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Research on the Trauma vs. Fantasy Models of Dissociation: the TOP DD studies’ implications for the debate about treating individuals with Dissociative Disorders

Research on the Trauma vs. Fantasy Models of Dissociation: the TOP DD studies’ implications for the debate about treating individuals with Dissociative Disorders

Dr Brand will also share emerging results from the newest TOP DD study, that is, the web-based psychoeducational program called the TOP DD Network study. The TOP DD Network study offers DD patients and their treatment providers with online videos, as well as written and practice exercises, that teach patients a variety of methods to use to improve their safety, affect regulation, and management of dissociation. As the first systematic intervention for chronic, complex dissociative disorders, this study has the potential to yield crucial findings for the trauma field.

Conference: ISSTD 2015
Areas of Interest / Categories: ISSTD 2015

ISSTD 2015

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Hurt and complex trauma resulting from childhood maltreatment has serious consequences for the lifespan development of the survivor (Kezelman, Hossack, Stavropoulos, & Burley, 2015; van der Kolk, 2014). Child abuse and neglect involves a betrayal of trust, care and protection within the very relationships that the child relies upon for care (Courtois & Ford, 2013). Despite this, complex trauma research has focussed on symptomology rather than on relational difficulties (Chu, 2011). This qualitative study explored the meaning that 19 adult survivors of childhood abuse and neglect made of their relationship with their parent and their experiences of trust, hurt and healing. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was used to examine participants’ responses to three open-answer questions.

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