An Introductory Clinical Guide to Dissociative Identity Disorder - by Gregory Nooney (Paperback)

About the Book

If you are skilled in working with complex trauma, you can effectively treat DID. Media portrayals of dissociative identity disorder (DID), formerly known as multiple personality disorder, are often misleading and sensationalized at best, or harmful and inaccurate at worst. As a result, outdated myths about the disorder persist, including the belief that it is rare, scary, or not a "real" condition. With so much stigma and disinformation floating around, clinicians often feel ill-equipped to treat DID, or are skeptical of it altogether, leaving clients without the therapeutic support they need. This book offers a solution to that problem. Based on Greg Nooney's 30-plus years of working with DID, this introductory how-to guide provides you with foundational, yet easy-to-follow, best practices for identifying and working with multiplicity. With the various case vignettes, sample dialogues, and concrete tools inside, you'll learn how to: - Recognize identity fragmentation when it shows up in session - Get to know each alter and their role in the client's internal system - Use effective resourcing techniques to quiet dysregulation among alters - Facilitate communication and cooperation between alters - Dissolve dissociative barriers slowly and safely - Process trauma memories that underlie dissociation As a therapist, you will never be able to directly experience the inner world of a client with DID, but you can help them navigate that world with greater flexibility and ease.

About the Author

Gregory L. Nooney, MSW, ACSW, LISW, LCSW, earned a master's degree in social work from Loyola University in Chicago in 1983 and is licensed in Iowa (LISW) and Hawaii (LCSW). He is the author of Diagnosing and Treating Dissociative Identity Disorder: A Guide for Social Workers and All Frontline Staff, published in 2022 by NASW Press, and an article entitled "Dissociative Identity Disorder" in the Encyclopedia of Social Work. Greg has worked as a therapist, mostly in community mental health centers, for 40 years, and was the director of a mental health clinic from 2007 to 2017. Now semi-retired, he sees a few clients, does supervision, and offers consultation for other therapists who are working with clients with DID. Greg is currently in the process of writing a novel with a main character who has DID. He and his wife have four adult children and live in Iowa in a small house with two cats and a vegetable garden. Greg is passionate in his desire to educate other therapists to accept and work cooperatively with those who are diagnosed with OSDD or DID.