CANTO ONE: Is That A Real Poncho Or A Sears Poncho?

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Thu Jul 24 11:51:43 CDT 2003


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http://enotalone.com/books/ASIN/0060195649.html

THE STRANGER IN THE MIRROR: Dissociation: The Hidden Epidemic
By Marlene M.D. Steinberg, Maxine Schnall

Dr. Steinberg's book has significant flaws but is still an invaluable
resource for therapists and their clients who wish to understand and recover
from trauma-based dissociation. She defines dissociation as "a state of
fragmented consciousness involving amnesia, a sense of unreality, and
feelings of being disconnected from oneself and one's environment." Aimed at
the general reader, Steinberg's and co-author Schnall's prose is lucid,
compassionate and contains much practical insight. She provides many
self-help suggestions for communicating with and nurturing the dissociated
parts of oneself. The book also includes a screening instrument to help
identify the presence and potential need for further assessment of what
Steinberg considers the five core dissociative symptoms: amnesia,
depersonalization, derealization, identity confusion, and identity
alteration. She stresses that dissociation may be mild, moderate or severe;
normal or abnormal; adaptive (healthy, promoting adjustment) or maladaptive
(unhealthy and interfering with adjustment, growth and stability) and that
having one or more dissociative experiences does not automatically mean one
has a dissociative disorder. One chapter even bears the title "A Healthy
Defense Gone Wrong." Transient dissociation may occur in response to
heightened stress. Dissociative disorders, such as dissociative identity
disorder (formerly known as multiple personality) develop in response to
overwhelming (or traumatic) stress, such as childhood sexual abuse.

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