PrefaceForeword1. The Nature and Early History of Hypnosis and Dissociation 2. Traumatology and the Treatment of Dissociative States: Major 20th Century Developments 3. Overview of the Collective Heart Model: Assumptions, Stages, Goals, and Techniques 4. Assessment of Dissociative Identity Disorder 5. Basic Therapeutic Techniques: Where to Go and How to Get There 6. The Nature of the Therapeutic Relationship 7. Seeking Guidance from the Inner Wisdom 8. Becoming a Team: Fostering Internal Communication and Cooperation 9. Inner Lessons in Self-Advocacy 10. Decreasing Anxiety to Remove Obstacles to Inner Guidance 11. Working Through Trauma: Sharing Memories and Internally Challenging the Authority of the Abuser 12. Together as One: The Postjoining Process 13. Current Status of the Collective Heart Treatment Model Appendix A: Preservation of Life Contract (Avoiding Self Harm) Appendix B: Preservation of Life Contract (Avoiding Physical Harm to Others) ReferencesIndex
Sarah Y. Krakauer, Psy.D., a licensed clinical psychologist, maintains a private practice in Williamsburg, Virginia, and is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychology at the College of William and Mary. After obtaining intensive training in the diagnosis and treatment of dissociative disorders during her predoctoral internship, Dr. Krakauer earned her Doctor of Psychology at the Virginia Consortium Program in Clinical Psychology.
"A major strength of this book is its detailed depiction of
Krakauer's clinical work. Her techniques are given in sufficient
detail for the reader to use. . . . [Another] asset of the book is
Krakauer's unusual candor in reflecting on alterative
understandings of her findings and ideas, and on the possible
limitations on the utility of her methods. . . . Many of her ideas
and approaches are thought-provoking and deserve further study. . .
.This book is very well-written. It reads more smoothly and clearly
than most texts of its type. . . . Dr. Krakauer is a clever and
skilled clinician, and those interested in the treatment of DID who
are already experienced and well-grounded in the literature of that
field will find it worthwhile to acquaint themselves with her
contributions." -- Richard Kluft, M.D., Ph.D., American Journal of
Clinical Hypnosis
"Dr. Sarah Krakauer presents her Collective Heart model in a
personal, engaging and highly readable fashion, This volume will
enrich clinical understanding as well as stimulate important
theoretical and research developments." -- Carolyn Zerbe Enns,
Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Cornell College, From the
Foreword
"This book is well-written and interesting to read. The model is
innovative and the case examples are quite well done and
compelling." -- Christine Courtois, Ph.D., Washington, D.C.
"This is the best new book on treating Dissociative Identity
Disorder. Sarah Krakauer has developed a balanced caring approach
based on research and clinical experience... This book will
transform how you work with these patients." -- Leonard Holmes,
Ph.D., Mental Health Resources
"This book presents an empathic caring model that puts power in the
hands of the client and assumes that clients hold within themselves
the capacity for self-healing. The goal in therapy is personal
mastery and current coping rather than recovered memory. . . . This
is an innovative and impressive treatment model. I am convinced
that more rigorous empirical investigation would demonstrate its
efficacy." -- Miriam Liss, Ph.D., Mary Washington College
"A clinical psychologist in Virginia, Krakauer introduces a new
model for treating dissociative identity disorder, explores its
relationship to existing models, presents preliminary support for
its assumptions and efficacy, and invites further implementation
and development of the model and assessment of its utility." --
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