EMDR for DID: Making Sure It’s Safe
Is EMDR safe for trauma and DID? Learn red flags, green flags, and the questions to ask your therapist to ensure safe, effective EMDR therapy.
Is EMDR safe for trauma and DID? Learn red flags, green flags, and the questions to ask your therapist to ensure safe, effective EMDR therapy.
Explore the risks and safeguards of using EMDR with DID and OSDD, including why pacing and protector cooperation are critical for safe treatment.
Learn four key principles of trauma-informed therapy: avoiding re-traumatization, recognizing trauma outcomes, care coordination, and therapist self-care.
What is trauma-informed therapy? Learn how safety, trust, client choice, and cultural sensitivity create safer healing for survivors of trauma and DID.
Discover four reasons therapists often miss DID or OSDD — from lack of training to misconceptions — and what this means for survivors in therapy.
Trauma therapy often follows a three-phase model known as the tri-phasic approach. Phase one builds safety and regulation skills, phase two carefully processes traumatic memories, and phase three helps survivors adjust to life after trauma. This video explains each phase and why therapy may cycle through them, offering a clear roadmap for DID and trauma recovery.
Therapy can change relationships — sometimes for the better, sometimes with loss. Learn why healing may lead to conflict, and how to rebuild healthier connections.
Why do some people spend years in therapy with few results? Explore reasons progress can stall, including missed dissociation, lack of safety, and poor therapeutic fit.