Dissociative Identity Disorder The Hidden Condition

A recording of the live webinar featuring Gill Frost, Valerie Sinason, Amanda Ball, and Alf McFarland, held on Wednesday 30 June 2021.
For anyone who is a survivor of abuse or trauma, please take care when viewing this video as some content may be triggering.
Event information:
DID - or dissociative identity disorder - is a little-known and widely misunderstood condition, even within the medical and therapeutic professions. Formerly known as ‘multiple personality disorder’, any scant knowledge comes mostly from poorly researched or sensationalist films or television series. Yet, research figures imply that there could be more people with DID than schizophrenia in Britain. So, why is it that DID remains hidden from public awareness?
Phoenix Publishing House brought together an expert panel to discuss this conundrum. Gill Frost is the author of 'The Girls Within: A True Story of Triumph over Trauma and Abuse', the inspiration behind this webinar. Telling the true story of her patient Vivian and her many years of treatment, the book was the first step on the path to raising awareness and understanding of the disorder. Joining Gill is world-renowned pioneer in the field of DID, Valerie Sinason, and Amanda Ball, who has DID and so brings the all-important perspective of what it’s actually like to live with the condition. Keeping the discussion on track is Alf McFarland, Jungian psychotherapist, who was Gill’s clinical supervisor during her work with Vivian.
Our panel will look at what exactly is DID? Why is it so little known? What needs to be done to change this status? Aimed at removing stigma and bringing DID into the open, there was a live Q & A throughout the webinar, with the registrants' chance to place their questions to the panel. This was a fascinating, lively, and informative event, and we hope a big step towards raising awareness.
Following on from the webinar, we also have the follow-up webcast on our channel. Demystifying Dissociative Identity Disorder: Common Questions Answered answers the questions outstanding from the webinar to provide further information on dissociative identity disorder (DID). It features three of the original panellists: Gill Frost, Amanda Ball, and Alf McFarland.
The webinar and webcast were inspired by Gill Frost's evocative debut book, 'The Girls Within: A True Story of Triumph over Trauma and Abuse' - bit.ly/GirlsWi...
In honour of the webcast, we are offering a further 10% discount on the already discounted price. All you need to do is enter coupon code TGW20 in your basket. It is valid until 17 October 2021.

[@kimberclevelandmusic]

Fabulous. I'm not finished yet but Amanda... BEAUTIFUL what was said about the word "trigger" and it being hijacked, the important meaning of it, around trauma and also how something "triggering" can be a signpost! Great info, All!

[@amandaball7116]

Thanks for taking time to comment. Hope the rest was of value to you. You may have seen we’ve now released the follow up webcast on this channel too.

[@firingthemind]

Thank you, we're so pleased you are finding the webinar useful

[@EmmaSmith-nn1ui]

Thank you so much for making this available. I'm going to share this with the new team we are working with as an introduction to DID. I hope they're better than the last lot.

[@firingthemind]

Thank you, we're so glad you have found it helpful and we hope the new team also find it of use.