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The book draws upon the exciting and illuminating understanding of trauma and dissociation that has developed within the last decade and shows how this can transform our view of many severe personality disorders. MPD is presented as a disorder based upon trauma and pretence - a pretence which structures the personality. The author explores the implications of working with personalities structured around trauma and pretence. The many complex and bewildering aspects of the therapeutic process are discussed.
About the Author x Series Preface Mark G. Willaims xi Preface xiii Acknowledgements xvi Chapter 1 Dissociation 1 Chapter 2 A Reconsideration of Freud's Views of Trauma 16 Chapter 3 Back to Janet: Early Studies of Trauma, Repression and Dissociation 29 Chapter 4 The Effects of Trauma and Abuse on the Developing Self 41 Chapter 5 The Effects of Trauma and Abuse upon Internal and External Object Relations, Belief Systems, and Psychobiology 60 Chapter 6 Remembering, Forgetting and Confabulating: Terror in the Consulting Room 73 Chapter 7 Multiple Personality Disorder/Dissociative Identity Disorder 103 Chapter 8 What is Going on in Multiple Personality Disorder/Dissociative Identity Disorder? 121 Chapter 9 Therapeutic Considerations with MPD/DID 140 Chapter 10 Illustration of Therapy with MPD/DID: A Composite Fictitious Case - Discussion 160 Chapter 11 Reflections of Evil: The Mystery of Deep Perversion 170 Epilogue 185 Appendix: Guidelines for Patients Regarding Memories of Childhood Events 188 References 191 Index 203
