New paper out introducing the dissociation-responsive therapy model 💬💡💭! Using a qualitative meta-analysis of therapists’ perspectives, we focused on the how of therapist responsiveness with dissociative clients. Read here: psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...
Nick Pierorazio
@nickapierorazio.bsky.social
Clinical Psychology PhD student at UMass Boston. Trauma, dissociation, LGBTQ+ mental health, and psychotherapy researcher. 🏳️🌈 He/They
New paper out! We examined how LGBTQ+ people process troubling heterosexist experiences using an emotion-focused expressive writing exercise. In many ways, participants grew their sense of agency in how they understood and responded to their experiences. Here it is: psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...
Are you a therapist who treats clients with dissociative disorders? See the attached recruitment ad for more details about a study on therapists’ experiences working with these clients around themes of death and dying!
A great article on DID by the New York Times… Check it out! www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/m...
What It’s Like to Live With One of Psychiatry’s Most Misunderstood Diagnoses
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New paper alert ⭐️! We make the case that truly trauma-informed assessment must also be dissociation-informed, providing process-related guidance. We outline why dissociation matters in assessment and how to attend to contextual processes to be dissociation-informed. psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...
New paper alert ⭐️! We make the case that truly trauma-informed assessment must also be dissociation-informed, providing process-related guidance. We outline why dissociation matters in assessment and how to attend to contextual processes to be dissociation-informed. psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...
Trump admin pulled Princeton's grants, citing their NOAA-funded research "suggests that the Earth will have a significant fluctuation in its water availability as a result of global warming. Using federal funds to perpetuate these narratives does not align with the priorities of this Administration"
Trump administration’s attack on university research accelerates arstechnica.com/science/2025...
Update! ⭐️ This past weekend, I attended the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation’s Annual Conference! I was awarded two awards: the Outstanding Student Award and Pierre Janet Writing Award. I feel so honored! I was also able to do two presentations at the conference 😊!
Becoming and fostering #allies and #accomplices through authentic relationships: Choosing justice over comfort With Karen Suyemoto, Alissa Hochman, & Roxanne Donovan My brilliant colleagues and I first wrote about this in 2020. It seems worth revisiting. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
BECOMING AND FOSTERING ALLIES AND ACCOMPLICES THROUGH AUTHENTIC RELATIONSHIPS: CHOOSING JUSTICE OVER COMFORT
This reflective case study explores the ongoing process of developing and fostering allies and accomplices across privilege, considering how individual and systemic levels interact within interpers...
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Happy to share our new paper on the inhibition of memory retrieval in dissociative amnesia, with @dcdace.bsky.social, Hirokazu Kikuchi, Nobuhito Abe &, Jun Kawaguchi, Mike Kopelman & @memorycontrol.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S003...
Prefrontally mediated inhibition of memory systems in dissociative amnesia | Psychological Medicine | Cambridge Core
Prefrontally mediated inhibition of memory systems in dissociative amnesia
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Slowly but surely making my return to this platform, and I’m going to start by announcing a new publication! In this thematic analysis, we explored therapists’ experiences of working with clients with DID. Check it out! Open access here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Slowly but surely making my return to this platform, and I’m going to start by announcing a new publication! In this thematic analysis, we explored therapists’ experiences of working with clients with DID. Check it out! Open access here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Forgot to share our latest publication (which I’m thrilled about) here: www.researchgate.net/publication/... We aimed to understand helpful and meaningful aspects of the TOP DD Network program, a program to treat complex dissociative disorders. Check it out!
(PDF) Helpful and meaningful aspects of a psychoeducational programme to treat complex dissociative disorders: a qualitative approach
PDF | Purpose: Complex dissociative disorders (CDDs) are prevalent among psychotherapy clients, and research suggests carefully paced treatment for CDDs... | Find, read and cite all the research you n...
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Always forgetting that fall semesters seem to require so much stamina!
Hi bsky! 😃 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️We are recruiting for a (compensated) study about healing from heterosexism and transphobia through expressive writing! We’re recruiting LGBTQ+ folks in the US. Please share if you can— thank you! Access the study here: lgbtqmentalhealth.com/grow
Hi bsky! 😃 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️We are recruiting for a (compensated) study about healing from heterosexism and transphobia through expressive writing! We’re recruiting LGBTQ+ folks in the US. Please share if you can— thank you! Access the study here: lgbtqmentalhealth.com/grow
Just submitted a paper to a journal with a small mistake I caught after submission… sigh
Hi #psychscisky #clinicalpsych! Follow @nickapierorazio.bsky.social, one of our wonderful U Mass Boston doctoral students!
Sending a big thank you to @lizroemer.bsky.social for helping me make the move from the other place! 😁