Posted by alexandra_k on February 11, 2005, at 19:33:23
In reply to Re: p-doc and coming assessment » alexandra_k, posted by Pfinstegg on February 11, 2005, at 19:20:36
> This sounds promising. DID specialists are pretty rare!
Wellllllll. I have a nagging concern that by NZ standards anyone who has treated a single case is probably considered an *expert*. But then I am a cynic by nature...
> They usually prefer the least severe one they can get away with.
Typically yes. But more severe = the greater liklihood of obtaining funding...
>My experience has been that skilled DID therapists do NOT ask about different ego states- they work hard to establish safety and trust, and wait for you to be ready to share all of this with them. They also do not ever push for accounts of abuse. Safety and secure attachment are always the first goals of therapy, and just that part can take a long time.. Even if she has to ask some things directly in order to make a diagnosis, once you are working with her, I think you'll begin to feel much better, and will feel that she is respecting your own inner timetable(s).
She isn't going to treat me. It is a once off two hour assessment. She is supposed to write a reccomendation to community mental health as to whether they should pay for someone in private practice to treat me because there isn't anyone suitable in community mental health. She lives a couple of hours away. Too far away to treat me (though I might ask her if she wants to be an e-therapist) :-)
> Take care, and be sure to let us know how things unfold.
Thanks. I am sure I will...
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