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More and more, in the course of my work, I have come to experience the profound ways in which dissociation and dissociative processes organize the self and inform the work of treatment. Lost, timid, frightened, and frightening parts of our patients seem to hover in the liminal spaces of the self. In this series of papers, we find meaningful and nuanced approaches to restoring and reuniting with these marginalized beings.
When experienced together, these articles evoke a startling awareness of diversity, one that feels both unsettling and organizing. It's unsettling, perhaps, to the part of the mind that longs for certainty; unified theories, lacking the present diversity, have an organizing and calming effect. Theoretical certainty helps to silence those troublesome questions that have no easy answers. And if one thing is clear from the current collection of articles, it's that there are no easy answers when it comes to dissociation.
I offer my gratitude to these six fine writers who have given us unique and engaging glimpses into their work and ideas. My thanks also go to James Fosshage for his continual support and to Joseph Lichtenberg and Mel Bornstein for their help in making this issue possible.
Frank Faranda, Ph.D.
Issue Editor