Dissociative Disorders

Dissociation exists on a continuum, from auto-pilot while engaging in a usual routine to more than one identified part, self, or personality existing within the same body.  Chronic dissociation may also look like not being connected to your own body, not feeling the world around you is real, or an inability to experience emotions.  In chronic dissociation, the goal is to begin safely connecting to your experience and the world around you as you work through past traumatic experiences.

You are not alone in your experience, though it may feel quite isolating.  Therapy can be a safe place for people to address and explore deep-rooted trauma or conflicts and help process these experiences.  Through this process, you may identify fragmented parts of yourself that exist as coping mechanisms to deal with trauma.  In working with dissociation, clients are the one to choose the goal of integration or co-existing and cooperating through understanding.