For example the client that has an internal manager who organised not only the internal life of the different parts but also took executive control and influenced the person’s actions in the outside world will most likely be open to a therapy that is more structured. She probably is rather a high achieving DID client that has considerable success in life.
….And the denial and the disbelief that’s not a safe place to be in. That is feeling very very unsafe…Like the dealing with the inside we probably quite quickly got to grips with that. We have one part that puts a halt to the things and it’s like OK, that’s it! And she takes over the rein…we had to. Oh shit, we had to. We had to have a system that is going to work. And we had to be really really strong. (Katherine 1/11).
Well written article.