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DOES ANYONE KNOW A DOCTOR IN BRITAIN WHO KNOWS ABOUT DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER AND PTSD AND WOULD BE SYMPATHETIC AND TREAT ME LIKE A RESPONSIBLE HUMAN BEING.
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – posted & mailed I noticed this was going unanswered. Two, I think, members of asd are from Britain and as far as I know neither of them have a therp. I know one of them ( I dunno, I feel weird about saying who she is ) has been quite determined and quite dissapointed in looking. I wish I had some info but I dont. Btw, all caps like that reads as shouting. Its better to use normal writing. Good luck. Nation of Jackie DOES ANYONE KNOW A DOCTOR IN BRITAIN WHO KNOWS ABOUT DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER AND PTSD AND WOULD BE SYMPATHETIC AND TREAT ME LIKE A RESPONSIBLE HUMAN BEING. Oh, I did mean to respond to this post – must have deleted it accidentally. Thanks for reminding me Jackie. I’m from the UK – have not managed to find anyone living within reasonable travelling distance who knows about DID and is competent to work with it. Have been looking for a long time. The UK is way behind the US and a lot of other countries with regard to acknowledgement, acceptance and expertise in this subject. If it’s talked about at all, it tends to be in terms of ‘oooooohh, isn’t that weird!’ – just the sort of approach we need! Maybe the poster would be better looking for someone who knows about PTSD. You might hit lucky there. I know it’s not good enough, but it may be better than nothing. For me, I would have to have someone who could work with inside people – and I made the decision that no t’pist at all is better than one who can’t do this. Primrose
Hello Primrose and EddaB (well, and NoJ of course (and everyone else) but this info is for those in the UK), I have no idea if this will help or what sort of reputation these places have, but I can offer two addresses that might offer some direction. I recently found a website for the Centre For Psychotherapeutic Studies at Sheffield University. The site is extensive with many links worth exploring. Sadly, most of the links refer to US or Canadian sites. But what I thought might help is that they host six or seven different e-mail lists for psychotherapy, medicine and social issues and one of those might be a good place to make inquiries since they seem to be UK-based lists. The URL is: http://www.shef.ac.uk/~psysc/ If you don’t want to risk posting in an e-mail forum I could subscribe and ask for you – it wouldn’t bother me at all, would only take me a few minutes and I’d be glad to help. You might also make enquiries through the British Psychological Society (who recently came out quite strongly in favour of the idea that recovered memories were likely to be accurate). They have a Registered Charter of Members (oo-er capital letters there folks, must be significant) and could possibly direct you to a responsible, competent therapist or at least offer further suggestions. You could contact them by e-mail, letter or phone. They have a website at: http://www.healthworks.co.uk/hw/publisher/BP.html Their address and phone number are on the above page. If you don’t have a browser or can’t contact either of these sites for some other reason, e-mail me and I’ll send you the snail-mail addresses. All that said, I noticed EddaB used GP in hir header. A good GP is a boon, no doubt about it, but a good therapist is five times more helpful. I eventually found both – it took a lot of trial and error and listening out for the words ‘intelligent’, ‘compassionate’, ‘realistic’ and ‘understanding’ in conjunction with ‘doctor’ or ‘therapist’ over several years (and without the word ‘not’ being prominent in the conversation). It was like having a little sub-program constantly running in the background of my my mind’s computer. I think word of mouth from other clients/patients (with similar problems) and seeing the prospective doctor a few times is the best guide to their abilities and whether or not you will be able to work together. Good luck! Mick. — For more information about this service, send e-mail to:
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posted & mailed I noticed this was going unanswered. Two, I think, members of asd are from Britain and as far as I know neither of them have a therp. I know one of them ( I dunno, I feel weird about saying who she is ) has been quite determined and quite dissapointed in looking. I wish I had some info but I dont. Btw, all caps like that reads as shouting. Its better to use normal writing. Good luck. Nation of Jackie DOES ANYONE KNOW A DOCTOR IN BRITAIN WHO KNOWS ABOUT DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER AND PTSD AND WOULD BE SYMPATHETIC AND TREAT ME LIKE A RESPONSIBLE HUMAN BEING.
Nation of Jackie this account borrowed from jcash
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DOES ANYONE KNOW A DOCTOR IN BRITAIN WHO KNOWS ABOUT DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER AND PTSD AND WOULD BE SYMPATHETIC AND TREAT ME LIKE A RESPONSIBLE HUMAN BEING.
I don’t know but if you find one please let me know for I am relocating from the US to Britain in August
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I also meant to respond to this a while ago but lost it. DOES ANYONE KNOW A DOCTOR IN BRITAIN WHO KNOWS ABOUT DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER AND PTSD AND WOULD BE SYMPATHETIC AND TREAT ME LIKE A RESPONSIBLE HUMAN BEING.
There are 23 British members of ISSD (International Society for the Study of Dissociation). One of them, Jeanie Mclntee in Chester, has, for the past couple of years, been oraganizing a conference on DID/DDNOS in Chester. If the ISSD (Phone 708-966-4322) can’t help you locate t’pists in your area you could try her. I saw her at one ISSD conference and she seemed quite approachable. Her address is: Mclntee, Jeanie, MSc Chester Therapy Centre 20 Walpole Street Chester, EN CHl 4HG United Kingdom 441012441390121 Fax441012441390374 Good Luck, Jay
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