The Flock: The Autobiography of a Multiple Personality

The Flock: The Autobiography of a Multiple Personality

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, â€œawokeâ€ on the ledge of a building ready to jump, it wasnâ€™t the first time she couldnâ€™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 patientâ€™s twenty-four separate personalities. As Lynn came to know Joanâ€™s distinct selvesâ€”Josie, the self-destructive toddler; Rusty, the motherless boy; Renee, the people pleaserâ€”she uncovered a pattern of emotional and physical abuse that had nearly consumed a remarkable young woman.
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Praise for The Flock

â€œA testimony to [Caseyâ€™s]Â courage and the dedication of her therapist, who believed that a profoundly fragmented self has the capacity to heal within a loving therapeutic relationship.â€â€”The New York Times Book Review
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â€œAbsolutely mesmerizing . . . the first coherent autobiographical study of its kind.â€â€”The Detroit News
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â€œA compelling psychological odyssey offering unique insights into a nightmare world.â€â€”Kirkus Reviews
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â€œExtraordinary . . . deftly told and studded with striking images.â€â€”Publishers Weekly
Country USA
Manufacturer Ballantine Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2017-02-07
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Ballantine Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2017-02-07
Format	Kindle eBook