An Introduction to the Multidimensional Inventory of Dissociation

Abstract
The Multidimensional Inventory of Dissociation (MID) has become a valuable assessment tool for trauma-focused clinicians--and EMDR practitioners in particular--both to determine the presence of ‘pathological’ dissociation and to develop more fine-grained interventions for preparation and successful trauma accessing/resolution. The MID is a 218-item, self-administered instrument with 168 dissociation items and 50 validity items developed by Paul F. Dell, PhD (2006, 2011). The MID reliably differentiates and offers diagnostic impressions for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Dissociative Subtype; Other Specified Dissociative Disorder; Dissociative Identity Disorder; Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder; and, Borderline Personality Disorder.   

Participants will learn to administer and score the MID; navigate the MID Analysis to enter data, interpret results, and conduct a follow-up interview; and begin to understand how the information offered up by the MID Report may influence treatment. Implications for stabilization and potential markers for readiness for trauma accessing in an EMDR therapy frame will be offered. 

Timed Outline
5 Minutes – Myths and Facts about Dissociation 
5 Minutes – MID: At-A-Glance 
10 Minutes – Key MID Concepts: Mindset and 23 Symptoms 
10 Minutes – Introduction to the MID Documents 
10 Minutes – Administering the MID: Why, When, and What 
40 Minutes – Overview of the MID Report 
10 Minutes – Q&A 
30 Minutes – Break 
10 Minutes – Understanding the MID Report 
20 Minutes – The Extended MID Report 
10 Minutes – Reading and Understanding the MID Report Line and Bar Graphs 
10 Minutes – Making Sense of the Initial MID Results – Developing Hypotheses and Questions 
10 Minutes – Preparing for, Conducting, and Concluding the Follow-up Interview 
5 Minutes – Factors Impacting the Capacity to Report 
5 Minutes – Additional Uses and Settings 
15 Minutes – Q&A and Wrap-Up 

This session was originally presented as part of a virtual conference in October 2021. 

Target Audience

Beginning/Introductory

Learning Objectives

Upon Completion of this presentation, participants will be able to: 

  • Describe and identify key indicators to assess further for pathological dissociation early in treatment (before trauma accessing), and when concerns arise throughout treatment 
  • Complete administration, scoring, and navigation of the MID Analysis to input client responses, view and interpret results of the MID Report, and perform a clinical interview to clarify results of the assessment and direction of treatment 
  • Describe several unique applications of the MID Report, based on case examples, and how the MID can be used to clarify diagnosis and guide treatment planning in both clinical and consultation roles 

 

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 3.00 APA
    The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
  • 3.00 ASWB ACE
    The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD), #1744, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. ISSTD maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 08/20/2021 – 08/20/2024. Social workers completing this course receive 3.00 continuing education credits.
  • 3.00 ISSTD Certificate Program
    This program is eligible for 3.00 credits in the ISSTD Certificate Program.
Course opens: 
09/01/2021
Course expires: 
12/31/2050
ISSTD Member cost:
$59.00
Your Price:
$59.00
Rating: 
0

Since 2016, D. Michael Coy, MA, LICSW has collaborated with Jennifer Madere and Multidimensional Inventory of Dissociation developer Paul F. Dell, PhD, to make the MID more accessible. He co-authored the MID Interpretive Manual, 3rd Edition, and manages the MID Analysis and MID website. Since 2017, Jennifer and Michael have taught hundreds of clinicians how to employ the MID, both in the US and internationally. 

Michael has been a member of the Board of Directors of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD) since 2017, and became Treasurer in 2018, a role in which he continues to serve. From 2017-2020, Michael co-chaired the EMDR Therapy Training Task Group, which created ISSTD's EMDR therapy 'basic' training. He now co-chairs the EMDR Therapy Training Committee and co-teaches the training.  

More recently, Michael has presented original material, in the form of the EMDR Introject Decathexis (Id) Protocol, to unbind perpetrator parts from their traumatic wounding and harming behaviors, as well as a framework for recognizing, contextualizing, and resolving clients’ dissociated memory material communicated non-verbally through dissociative attunement. He also provides consultation on the use of the MID and clinical practice with complex clients more generally, as well as O’Shea and Paulsen’s Early Trauma Approach, in individual and group formats. 

Michael holds a Master of Arts in Clinical Social Work from the University of Chicago. He maintains a private practice in Bremerton, Washington, USA. 

Available Credit

  • 3.00 APA
    The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
  • 3.00 ASWB ACE
    The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD), #1744, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. ISSTD maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 08/20/2021 – 08/20/2024. Social workers completing this course receive 3.00 continuing education credits.
  • 3.00 ISSTD Certificate Program
    This program is eligible for 3.00 credits in the ISSTD Certificate Program.

Price

ISSTD Member cost:
$59.00
Your Price:
$59.00
Please login or register to take this course.

"Your Price" above reflects your final price based on your membership status and career level. 

  • ISSTD defines a student as those enrolled in a program of study leading to a degree or certification in the mental health field and who have an interest in trauma and dissociation. 
  • ISSTD defines an emerging professional as mental health professionals who have completed an advanced degree and are in the first three years of their career (or first three years after graduation for researchers).
  • If you do not fall into one of the above categories please register as Professional/Retired. 

These prices are for Tier I countries. For a list of countries by Tier click here. If you are located in a country that falls into Tier II-VI please contact ISSTD at cfas@isst-d.org to receive the appropriate discount code. 

All purchases of recorded content are final.