Summary of Janina Fisher's Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 The child of abuse, in order to survive, must disconnect from what is happening and doubt or disown the bad child to whom it happened as not being them. They must continue to rely on dissociation, denial, and self-hatred for enforcing the disconnection. #2 When therapists rely on the talking cure to address the strong emotional reactivity of traumatized clients, they inadvertently validate the events experienc