For clinicians
Systems Connect is a community for people living with Dissociative Identity Disorder and the partners who love them. This is a peer space, not a clinical space.
Our research hub is open to you. Read it, share it, take what is useful back to your practice. The papers there are the same ones our members discuss. If a finding changes how you treat someone, that is exactly what we hope for.
In particular, we invite you to read our featured study on Zenodo — the work that informs the Beach Safety Hierarchy and the trauma-informed framework many of our members and partners are working from. (Open-access; opens in a new tab.)
We also feature Leading with Safety: A Husband's Guide to Loving a Wife with Dissociative Identity Disorder, which offers the Beach Safety Hierarchy in language written for partners. Many clinicians have found it useful in session with the couples they serve.
Two things we ask
First, please do not approach our members for clinical work. Many are in active recovery and have learned to keep peer space peer space. A direct message that begins I am a therapist is not welcome here, however kindly meant. If a member explicitly asks for a referral, they will do so in our public channels, and other members will respond peer to peer.
Second, for peer consultation with other clinicians, we recommend the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD). Their training courses, certificate program, special interest groups, and Professional Training Program are designed for exactly the conversation you are looking for. We cannot offer a clinical forum here without becoming what we have promised our members we will not be.
If you are a clinician who is also a system or a partner
You are welcome here as a member. When you join, you join as a peer. Your professional credential does not travel with you into the community, and we will not feature it on the site. That protects you, it protects the community, and it keeps this space what it needs to be for everyone here.
We are glad you are reading this page. Thank you for understanding the shape of what we are building.