This book teaches psychotherapists how to apply the Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy (DNMS). The DNMS is an ego state therapy designed to treat a wide range of clients, symptoms, and issues. This includes clients with complex trauma wounds, such as those inflicted by verbal, physical, and sexual abuse; and clients with attachment wounds, such as those inflicted by parental rejection, neglect, and enmeshment. The DNMS is based on the assumption that the degree to which developmental needs were not adequately met is the degree to which a client is stuck in childhood. It starts by guiding clients to establish three internal Resources: a Nurturing Adult Self, a Protective Adult Self, and a Spiritual Core Self. Together these Resources gently help wounded child ego states get unstuck from the past by meeting their unmet developmental needs, helping them process through painful emotions, and by establishing an emotional bond. Alternating bilateral stimulation (made popular by EMDR) is applied at key points in the process. The DNMS focuses special attention on healing maladaptive introjects (ego states that mimic abusive, neglectful, or dysfunctional caregivers). Since these wounded ego states cause the most trouble for clients, their healing results in a significant benefit. As introjects heal, clients report unwanted behaviors, beliefs, and emotions diminish.
This book provides DNMS background material, including a discussion of ego state theory and the practical application of ego state therapy. It outlines detailed protocol steps for establishing Resources, selecting maladaptive introjects for processing, and meeting developmental needs. The final chapter is devoted to handling processing complications and blocks. The appendix provides practice worksheets and forms and many other supportive materials. (Drawings in the book are in grayscale, not color.)
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OUTSTANDING TREATMENT PROGRAM,
By Gerald W. Huff "Gerald W. Huff, Ph. D." (Louisville, KY United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: The Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy (DNMS): An Ego State Therapy for Healing Adults with Childhood Trauma and Attachment Wounds (Paperback)
During the 78 years of my life I have devoted 52 years to the practice of psychotherapy. Down through these years I've had the wonderful personal experience of knowing and being trained by Carl Rogers, Eric Berne, Fritz Pearls, John and Helen Watkins, Mary and Bob Goulding, and Milton Erickson, to name a few. I'm highly impressed with the way this book incorporates the evolution of ego state theory and trance work into the practice of psychotherapy in such a simplistic way that the average layperson can understand and benefit from this treatment approach. I'm simply overwhelmed by Schmidt's skill in integrating these theories of giants into an outstanding treatment program.
Also available from the DNMS INSTITUTE (additional cost) are seven CD slide show modules for home study by therapists wanting to learn more about the DNMS treatment approach for treating childhood trauma wounding. These CDs are excellent training tools for learning more about ego state psychotherapy and are essential for neophytes as well as experienced therapists wanting to learn more about treating complex maladaptive introjects. Schmidt and other DNMS trained therapist's dedication to providing on-line (email) clinical support for CD owners are to be commended for their efforts. Gerald W. Huff, Ph.D., Private Practice.
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A Clear, Concise Model for Psychotherapists Wanting to Provide Real Inner Change for their Clients,
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This book is a concise, clear manual for therapists who are wanting to provide good, solid, cognitive changes for clients. This book clearly shows therapists how to use this method in a user friendly, easy to follow manner and includes handouts for the therapist to use in their work and to offer their clients. Shirley Jean Schmidt has created an amazing system of healing that incorportates Ego State Therapy, Alternating Bilateral Stimulation, principles from EMDR and Atttatchment Theory into one system that can heal anyone with unmet needs who wants to change, grow and become all they can be. As a psychotherapist I have seen wonderful and exciting growth in my clients through use of this system. I reccomend it to any therapist looking for a method to heal their clients from the inside out.
Debra J. Antari, MS, LPC
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Innovative and effective,
This review is from: The Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy (DNMS): An Ego State Therapy for Healing Adults with Childhood Trauma and Attachment Wounds (Paperback)
"I've been an enthusiastic practitioner of the DNMS since 2001 - because it gives me, simply and profoundly, the best treatment results I've ever achieved. This book describes, in clear and simple language, important ego state therapy innovations for healing trauma and attachment wounds. This book's reader-friendly style will make it easy for therapists to learn and apply this highly innovative model."
--JOAN BACON, MA, Psychologist, EMDRIA-Approved Instructor and Consultant, Former Graduate Faculty Chestnut Hill College
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