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mxunsmiley's review against another edition
4.0
Though I had already started practicing things along the lines of the exercises described here, this manual is a useful adjunct if you're already in therapy. I can't say anything about it in a group setting, obviously. Much of what I read, I was able to integrate into my daily life and find very helpful. A lot of it rang true to my experience and it (eventually) made me feel less abnormal and defective; I hadn't been aware of the phobia of inner experience before, for example, and I think that approaching it with exercises from this manual has been extremely beneficial. I'd say I recommend this to people with substantial dissociative issues, including people with CPTSD alongside DID and OSDD, the main diagnoses it addresses, because the symptoms are similar and sometimes, in my eyes, the same.
redefiningrachel's review against another edition
informative
slow-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Self harm, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Emotional abuse
s_sheppard18's review against another edition
5.0
Incredibly helpful tool for both me & my therapist to help me learn about and understand how trauma has impacted my life and way of thinking.
meredith_gayle's review against another edition
informative
slow-paced
5.0
This is a very interesting book, but it takes patience and focus to read it.
shiradest's review against another edition
3.0
This was more for DID than for ptsd, but I found much of the teaching on dissociation to be helpful. Must post; library closing. Will update this review
astridetal's review against another edition
5.0
Coping with Trauma-Related Dissociation is the first skills manual specifically for individuals with complex dissociative disorders. It covers a wide variety of topics, including acknowleding your dissocation and dissociative parts, creating an inner sense of safety, coping with various emotions (such as anger and shame) and dealing with relationships. The book is ideally used in group therapy, but I used it on my own. Its practical advice and homework are very useful. This is a much needed book for everyone who deals with dissociative identity disorder or milder forms of it.
starrianna's review against another edition
5.0
It was like reading a book about myself. Excited to start the worksheets, though!
pdestrienne's review against another edition
informative
4.0
much of this did not apply to me, but even with just plain ol' chronic PTSD there was a ton of helpful info in here - and language to describe things that I couldn't yet put into words. If you, like me, find research into your mental illness helpful, then you will probably find something helpful in here. And it's skimmable.