Working with Dissociation in Clinical Practice

Guidance for Mental Health Professionals and Multi-Disciplinary Teams
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-03844-3
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 390 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 594 g

Working with Dissociation in Clinical Practice, which is published in partnership with the Association of Clinical Psychologist UK (ACP-UK), brings together current literature and the contributing authors’ professional and lived experiences to provide practical recommendations for supporting the mental health and wellbeing of individuals with dissociative difficulties.

Readers will benefit from learning how to apply this advice for best practice to a range of settings and client groups, ensuring more positive service user outcomes. Written in dialogue between experts-by-training and experts-by-experience, this essential edited volume covers practical strategies for practitioners working with dissociative clients. Authors address areas such as common misconceptions, assessment, co-morbidity, risk management and providing care and therapy within a trauma-informed and multi-disciplinary context. The book further explores support for dissociation within more specialist clinical areas, tailoring guidance to a range of client groups including, children, older people, those with learning disabilities, and those in forensic settings. It provides guidance for health systems and organisations to become more dissociation aware, within existing frameworks for trauma-informed care.

This book is a compelling read for clinical psychologists, other psychological and mental health practitioners, people with lived experience of dissociative difficulties and those who support them.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development, Professional Reference, and Professional Training

Autoren/Hrsg.

Crockford, Helena

Goodwin, Melanie

Langthorne, Paul

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Psychopathologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Section 1: Core Knowledge and Skills in Working with Trauma-Related Dissociation.  1. Understanding Trauma-Related Dissociation 2.Screening and Assessment of Dissociation 3. The Multidisciplinary Context of Care for People with Dissociative Difficulties 4. Psychological Therapy for Complex Dissociation 5. Dissociation: Working with Children and Adolescents 6. Establishing Safeness. Working with Safety Concerns and Trauma- Related Dissociation 7.Dissociation and Co-Morbid Complexity: Psychosis, Autism and OCD Section 2: Dissociation-Informed Care for Specialist Populations and Contexts 8. Dissociation and Physical Health 9. Dissociation in the Perinatal Context - Meeting the Needs of Mothers and Babies 10. Dissociation and People with a Learning Disability 11. Dissociation in Older People 12. Dissociation and Eating Disorders 13. Dissociation, Harmfulness and Violence: Altered States of Consciousness as Offence-Related Factors 14. Working with Trauma-based Dissociation in Independent Practice Section 3: Dissociation-Informed Practice - Consolidating Change 15.Cross-Cultural Considerations and Culturally Informed Practice with Trauma-Related Dissociation 16.Considerations for Service Leads, Commissioners and Organizations 17. Towards a Training and Competency Framework for Mental Health Professionals Working with Trauma-Based Dissociation 18. Epilogue: “Do No Harm” - A Lived Experience Perspective

Über Autor(innen)

Helena A. Crockford, past-chair of the ACP-UK Complex Mental Health Network is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Attachment-Based Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist and MBT Supervisor with 30+ years working in NHS complex mental health settings.

Melanie Goodwin is an Expert-by-Experience, co-founder of First Person Plural (1997 – 2023) and past-Trustee of European Society for Trauma and Dissociation-UK. She raises awareness of complex dissociation and DID through writing, speaking at conferences, developing resources, and co-delivering training alongside clinicians across public, private and voluntary service sectors.

Paul Langthorne is a Clinical Psychologist working in NHS community mental health services with many years experience of supporting people who experience trauma-related dissociation. He is planning a NIHR programme of clinical research that aims to develop the evidence-base for dissociation-informed NHS pathways of care which better meet peoples’ needs.