⋙ [PDF] Gratis The Flock The Autobiography of a Multiple Personality Joan Frances Casey Lynn Wilson Frances Howland 9780449907320 Books

The Flock The Autobiography of a Multiple Personality Joan Frances Casey Lynn Wilson Frances Howland 9780449907320 Books

Download As PDF : The Flock The Autobiography of a Multiple Personality Joan Frances Casey Lynn Wilson Frances Howland 9780449907320 Books

The Flock The Autobiography of a Multiple Personality Joan Frances Casey Lynn Wilson Frances Howland 9780449907320 Books

I personally read this per recommendation of my counselor. I plan to read it again just to catch anything I missed. I couldn’t put it down and I myself have DID and have had a difficult time trying to understand it now that I know I can’t deny it any longer. People are skeptics because they haven’t been through such intense trauma to survive as a child. I was happy that she went with her healing process more than the trauma experiences themselves. I have a hard time reading others trauma as it is triggering. Highly recommend this book for someone who’s struggling. Such a great read


Tags : The Flock: The Autobiography of a Multiple Personality [Joan Frances Casey, Lynn Wilson, Frances Howland] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. <b>The groundbreaking first-person account of successful recovery from dissociative identity disorder,Joan Frances Casey, Lynn Wilson, Frances Howland,The Flock: The Autobiography of a Multiple Personality,Ballantine Books,0449907325,Developmental - General,Emotions,Personality,Multiple personality;Patients;United States;Biography.,Personality disorders;Biography.,Autobiography: general,Biography,Casey, Joan Frances,Child & developmental psychology,GENERAL,General Adult,Mental health,Multiple personality,Non-Fiction,PSYCHOLOGY Developmental General,PSYCHOLOGY Emotions,PSYCHOLOGY Personality,Patients,Personality disorders,Psychology,Psychology : Psychopathology - General,PsychologyPsychopathology - General,Psychopathology - General,The self, ego, identity, personality,United States,psychology; autobiography; memoir; did; multiple personality; mental illness; non-fiction; biography; child abuse; psychology books; psychology book; health; mental health; self improvement; brain; emotions; sociology; social science; social science books; social science book; mindfulness; health books; healing; personality; personality books; books about personality; social psychology; how to; inspirational; inspiration; motivation; culture; cognition; perception; behavior; human behavior; non fiction; nonfiction; nonfiction books,psychology;autobiography;memoir;did;multiple personality;mental illness;non-fiction;biography;child abuse;psychology books;psychology book;health;mental health;self improvement;brain;emotions;sociology;social science;social science books;social science book;mindfulness;health books;healing;personality;personality books;books about personality;social psychology;how to;inspirational;inspiration;motivation;culture;cognition;perception;behavior;human behavior;non fiction;nonfiction;nonfiction books,PSYCHOLOGY Developmental General,PSYCHOLOGY Emotions,PSYCHOLOGY Personality,Psychology : Psychopathology - General,PsychologyPsychopathology - General,Psychopathology - General,Biography,Casey, Joan Frances,Mental health,Multiple personality,Patients,Personality disorders,United States,Psychology,BiographyAutobiography,Autobiography: general,Child & developmental psychology,The self, ego, identity, personality

The Flock The Autobiography of a Multiple Personality Joan Frances Casey Lynn Wilson Frances Howland 9780449907320 Books Reviews

This is really a marvelous book detailing the strange and scary world that multiple personalities inhabit. I like its format and the intermingling accounts by the therapist and the patient(s). I like also the descriptions of the events that caused the original traumas. Suffice it to say, that the author does not glory in the gruesome details. I am intrigued by the enormous effort that the therapists expended in treating the twenty-four sub-personalties and the time such treatment takes. As a holistic healer (urban shaman) who has worked with multiples, Ms Casey and Ms Wilson have my deepest respect.
I felt pretty ambivalent about most of this novel, with the exception of a few stories in it around psychiatric "professionals" who acted in anything but a professional manner. Near the end another brief mention of a later psychiatric relationship troubled me deeply, as it the psychiatrist helping her through her pattern of abusive relationships appeared to have taken a very victim blame-y stance and his logic was accepted as true and logical. Very troubling.

Aside from these moments I just had a hard time engaging emotionally, and I think this is largely because the novel was co-written by her therapist. I was always worried that the therapist's voice would overrun Joan Frances Casey's and I felt skeptical because of the number of instances of psychiatrists largely capitalizing on their patients' condition for book deals, especially in the wake of Sibyl. In addition there was a huge part of me cringing me at the therapy techniques not because they were alternative but because the dependence on transference carried the same potential for good as it did for harm -- which is why these techniques are so widely frowned upon.

None of this, however, makes this woman's story any less valid or valuable. I'm glad I read it and have added hers to the voices I've listened to in order to gain perspective.
I was diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder. This book is a harrowing account of the evil suffered by a child. My life was much worse, but it still hurts to read how children are treated by monsters parading as parents.
I feel very strongly that this is the very best DID book out there, but only because i related so well with the author. It does portray a very different therapy style, a re-parenting style. I cant speak to the effectiveness of it, but this is a well done book with journal entries from both the patient and the therapist. such a good read. I read it twice already!!!
It taught me a lot about Multiple Personality Disorder, now called Dissociative Identity Disorder, and it went right in line with the lives of my friends that have DID. I didn't give it a 5 star review, just because it was a little disconnected and hard to follow.
Though this account is 30 years old Joan's story is insightful and is written in a way that will very clearly demonstrate how DPD can be hidden and uncovered by the person affected and those around them. I learned a lot about DPD from The Flock. It's a true story with a bittersweet ending (to the book, not her life) and shows how the disorder can affect lives, but does not sensationalize DPD.
I loved this book and have checked it out a few different times from the library. I finally got a copy for myself. This book was really the best I think in all the books I've read about MPD/DID in how the client was treated and how she resolved her issues. The therapist may have had a unconventional method of treating this client...but it was perfect for the client and worked! That being said, I will not say that every client ought to merge her personalities. That may not be the best option for each client. To see another example of this read "When the Rabbit Howls" by the troops of Trudi Case (not sure I got the spelling of her name right) Trudi Case had many, many more personalities and fragments. Merging these who had been her only companions and friends through many dark years was a thought she couldn't endure. She was successful live not being merged.
I personally read this per recommendation of my counselor. I plan to read it again just to catch anything I missed. I couldn’t put it down and I myself have DID and have had a difficult time trying to understand it now that I know I can’t deny it any longer. People are skeptics because they haven’t been through such intense trauma to survive as a child. I was happy that she went with her healing process more than the trauma experiences themselves. I have a hard time reading others trauma as it is triggering. Highly recommend this book for someone who’s struggling. Such a great read