Broken Images, Broken Selves: Dissociative Narratives in Clinical Practice

by Stanle Krippner, Susan Powers

A literary collection on dissociation, Broken Images, Broken Selves offers a unique approach to the understanding of the condition known as dissociative and of the rich and deeply meaningful narratives that emerge from it. This book is filled with personal accounts by individuals whose lives may be fragmented by this condition. These stories demonstrate how this phenomenon can be dysfunctional or functional, depending on the cultural setting. Exploring issues such as repressed memory, extraterrestrial abduction accounts, and near-death experience stories, this user-friendly book can be enjoyed by the clinician as well as the lay person. Practical and provocative, it serves as a guide for those who want a deeper look into the human psyche and a more encompassing vision of the less predictable aspects of the mind.

Genres: Psychology

Hardcover

First published August 1, 1997

Reviews

[Carole Brooks Platt · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic book if you are interested in the various ways in which the dissociative mind can manifest: in response to trauma, Near Death experiences, Exceptional Human experiences, creative inspiration as though from another, mediumship, the surrealistic mind, alien abduction narratives, and dreaming. The book was published in 1997, but reads as if current. I learned so much from it and I've been studying this phenomenon for over twenty years in the context of my work on poets collaborating with loved ones to access dissociative language. See my In Their Right Minds: The Lives and Shared Practices of Poetic Geniuses, if interested.