might stop trying to communicate. But what does that mean other than that they stop trying to communicate? It doesn't change anything else at all, and it astonishes me past belief that anyone would make the logical fallacy of thinking if behavior modification stops alters from showing themselves to a therapist, that means that there where no alters to begin with when it is just as likely that all it means is that the alters are going to hide from the therapist. With research designs that are based on such shaky assumptions, research becomes useless. It's not even true behavior modification, as the alters can continue to show themselves outside therapy. It's merely behavior modification within therapy whose only possible benefit is to the therapist.
With my own ego states, my therapist didn't seem too keen on them when I first brought them up. I had to talk around them for *years* to fit in with what I thought he wanted. It didn't change my internal structure, it just changed my external behaviors around *him*, and hindered the progress of therapy. :(
poster:Dinah
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