ABSTRACT
No discussion on dissociative identity disorder is complete without mention of KLUFT, who is considered one of the leading experts in the field. He has spearheaded much of the noteworthy empirical research on the disorder and has reportedly treated more cases than any other clinician. He standardized the treatment of dissociative identity disorder by operationalizing the integration of the personalities and suggesting that the patient is best approached in individual therapy. Unfortunately, this approach is sometimes misinterpreted to mean that the therapist’s goal is to eliminate alter personalities, most notably those that are aggressive, failing to take into account the function of aggressive alter personalities. In addition, the field is slowly moving away from integration as the goal of treatment and embracing the idea of helping alter personalities work, empathize, and cooperate with one another.
