Eve White Psychological Analysis

Throughout the film, Eve White visited Dr. Luther's office many times. Dr. Luther was more of a psychodynamic psychiatrist. His treatment for Eve White’s condition consisted of hypnotherapy and psychotherapy. These types of treatments are what is commonly used when treating patients with dissociative identity disorder (Heffner, 2001). Eve first went to the psychiatrist because she was experiencing severe headaches and blinding. Then she mentioned how she also experienced a blackout while she was playing outdoors with her daughter. Dr. Luther was astonished that she did not remember events that have occurred while she was present. This is when Dr. Luther performed hypnosis on Eve White to see if he can get her to remember or recall the event. Eve had many interviews and hypnosis sessions approximately one hundred hours within a fourteen-month time frame …show more content…
Eve Black was able to come out more often and take over Eve White. (Thigpen & Cleckley, 1954) . Sources mentioned that hypnosis can often trigger dissociative identity disorder. Researchers believe that many cases of dissociative identity disorder are caused unintentionally by the practitioner performing the hypnosis on the client. This is believed because the therapist may suggest that there is another personality within the client. Also, they believe that therapists can cause this disorder by suggesting the clients generate different personalities. Lastly, researchers believe hypnosis can be the cause of dissociative identity disorder because a therapist is looking for multiple personalities to appear in a client. It may encourage the therapist to seek out more interest when a patient is experiencing some sort of dissociation (Comer, 2016). Although researchers believe that hypnosis can unintentionally cause this disorder research has also found that hypnosis can help the client recognize their