A compelling true story of one woman's battle with the aftermath of
childhood trauma, which gives a gripping account of the often
controversial and misunderstood condition of dissociative identity
disorder (DID), formerly known as multiple personality disorder (MPD).
This emotional but ultimately uplifting journey details the unforeseen
twists and turns of the effects of therapy and how it can help in coming
to terms with the past and its unsettling echoes in the present.
Heartwarming and lucid, it's an inspiring tale for all to read. Through
its clinical rigour, professional therapists will also gain insight into
the various treatment options for DID, including the innovative use of
energy therapy. The book contains 32 colour illustrations, including 24
drawings by The Girls. The star of this book is an extraordinary,
bright-spirited, and entertaining six-year-old girl, called Little
Vivvi, who experienced shocking abuse from members of her family. Yet
Little Vivvi lives within Vivian, a middle-aged woman who has struggled
with DID for many years. The challenging process of psychotherapy is
laid bare, as Little Vivvi wrestles with overwhelming memories of
childhood abuse. Alongside talking therapy, energy treatment, which she
calls Wooshing, is utilised to astonishing effect, becoming the
enigmatic ingredient that finally enables Little Vivvi to find relief
from the distress and fear that had dominated her existence. As therapy
seems to draw to a close, Izzy appears. A very sensitive, thoughtful and
mature eight-year-old, Izzy too needs love, support and treatment to
speak about her trauma. After overcoming her understandable distrust,
Izzy enables an exceptional ending to the therapeutic journey, far
beyond anything Vivian and her therapist, Gill, could have dreamed.
Little Vivvi and Izzy will make you want to laugh out loud as well as
cry. Their story teaches so much about suffering, dissociation and
survival. Their aim is to enlighten, inspire and offer hope to others
through reading their incredible tales, which reveal the astonishing
power of The Girls within.
