A case of strategic collaboration: Two therapists and one DDNOS patient in end phase treatment

A colleague, experienced in DID treatment, was invited to collaborate by the primary therapist in the end phase of treatment to facilitate patient movement through the introduction of EMDR. The nature of the collaborative relationship, its influence on transference and countertransference, the contribution of the different genders of the two therapists, as well as issues of launching the patient more fully into adult life as influenced by the collaboration will be explored. The rationale for introducing EMDR as well as its specific contribution will be explicated. The argument for therapeutic collaboration, as related to the patients history and treatment process, will also be addressed.

Participants will be able to : ♦♦ List the indications for initiating adjunctive treatment. ♦♦ assess the effects of collaboration. ♦♦ appraise the treatment trajectory to decide when to bring in another modality.

Conference

English

Jan Goldman
James Coane

Goldman, J., & Coane, J. (2010, October). A case of strategic collaboration: Two therapists and one DDNOS patient in end phase treatment. Presenttion at the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation 27th Annual International Conference, Atlanta, GA