“…The lack of training is exacerbated by information about trauma and dissociation in undergraduate and graduate textbooks that is often inadequate, inaccurate, sensationalized, or fails to present a balanced review of research (Brand, Kumar, & McEwen, 2019 ; Reinders & Veltman, 2020 ; Wilgus, Packer, Lile-King, Miller-Perrin, & Brand, 2016 ). Even seasoned clinicians may believe they understand and know how to identify the impacts of trauma, including dissociation, yet many clinicians cannot accurately diagnose DDs when presented with vignettes that describe cases with clear dissociative symptoms (Dorahy et al, 2016 ). Indeed, clinicians may feel quite confident they are correctly diagnosing a traumatized individual, when in fact, they are incorrect (Perniciaro, 2015 ).…”