Integration Therapy Research Paper
Final Project
J. Catrell Bynum
Walden University
Final Project
Although research has proven the effectiveness of integration therapy and techniques when working with individuals suffering from mental illness, the treatment/techniques of integration has not been fully utilized within the mental health field. Integration techniques have been used to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), personality disorders, and dissociative identity disorder. The goal is to help the client(s) integrate the dissociative fragments of their psyche that holds past/present traumatic events (Brand, Classen, Lanins, Loewenstein, McNary, Pain, and Putnam; 2009; Brand, Classen, McNary, and Zaveri, 2009) so that these events can be handle in …show more content…
From this viewpoint, seeing his parents murdered young Bruce Wayne creates alters (or personalities) that can exist within his new world; Batman, The Joker, Two-Face, and all the other villains are parts of his broken psyche and everything that we know as the batman universe is …show more content…
“Estimates of integration of dissociated identity states vary and may depend on a variety of factors including patient characteristics, therapist experience, and length of time in treatment” (Brand, Classen, McNary, and Zaveri, 2009). Given the time and cost of treatment for DID patients, more search is need to form a more conclusive understanding of the efficacy of integration on adults with Dissociative Identity Disorder.
References
American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders
(5th ed.). Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing.
Baars, E. W., Van der Hart, O., Nijenhuis, E. R. S., Chu, J. A., Glas, G., and
Draijer, N. (2011). Predicting Stabilizing Treatment Outcomes for Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and DissociativeIdentity Disorder: An Expertise-Based Prognostic Model, Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 12(1), 67-87. doi:10.1080/15299732.2010.514846
Baker, K. (2010). From 'It 's Not Me ' to 'It Was Me, After All ': A Case Presentation of
J. Catrell Bynum
Walden University
Final Project
Although research has proven the effectiveness of integration therapy and techniques when working with individuals suffering from mental illness, the treatment/techniques of integration has not been fully utilized within the mental health field. Integration techniques have been used to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), personality disorders, and dissociative identity disorder. The goal is to help the client(s) integrate the dissociative fragments of their psyche that holds past/present traumatic events (Brand, Classen, Lanins, Loewenstein, McNary, Pain, and Putnam; 2009; Brand, Classen, McNary, and Zaveri, 2009) so that these events can be handle in …show more content…
From this viewpoint, seeing his parents murdered young Bruce Wayne creates alters (or personalities) that can exist within his new world; Batman, The Joker, Two-Face, and all the other villains are parts of his broken psyche and everything that we know as the batman universe is …show more content…
“Estimates of integration of dissociated identity states vary and may depend on a variety of factors including patient characteristics, therapist experience, and length of time in treatment” (Brand, Classen, McNary, and Zaveri, 2009). Given the time and cost of treatment for DID patients, more search is need to form a more conclusive understanding of the efficacy of integration on adults with Dissociative Identity Disorder.
References
American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders
(5th ed.). Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing.
Baars, E. W., Van der Hart, O., Nijenhuis, E. R. S., Chu, J. A., Glas, G., and
Draijer, N. (2011). Predicting Stabilizing Treatment Outcomes for Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and DissociativeIdentity Disorder: An Expertise-Based Prognostic Model, Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 12(1), 67-87. doi:10.1080/15299732.2010.514846
Baker, K. (2010). From 'It 's Not Me ' to 'It Was Me, After All ': A Case Presentation of