I’m Here by Nancy-Lee Mauger You Can Have Dissociative Identity Disorder and Thrive ! Are you shocked to hear that a mental health professional with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) is able to lead a productive life? You need not be. Many individuals with DID live healthy and fulfilling lives (ISSTD, n.d.). However, as a result of […]
Parts Psychology: A Trauma-Based Treatment Approach
Are you looking for an innovative approach to healing trauma? Have you heard about Parts Psychology and wondered what it was all about? According to this approach [and the Internal Family Systems], we all have a number of different personality parts and these parts developed [and continue to develop] as a result of our having to address […]
Understanding Dissociative Identity Disorder
Growing Together by Nancy-Lee Mauger This artwork exhibits 25 parts of the artist; Shy (26th) chose to remain hidden. Would you be able to correctly diagnose an individual with Dissociation Identity Disorder (DID)? Between 1-3% of the general population have this mental illness, but only about 6% of them actually present with visibly distinct alternate identities. […]