We definitely always make sure a therapist has an etensive history of working with victims of trauma..that almost gaurantees they have seen some form of dissociation. I also make sure they believe DID is a real diagnosis and that they don't think intergration is the only way to get better...those are just our personal requirements.

is there some way to figure out on own, just incase cant find someone who can help?

I think toofargone hit it pretty much on the nose. My current therapist had never worked with a multiple b4 but she had years of experience with trauma and she believed DID was real and she was very willing to learn and she crammed. She called my psyciatrist regulary and started working with another therapist who was experienced and read everything she could get her hands on. and now she works with several of us and she is very good. So just make sure if they aren't experienced they are at least motivated.
Michele

experience with trauma is important, also that they believe that DID actually exists and like others have said that Integration is NOT the only way to heal.

Another criteria I would look at is that the therapist doesn't think they can 'fix you' in X number of sessions.....

But beyond that who each of us feels the most comfortable with for a therapist is an individual (well as individual as a multiple can get lol) choice.

Jaye

is there a particular therepy that can help, like some ppl may not specifically have dealt with multiples but maybe dissociation itself or even have dealt with trauma ppl, can u look for someone that does a particular therepy, just to narrow search a bit?

Smart people like Bessel vanderKolk say that you need EMDR, group therapy, and some kind of body work like Hakomi, Somatic Experiencing, Radix or Bioenergetics. Body work people usually always believe in DID and have experience with trauma. hope that helps... we are going to try ETT (Emotional Transformation Therapy)!!! Dont know of any way to do it on your own though having a good partner who doesn't get too upset with littles and understands how to love us is good too...

We find that just having an experienced therapist to talk with helps a lot. We had to go through several unqualified therapists until we found one that was qualifiede and that we felt safe with. As far as "body work" please be sure if you go that way that the therapist is VERY trustworthy. We did body work with a therapist who wound up abusing us.Just be careful.

im a lil confused. what is body work, ive never heard of that in regards to therepy, just cars?