One of the Subpersonalities of a Person Receiving Treatment for Dissociative

question 156

Multiple Choice

One of the subpersonalities of a person receiving treatment for dissociative identity disorder has just become a "protector." How far along in therapy has the person probably progressed?

• A) Not far at all; protectors usually emerge even before the disorder is diagnosed.
• B) Moderately far; a protector usually emerges before subpersonality integration.
• C) Very far; a protector usually emerges after subpersonality integration and before fusion.
• D) All the way; a protector usually emerges only after therapy has been successfully completed.

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