M1: Best Practices for the Treatment of Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)

Social workers see many clients with early childhood trauma and severe attachment wounds. Many meet criteria for dissociative identity disorder (DID), but will not be so diagnosed due to the widespread belief that the condition is rare. Unless accurately diagnosed, these clients will experience poor outcomes. There are many therapeutic modalities designed to treat trauma, but none are specifically geared toward the complexities involved with DID. Therapists who are skilled in working with clients with complex trauma can effectively diagnose and treat these clients, and this workshop provides a set of best practices to do so.