Learn to Recognize Dissociation with Dorinna Ruh, LCSW

Did you know that dissociative disorders are almost as common as mood disorders? Drew & Garden System chat with Dorinna Ruh, LCSW and cover valuable information about prevalence rates, how to recognize dissociation in yourself or in your client, ways to assess for a dissociative disorder, and a few EMDR tips as well! If you're working with complex trauma, then you're working with dissociation. You won't want to miss this episode!

About Dorinna Ruh, LCSW:

Dorinna’s career has spanned 34 years, as she became a counselor in 1989, working in the substance abuse field. She obtained her Master’s Degree in Social Work from the State University of New York in 1995.

After moving to Fort Collins, Colorado in 1999, she started a private practice. She was trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) in 2001 and found that this therapy was so powerful and such a good fit for her that it has been her primary lens since then.  By 2010 she was both certified in and an approved consultant in EMDR therapy. For the past 9 years she has facilitated EMDR trainings for HAP/Trauma recovery and is currently a trainer candidate.

She specializes in working with complex trauma and dissociative disorders and in addition to her therapy practice, she offers consultation and training for other therapists through her consultation business Advanced EMDR Education. 

Group consultation for EMDR certification and for advanced practitioners geared toward treating complex trauma. 

Individual consultation. 

Consultation link is https://advanced-emdr-education.com/consultation-groups

Trainings on Demand: 

Link is https://trainings.advanced-emdr-education.com/collections

Therapy Snapshots — one-hour low-cost training on topics that have been super important to me:  

• EMDR Treatment Planning and Target Sequencing; 
• Karpman's Drama Triangle as a Lens for Countertransference;
•  Internal Healing Dialogue; 
• Creative Resourcing; 
• Building Internal Scaffolding with Ideal Parent

Weaving in Cognitive Interweaves - a three-hour EMDRIA-approved class

EMDR and Dissocation from the Beginning - a 12-hour EMDRIA-approved class that focuses on phases 1 and 2 of EMDR therapy.

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Remember, this podcast is not a substitute for therapy. The purpose of this podcast is to educate and provide information on dissociative identity disorder. We share our personal stories, interview guests who also live with DID, and we interview mental health professionals to share their clinical knowledge.

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Articles cited in Seasons 4 & 5:

Brand, B. L., Sar, V., Stavropoulos, P., Krüger, C., Korzekwa, M., Martínez-Taboas, A., & Middleton, W. (2016). Separating Fact from Fiction: An Empirical Examination of Six Myths About Dissociative Identity Disorder. Harvard review of psychiatry, 24(4), 257–270. https://doi.org/10.1097/HRP.0000000000000100