| Abstract: | Studied change in client identity and self-organization during the treatment of a 38-yr-old man with multiple personality disorder. Assessment measures were administered to the host personality and 2 secondary personalities before and after 12 wks of intensive treatment. Measures included the MMPI and the Bell Object Relations Reality Testing Inventory (BORRTI). Therapy focused on the posttraumatic aspects of the patient's early childhood sexual abuse. A cognitive-affective approach combined psychoanalytically informed psychotherapy with abreactive-hypnotic work for recovering and reexamining traumatic memories. A greater degree of intrapsychic awareness and interpersonal sensitivity was suggested by changes in BORRTI ratings. The magnitude of observed changes in self-organization was substantial. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
