321 - Dissociative Identity Disorder Is a Brilliant Adaptation with Sally Maslansky

321 - Dissociative Identity Disorder Is a Brilliant Adaptation with Sally Maslansky

From Conversations With a Wounded Healer by Sarah Buino, Head/Heart Business Therapy

July 15, 2026 · 51 min · Episode 321

About this episode

The episode discusses the complexities of Dissociative Identity Disorder and its relation to childhood trauma with psychotherapist Sally Maslansky.

What therapists often misunderstand about DID, childhood trauma, shame, attachment, and the therapeutic relationship—with psychotherapist and author Sally Maslansky. **If you find conversations about childhood sexual abuse activating, please take care with this episode. Although our discussion doesn't contain explicit details, abuse is a central theme.** Because hindsight is 20/20, allow me to add a bit of self-evaluation to this conversation with Sally Maslansky, LMFT, my emotionally wise and accomplished guest. Sally is a licensed psychotherapist, speaker, consultant, and author of A Brilliant Adaptation: How Dissociative Identity and the Therapeutic Bond Saved Me. Her work centers on the power of relationship, the complexity of the mind, and the possibility of healing even in the aftermath of profound childhood trauma. Sally's life and career can serve as proof that people with dissociative identity disorder (DID) can heal. Here are three points to take away from this discussion: DID truly is a superior survival adaptation. It generally develops in response to attachment wounds sustained in childhood. Shame––not the feeling that we've done something bad but that we are bad––is…

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