COPING SKILLS GROUP FOR WOMEN WITH DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER AND OTHER SPECIFIED DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER

Requirements for participation: All participants must be female and live in Georgia or Florida. All participants must be engaged in individual therapy. Contact and coordination of treatment between Robin Day, LPC, LMHC and participant’s individual therapist must be made before starting the group.

Internal Family Systems Framework: The following assumptions are made in this group. No parts/alters/personalities ever “disappear”, but they may decide to take on new functions. Symptoms often decrease when conflict among parts is reduced and when parts/alters can leave the past and enter into the present.

Group topics:

• Coping skills for flashbacks
• Methods for safely talking with parts/alters
• Doing things that make parts/alters happy
• Inviting parts into the present
• Safe place imagery
• Externalizing parts
• Safe and simple grounding practices

Cost/Structure: Length of Group is 60 to 75 minutes, depending upon the size of the group. Cost is $30 per week with a $110 set-up fee. Payment in advance is required for 6 weeks, for a total of $290. Participants may return for more 6-week group rotations without paying the $110 set-up fee. Groups are provided Virtually on HIPAA-compliant Zoom platform. Group times vary; please contact me for day & time of group. Maximum number of members per group is 10.