SH - I think that comes from the section talking about the history of learning how to treat survivors and what works. If I have the date right then before the mid 1990s the ISST-D (then the ISSD) had no expert consensus on treatment guidelines, now it's all online. Much less was known about trauma therapy - the treatment guidelines are of course based very closedly on those for complex PTSD found on the ISTSS website. The DID/DDNOS treatment guidelines now clearly state cover any issues that were controversal before - such as informed consent, medication options, techniques like hypnosis are no longer considered a good idea for memory recall, but imaging an inner safe-place may be helpful, and following general good psychotherapy practice, all come to mind. From what I remember in the book - Checking with the client, and encouraging them to check within themselves for what felt safe for often emphasized. I found the book to be about thinking for yourself, considering different perspectives and reasoning for what is happening, and encouraging clients to think and make decisions by seeking their own answers inside. Understanding things like the double-binds, urges to return to abusers or re-establish contact were really key.
From what I remember in the book - Checking with the client, and encouraging them to check within themselves for what felt safe for often emphasized.
I found the book to be about thinking for yourself, considering different perspectives and reasoning for what is happening, and encouraging clients to think and make decisions by seeking their own answers inside. Understanding things like the double-binds, urges to return to abusers or re-establish contact were really key.