Got Parts? An Insider's Guide to Managing Life Successfully with Dissociative Identity Disorder (New Horizons in Therapy) by A.T.W. "Got Parts? was written by a survivor of DID in association with her therapist and therapy group. This book is filled with successful coping techniques and strategies to enhance the day-to-day functioning of adult survivors of DID in relationships, work, parenting, self-confidence, and self-care. Got Parts will help you introduce yourself to your internal family and improve its communication, integration, and well-being. Although written to carefully avoid triggering, it delivers well-grounded guidelines for living that DID people need to do on the way to recovery. Coping strategies included help you with issues related to triggers, flashbacks, and body memories. Got Parts also includes a detailed list of outside resources you can draw on. This book is intended to be used in conjunction with a therapist and is not a substitute for therapy."

THE
STRANGER IN THE MIRROR: Dissociation: The Hidden Epidemic
by Marlene Steinberg, Maxine Schnall "This book drags you into it.
I found myself going back to it again and again, I was through the
first hundred pages and thought the easy reading and understand of
this book in unbelievable. I didn't think I would be able to read
it norless understand it. I had to take that chance and was I shocked
when I realized it was on my level. This is a must read book for all.
I found myself all thought this book, and at times we found ourselves.
Thank You so much for this information it has given me a better understanding
after years of talking with a therapist on some of the insanity that
my life has taken me through."
Amongst
Ourselves : A Self-Help Guide to Living With Dissociative Identity
Disorder by Tracy, Ph.D. Alderman, Karen Marshall LCSW  "We had read everything we could get our hands on about MPD, hoping
to find something we could use both as a therapeutic source for ourselves
and a resource to share with important people in our life.This book
not only does just that, but most importantly, it consistantly exudes
respect for the multiple as a whole as well as for each alter. Rosalee,
one of the alters of one of the authors, describes various facets
of living with MPD with honesty and candor. We feel that this book
should be distributed like World War Two propaganda: out of low-flying
airplanes, to the masses."

Growing Beyond Survival is a versatile workbook can be used as an independent self-help program, in the context of individual therapy, or in a group setting. It teaches trauma survivors to recognize, contextualize, and understand distressing dissociative and posttraumatic reactions. It also creates a structure in which to learn and practice skills for self-regulation of the troublesome thoughts, feelings, and impulses related to traumatic experiences.


Managing Traumatic Stress Through Art will inspire survivors to explore the aftermath of traumatic stress as it affects self-image, relationships with others, and functioning in the world. The 26 projects in this book encourage creative growth and help to establish a sense of personal safety, while exploring and honoring feelings of anger, fear, shame, and sadness. The art experiences are broad enough to be of value to survivors of a wide variety of traumatic experiences, ranging from childhood abuse to accidents to disabling mental illness.


In The Way of the Journal, therapist and author Kathleen Adams, M.A. teaches her trademark approach to using reflective writing as a therapeutic process. Adams' ten-step "quick and easy" method was created to provide sexual abuse survivors and dissociative clients with ways to maximize structure, balance, and permission while minimizing overstimulation and overwhelming feeling. Developed while working with dissociative disorders patients at a national treatment center, The Way of the Journal can be used by all survivors, as well as anyone in pain who wishes to gain greater self-understanding.


Book List at Sidran Institute

Mosaic Minds Book Store  What we offer here is a list of books read by members of the community for which they can offer an opinion of the value of the book to them, and why.  We have an association with Amazon Books where we can offer these books for sale through Amazon for a discount.