Re:DID protocols - many questions

I'd recommend that anyone seeking help who is DID, and thinks they have found the 'right' therapist, verify the training.

For instance, my old therapist, who is something of a self styled expert in my backwater town :), assured me she knew how to treat DID. Come to find out, that prior to when she started seeing me, she had had very few DID patients. I can only guess she was intrigued by my description of my case.

"I" would have been more "intrigued" by healing through competent care.

I wish I had asked if she had specific training in DID. I wish I had asked if she got regular supervision. (As it turns out, she doesn't get supervision, period.)

Just a heads up... don't just ask if they know what they are doing... saying "yes" is easy and spouting off a bit of ego state speak is also easy... but neither will be of great benefit in the long haul. So Level II EMDR is a given.... and so should be supervision, specific training and also supervision in DD.

My two cents... with inflation what it is, probably not worth much... :)

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