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AN ALTERNATIVE LENS FOR A CASE OF DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER: EXPERIENTIAL PERSONAL CONSTRUCT PSYCHOLOGY

Humphreys, Carol Lee

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2005, Master of Arts, Miami University, Psychology.
As a child, Kristen constructed a complex, imaginal world. As an adult, she continued to struggle with a fragmented sense of self and was diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). Although written about extensively, our understandings of DID have been limited by a lack of theoretically diverse conceptualizations. In this paper, in addition to a discussion of the DID diagnosis, the therapist’s theoretical influences, and the clinical case study, Kristen’s dissociative experiences will be used to elaborate one non-reductionistic understanding of DID, Experiential Personal Construct Psychology (EPCP). Kristen’s results on the Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES), Sentence Completion, House Tree Person, Robert’s Apperception Test for Children, sand tray work, and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescence (MMPI-A) will be discussed. An elicitation of construct pictures and the Diagnostic Axes of Human Meaning Making will also be presented in support of EPCP as an alternative lens for viewing dissociative experiences.
Larry Leitner (Advisor)
110 p.

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  • Humphreys, C. L. (2005). AN ALTERNATIVE LENS FOR A CASE OF DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER: EXPERIENTIAL PERSONAL CONSTRUCT PSYCHOLOGY [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1114197492

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Humphreys, Carol. AN ALTERNATIVE LENS FOR A CASE OF DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER: EXPERIENTIAL PERSONAL CONSTRUCT PSYCHOLOGY. 2005. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1114197492.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Humphreys, Carol. "AN ALTERNATIVE LENS FOR A CASE OF DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER: EXPERIENTIAL PERSONAL CONSTRUCT PSYCHOLOGY." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1114197492

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)