We share more therapy updates, including that we got assigned to write a fairytale.Trigger Warning:  Content on this website and in the podcasts is assumed to be trauma and/or dissociative related due to the nature of what is being shared here in general.  Content descriptors are generally given in each episode.  Please use appropriate self-care and your own safety plan while exploring this website and during your listening experience.  Natural pauses due to dissociation have not been edited out of the podcast, and have been left for authenticity.  While some professional material may be referenced for educational purposes, Emma and her system are not your therapist nor offering professional advice.  Any informational material shared or referenced is simply part of our own learning process, and not guaranteed to be the latest research or best method for you.  Please contact your therapist or nearest emergency room in case of any emergency.  This website does not provide any medical, mental health, or social support services.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

System Speak: Dissociative Identity Disorder ( Multiple Personality Disorder )

Starting A Fairytale

We share an update about re-engaging in therapy, ever so slowly and carefully.  We shared how our new therapist used art and books to help us safely start talking in therapy again.  We talk about losing our previous therapist to Memory Time.  We talk about the book Complex PTSD and the book Stranger in the Mirror. Trigger Warning:  Content on this website and in the podcasts is assumed to be trauma and/or dissociative related due to the nature of what is being shared here in general.  Content descriptors are generally given in each episode.  Please use appropriate self-care and your own safety plan while exploring this website and during your listening experience.  Natural pauses due to dissociation have not been edited out of the podcast, and have been left for authenticity.  While some professional material may be referenced for educational purposes, Emma and her system are not your therapist nor offering professional advice.  Any informational material shared or referenced is simply part of our own learning process, and not guaranteed to be the latest research or best method for you.  Please contact your therapist or nearest emergency room in case of any emergency.  This website does not provide any medical, mental health, or social support services.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Ghost in the Mirror

We start to answer emails, but someone writes in about Littles. We share our experience of this, and talk about what we did to find a good therapist for us. We share examples of Littles engaging safely, as well as times we feel protective of them.

Emails: Littles Trauma

We welcome Michael Salter, criminologist and researcher, to the podcast. He shares about his work in domestic violence, child exploitation materials, and online trafficking. He talks about the critical need to listen to the stories and voices of survivors for mental health care to improve. He encourages focus on vicarious resiliency, rather than only vicarious trauma. Trigger warning for example of trafficking (without abuse details given) and types of abuse mentioned.

Guest: Michael Salter

We share some updates and start to answer emails, but someone writes in about having to find a new therapist. We share our experience of this, and talk about what we did to find a good therapist for us. We share examples of helpful and not helpful responses from prospective clinicians.

Emails: How to Find a New Therapist

We welcome Beauty After Bruises, who share their own stories of how the organization came to be and what they are doing to help the survivor and dissociative community.

Guest: Beauty After Bruises

We give a recap of the ISSTD Annual Conference.

ISSTD Annual Conference Recap (Part 2 of 2)

2021 ISSTD Annual Conference Recap (Part 1 of 2)

Our guest, Dr. Nicole Black, shares the "Dissociative Experiences Cards" she has created for use with clients.

Guest: Nicole Black, PhD, LPC-S, LCDC, RPT

We presented at the ISSTD Annual Conference in 2021. This is part of that practice for preparing that presentation. We discuss dyadic, community, intergenerational, disability, and historical traumas, as well as addressing trauma as experienced in war zones, refugee camps, and the pandemic. We review the history of trauma diagnoses to explore the impact of these in the clinical setting and how that intersects with modern Plurality.

My Conference Presentation

Emails

Our guest this week is Richard P. Kluft, MD, one of the first and most extensively published research clinicians of dissociative disorders. He tells the story of dissociation treatment, giving the history of how he stumbled into it himself, his friendship with Cornelia Wilbur, and the shifts in treatment over the decades. He reflects on newer treatment tools and when they are beneficial and why sometimes they are not.

Guest: Richard P. Kluft, M.D., PhD.

We practice finding words for big feelings. We practice challenging thoughts. We practice responding to those thoughts and feelings by tending to ourselves. To do this, we practice the coping skill of using our brain and body at the same time by singing a song out loud. Trigger warning for big feelings, and the song has a passing reference to God (but is not a church song nor is there any discussion of it).

Feeling Words

Our guest is Elizabeth Power, who shares her story of dissociation in response to medical trauma (sans perpetrator), and how she has used her experiences to help others. We discuss shame, honoring hard feelings, and the authenticity of doing depth work to acknowledge pain and stay present with it so that it can be tended to and cared for well. We talk about boundaries, betrayals, and how owning our big feelings gives us the power to choose our responses.

Guest: Elizabeth Power, M. Ed.

Diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder at age 36, Emma and her system share what they learn along the way about DID, dissociation, trauma, and mental health. Educational, supportive, inclusive, and inspiring, System Speak documents her healing journey through the best and worst of life in recovery through insights, conversations, and collaborations.

System Speak: Dissociative Identity Disorder ( Multiple Pers...