Hidden Selves - Softcover

WALKER

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0335202004 ISBN 13: 9780335202003

Publisher: Open University Press, 1999

Synopsis

This book deals with a complex and controversial subject - multiple personality. It is based on an account from a survivor of abuse who talks about her own history of abuse in childhood and in adulthood, and describes her experience of having multiple selves, and the impact of this.

Six authors, who are therapists or counsellors respond to her story. One has multiple personalities herself. They each examine her story, exploring how they would understand her presentation and describing how they would work with her therapeutically. The authors' views reflect the controversy over multiple personality and their chapters represent a range of opinions evident in this field. This book considers an area of human experience that triggers strong feelings and often conflicting interpretations regarding causation and meaning. It does so within the context of the life story of a survivor of abuse and this both grounds the discussion and acts as a constant reminder that, whilst these debates inevitably draw upon theoretical and academic discourse, at the centre are the tragic life experiences of those who suffer abuse.

About this title

About the Author

The Author
Moira Walker is head of counselling service at Leicester University and is also actively involved in working with the Leicester Counselling Centre. In addition she undertakes training and consultancy work both locally and nationally. She is author of Women in Therapy and Counselling and Surviving Secrets, and edits (with Michael Jacobs) the Counselling in Context Series also published by Open University Press.

Edition details

• Publisher: Open University Press
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0335202004
• ISBN 13: 9780335202003
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144