Dissociative Effect

Dissociative Effect is a reflection on several common narratives of girlhood as well as the author's own journey to a more embodied self. In the introduction, Dr. Redmer reminds us that humans have evolved to "think in stories, to talk in stories, to narrate an unfolding autobiography to ourselves in stories . . ." She reminds us that the narrative process is a template for healing as our narrative lives can be rewritten, retold, restoried. The "dissociative effect" is a reference to the an...