Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy

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Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy (DNMS) is a recent form of adult psychotherapy developed by Shirley Jean Schmidt 1. It has been used in treating dissociative identity disorder2 (DID). It is an ego-state therapy based on the knowledge of how the brain develops in childhood.

DNMS is based on the assumption that present-day issues that originated in unmet childhood needs are perpetuated by maladaptive introjects (see, Introjection). DNMS is a semi-hypnotic therapy that uses alternating bilateral stimulation to process these maladaptive introjects, build internal resource connections, and strengthen positive experiences.

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  1. ^ Schmidt, S. J. (2004). The Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy: An ego state therapy for healing childhood wounds. San Antonio: DNMS Institute.
  2. ^ Schmidt, S. J. "Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy: A New Treatment Approach Applied to Dissociative Identity Disorder". Journal of Trauma & Dissociation. Haworth Press, 2004

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