The groundbreaking first-person account of successful recovery from
dissociative identity disorder, now featuring a new preface by the
author
When Joan Frances Casey, a married twenty-six-year-old graduate student,
"awoke" on the ledge of a building ready to jump, it wasn't the first
time she couldn't explain her whereabouts. Soon after, Lynn Wilson, an
experienced psychiatric social worker, diagnosed Joan with multiple
personality disorder. She prescribed a radical program of reparenting
therapy to individually treat her patient's twenty-four separate
personalities. As Lynn came to know Joan's distinct selves--Josie, the
self-destructive toddler; Rusty, the motherless boy; Renee, the people
pleaser--she uncovered a pattern of emotional and physical abuse that
had nearly consumed a remarkable young woman.
**Praise for *The Flock
"A testimony to [Casey's] courage and the dedication of her therapist,
who believed that a profoundly fragmented self has the capacity to heal
within a loving therapeutic relationship."--The New York Times Book
Review
"Absolutely mesmerizing . . . the first coherent autobiographical study
of its kind."--The Detroit News
"A compelling psychological odyssey offering unique insights into a
nightmare world."--Kirkus Reviews
"Extraordinary . . . deftly told and studded with striking
images."--Publishers Weekly
