author: christine a courtois

... environment for children and their families, and a better environment for staff who provide care. This process ... developmentally appropriate environment in which children and staff will recover and thrive. Agencies that meet the ...

... and SCID-D evidence regarding major dissociative disorders, such as dissociatve identity disorder (DID) or ... confusion. Combining the identity confusion and identity alteration data, 11 of 13 men in the disorganized attachment group showed ...

A Sequenced, Relationship-Based Approach Christine A. Courtois, Julian D. Ford ... avoidance through attachment security and skill development Avoidance in the ... repetition of traumatic events or of the negative affect states associated ...

... survivors . Dissociation , 1 ( 4 ) , 24-32 . Chu , J. ( 1992 ) . The ... self - harm : The breakthrough healing program for self - injurers . New ... fragmented selves of trauma survivors : Overcoming internal self - alienation . New York ...

... matic memories in Phase 2 but focus instead on strengthening patients' abili- ties to examine reflectively the full range of past and recent memories. Phase 2 may therefore involve an autobiographical “life narrative reconstruction” to ...