Dissociation Made Simple: A Stigma-Free Guide to Embracing Your Dissociative Mind and Navigating Daily Life

Dissociation Made Simple: A Stigma-Free Guide to Embracing Your Dissociative Mind and Navigating Daily Life

Dissociation Made Simple: A Stigma-Free Guide to Embracing Your Dissociative Mind and Navigating Daily Life

Dissociation Made Simple: A Stigma-Free Guide to Embracing Your Dissociative Mind and Navigating Daily Life

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Overview

Dissociation 101: The go-to guide for understanding your dissociative disorder, breaking the stigma, and healing from trauma-related dissociation.

"Just as important as The Body Keeps the Score (but an easier read for me)."
—5-star reader review


Guided by clinical counselor Jamie Marich—a trauma-informed clinician living with a dissociative disorder herself—this book tells you everything you need to know about dissociation...but were too afraid to ask.
    Here, you’ll learn:
  • What dissociation is—and why it’s a natural response to trauma
  • How to understand and work with your “parts”—the unique emotional and behavioral profiles that can develop from personality fragmentation
  • There’s nothing shameful about dissociating—that, in fact, we can all dissociate
  • Skills and strategies for living your best, authentic, and most fulfilled life
  • What to look for in a therapist: choosing a healer who sees you and gets it
  • Foundational elements of healing from trauma, including PTSD and C-PTSD
    With practical guided exercises like “The Dissociative Profile” and “Parts Mapping,” this book is written for those diagnosed with dissociative disorders, clinicians and therapists who treat trauma and dissociation, and readers who are exploring whether they may have dissociative symptoms or a condition like dissociative identity disorder (DID). Dissociation Made Simple breaks it all down accessibly and comprehensively, with empowerment and support—and without stigma, judgment, or shame.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781623177225
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Publication date: 01/10/2023
Sold by: Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format: eBook
Pages: 288
Sales rank: 269,016
File size: 4 MB

About the Author

JAMIE MARICH, Ph.D. (she/they) speaks internationally on topics related to EMDR therapy, trauma, addiction, dissociation, expressive arts, yoga, and mindfulness, and maintains a private practice in her home base of Warren, OH. Marich has written numerous books, notably Trauma and the 12 Steps: An Inclusive Guide to Recovery. She has won numerous awards for LGBT+ and mental health advocacy, specifically in reducing stigma around dissociative disorders through the sharing of her own lived experience.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xiii

Glossary of Terms xv

Foreword xix

Introduction Dissociation is Not a Dirty Word 1

1 The Dance of Dissociation 25

2 So, Is There Anything Really Wrong with My Brain? 45

3 How to Build Grounding and Safety Skills 75

4 The Wide World of Parts and Systems 105

5 The Dissociative Profile 135

6 Options for Treatment and Healing 157

7 Removing the Stigma and Creating a New Narrative 183

Conclusion The Gifts of Dissociation 207

Appendix A For Clinicians and Therapists 221

Appendix B For Loved Ones, Friends, and Connections of People with Dissociative Disorders and Complex Trauma 237

Recommended Reading and Resources 247

Notes 253

Index 259

About the Author 265

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