Please RT! A free resource about Dissociative Identity Disorder thanks to @firingthemind. Talks combining lived experience alongside professionals in the field of #DissociativeDisorders are hard to come by! via @YouTube #TherapistsConnect #dissociatwt #DID
A recording of the live webinar featuring Gill Frost, Valerie Sinason, Amanda Ball, and Alf McFarland, held on Wednesday 30 June 2021.
For anyone who is a survivor of abuse or trauma, please take care when viewing this video as some content may be triggering.
Event information;
DID – or dissociative identity disorder – is a little-known and widely misunderstood condition, even within the medical and therapeutic professions. Any scant knowledge amongst the public comes mostly from poorly researched or sensationalist films or television series.
Yet, research figures imply that there could be more people with DID than schizophrenia in Britain. So, why is it that DID remains hidden from public awareness?
Phoenix Publishing House brought together an expert panel to discuss this conundrum.
Gill Frost is the author of 'The Girls Within: A True Story of Triumph over Trauma and Abuse'. A story of Gill’s client ‘Vivian’ & her therapy journey. The book is a step on Gill’s path to raising awareness & understanding of #DID & acted as a catalyst for the event.
Alongside Gill, is Dr Valerie Sinason, world renowned in the field and ourselves - the ETERNITY system bringing the very important perspective of what it’s like to live with #DID.
Jungian Psychotherapist Alf McFarland who was Gill’s clinical Supervisor during her time with ‘Vivian’, kept things on track. We had a huge number of participants with a lively Q & A session. In fact there were so many answered questions we will be releasing a follow up webcast!
If you haven’t already listened to the webinar recording, please do. It covers topics such as; What is DID, why is so little known, what can we all do to change this. Our aim is to reduce the stigma through asserting facts to rebut the myths! We need your help - share & advocate!
The follow up Webcast will cover the themes that arose in the hundreds of questions posed at the live event. Such as spotting dissociative symptoms,
how Gill engaged with alternate identities, how MeWe manage daily life and we also cover ‘taboo’ topics that are often avoided…
Such as boundaries when working with #DID clients, desirable qualities in therapists and how (safe) love and care plays an important part in the therapeutic relationship.
Ourselves and @firingthemind will be sharing the Webcast on #worldmentalhealthday2021 which will be hosted on their YouTube channel.
Please also head over to Gill’s website to find out more about #DID and ‘The Girls Within’ gillfrost.co.uk
And here is the link to the follow up webcast bit.ly/3FoTBYh
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