Re:Your other questions

I know Kitchur's work well, have brought her to San Francisco two times to give her workshop, and taken it two times. I use it with non-DID folks to get their developmental and family history organized. DID folks either couldn't do it for lack of continuity of memory, or would find it all too triggering to do in my opinion. Kitchur uses an Ericksonian style that probably works very well for her to keep people stabilized and contained. I prefer to use an ego state approach myself even when people are not dissociative. She targets age-ranges and clears out trauma systematically.

Schmidt's model is also quite familiar to me; she and I have discussed it at some length; she had me come down and present in San Antonio. We discussed the similarities and differences in our approaches. Mostly there are similarities. She has emphasized meeting developmental needs and resource development via ego state work; I have also presented on that subject in the context of resource development for ego strengthening prior to doing trauma work. She takes the position, I believe, that many times trauma work may not be necessary once the needs are met.

I am not familiar enough with John Omaha's work to talk much about it here.
Remember that there are no studies on any of these methods; the only body of research using EMDR is on PTSD and that most of those studies dont' control for dissociation.

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Re:Your other questions, by another client, 07/14/02

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