Coping With Trauma-Related Dissociation: Skills Training for Patients and Their Therapists

The book recommends usage with a therapist...I would highly recommend listening to that advice. I started alone and found it incredibly overwhelming. I wouldn't advise using it alone. I think I really needed to feel others have been through this after battling so much ignorance in the mh system and that there were people out there somewhere that took the disorder seriously, the book helped with that a lot. Lots of it is aimed at group work, in the Uk it's hard enough to find professionals that believe in the disorder let alone finding groups to join so I was surprised how heavily focused on group work it is but all adaptable and it's easy to skip over the group bits. I think for therapists an essential tool to know what stages to move through with patients. I wish just one proffessional in every mental health team read this. This is a great workbook, for me it was just important to have support to do it, I know for most with this disorder finding that support is almost impossible, if you go it alone, go slow and make sure to do all the self-care/suicide prevention/self harm prevention before embarking on any of the excercises.

Very informative and well organised and written in an understandable language with little jargon. Useful for both therapists and service users to use collaboratively. Explains what can be often viewed as an untreatable and complex issue in terms and descriptions that make learning about DID easier and accessible to novice and experienced therapists. This will be invaluble to service users in many ways and the structure of the book is useful and educational. I would only say that it describes a mental health problem that can be exposing service users to very difficult issues that are often distressing abd overwhelming and doesn't fully acknowledge the often very difficult experiences that such work can evoke when in therapy.

Working my way through slowly but surely - I was diagnosed with PTSD in 2000 and a lot of my symptoms are of dissociation. Look forward to working through this book to find out more about my symptoms and ways to cope

This is a great book with some good tips and exercises for coping - with or without the help of a therapist. It helps you identify dissociative behaviours and deal with them effectively

What a brilliant and comprehensive book. Its surprising how many mental health practitioners know very little about dissociation and its tragic effects on the person experiencing it. Also people suffering from dissociation can fear judgement if they talk about the strange happenings and symptoms experienced, therefore, sadly, its often missed or overlooked. This is a very helpful, warm, sensitive and supportive book - nobody needs to feel ashamed - thank goodness there are authors like Suzette Boon out there to raise awareness, educate and help people.