Books about Dissociative Identity Disorder
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Jan Fable, MS, LADC
Fairfield Connecticut
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Clinical perspectives on multiple personality disorder. Kluft, R.P., & Fine, C. (Eds.).; Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press. Power, E. (1992). Managing our selves. Brentwood, TN: E Power & Associates. [E Power & Associates, P.O. Box 2346, Brentwood, TN 37024] 1993.

Diagnosis and treatment of multiple personality disorder. Putnam, F.W.; New York: Guilford. 1989.


Dissociative disorders: A clinical review. Speigel, D. (Ed.).; Lutherville, MD: Sidran Press. 1993.


Living with your selves. Hockings, S.J.; Rockville, MD: Launch Press. This is an insider's view of DID and tremendously helpful in gaining some insight both for people with DID and those who love them. 1992.

Managing Our Selves.
Multiple personality disorder: Diagnosis, clinical features, and treatment. Ross, C.A.; New York: Wiley. 1989.

Multiple personality disorder from the inside out. Cohen, B.M., Giller, E., & W., L. (Eds.). Lutherville, MD: Sidran Press. 1991. A collection of writings by people who are themelves multiple personalities.

Telling without talking: Art as a window into the world of multiple personality. Cohen, B.M., & Cox, C.T.; New York: W.W. Norton. 1995.

United we stand: A book for people with multiple personalities. Gil, E.; Rockville, MD: Launch Press. 1990. A small simple book that explains so that anyone can understand what the symptoms of DID (MPD) are like.

Sidran Institute is a valuable resource for people dealing with Dissociative Identity Disorder and the professionals who help them.

There is also a wonderful print journal called Many Voices which is by and about people recovering from trauma and dissociation. I highly recommend it. You can find a sample of it or subscribe to it at the Many Voices web site.

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JanFable has worked as a psychotherapist for more than 25 years. She has a master's degree in counseling and is a Connecticut licensed drug and alcohol counselor. Her primary training is in Bioenergetic Analysis which deals with the whole person. She has extensive training in the treatment of dissociative disorders and trauma survivors and in using of altered states of consciousness in healing. She has also completed Level I and Level II training in Thought Field Therapy.

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