What is the best therapy for dissociative identity disorder?

Psychotherapy is the primary treatment for dissociative disorders. This form of therapy, also known as talk therapy, counseling or psychosocial therapy, involves talking about your disorder and related issues with a mental health professional.

Can a person with DID fully integrate?

The subjective experience of the person with DID is very real and the goal of treatment is to achieve fusion of each personality so the person can begin to function as an integrated whole.

What type of psychotherapy is best for DID?

The treatment of choice for dissociative identity disorder is long-term, one-to-one, relationally-based psychotherapy. In most cases, therapy will be at minimum once weekly, but this would be dependent on a number of factors such as level of functioning, support and motivation.

What is integration in dissociative identity disorder?

Integration occurs when I accept a dissociated personality, part, or aspect of myself and bring it into normal awareness. It is not about getting rid of or killing off a part of myself.

Do alters choose to integrate?

Alters may want to integrate so that they no longer miss out on so much of the system’s life, so that their emotional range is no longer limited, or so that they can consistently contribute to the system’s functioning and safety.

What does integration feel like DID?

After years of automated disconnection and internal judgment, integration is often felt as an awakening, a softening toward what was once perceived as an enemy, a protective hesitance becoming a grateful encompassing. It is felt most profoundly in the surprising arrival of ownership and empathy for Self.

What do you need to know about reintegration therapy?

Reintegration therapy is vigorous process, done over several stages, to help families that have been separated for extended periods of time to reintegrate in a healthy manner.

How long does it take to get approved for reintegration therapy?

Once approved by the reintegration therapist, the visit times will be expanded. This approval will be based on court orders or the best interest of the children as well. This process typically lasts on average 3-6 weeks. After approval, the family will begin doing visits in a community-based setting and then return to have a processing session.

When does integration begin in did focused therapy?

Integration is a process, as opposed to an actual event, that begins as soon as DID-focused therapy begins. To view integration simply as a time when all the internal parts come together to form a unified self does not do justice to the process.