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Certified as a Health & Wellness Coach through Georgetown University, Jeff is also the author of two leading books about Depersonalization-Derealization Disorder: “Feeling Unreal, Depersonalization Disorder and the Loss of the Self " (2006, fully revised 2023) and “Stranger To My Self” (2010). He has discussed the topic of Depersonalization on dozens of radio and television programs and is the founder of the non-profit Initiative for Depersonalization Studies (IDS). He is a member of the American Medical Writers Association and currently offers private consultations and life coaching via Zoom.
If you’re suffering from Depersonalization-Derealization Disorder you may feel lost and confused. You’ve probably visited psychiatrists and therapists and faced blank looks or prescriptions for medications designed to treat depression or bipolar disorders. You may feel the stigma of being a psychiatric patient—something you never dreamed you’d become. In desperation you may have purchased self-help programs or online “treatments” that have proven fruitless and left you financially drained.
As someone who has lived with DDD, studied it, and written about it for more than 30 years, I may be able to help.
Health and Wellness Coaching is nothing new. For decades, qualified coaches have helped people achieve their fitness and wellness goals with greater efficacy than doctor visits or therapy. Coaching can address anything from weight loss, to cardiac health to dealing with grief over the loss of a loved one or pet. Coaching provides neither formal “therapy” nor medical diagnoses. Nor does it address different mental states such as DDD directly. It is something unique unto itself involving intense and empathetic listening and questioning. But many of the tools can be useful as a means to address and overcome Depersonalization-Derealization Disorder.
No one can promise a cure for DDD. But knowledge and understanding of the condition goes a long way towards improvement and living the kind of life you want to live. So let’s talk. If you have some other health, fitness, or mental health goals, let's talk about that as well. I am offering a 20 minute introductory conversation via Zoom, in exchange for a $25 donation to our nonprofit Initiative for Depersonalization Studies (depersonalization.info). Let’s get to know each other and look at the ways coaching and/or consultations can help you "Repersonalize" and get on with your life!
Just send an email to JeffreyAbugel@gmail.com and we'll set up your consultation.
"I spent thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours trying to find a psychiatrist or psychologist who could even understand the concept at a 100 foot overview to help guide me in the right direction battling it. After 15 years of frustration and dead ends, I found some peace with all of it after all. Jeff is better than all other ‘therapists’ combined because he has lived through it and studied it more than anyone on earth." —LC, Boston
"Jeff knows pretty much all there is to know about depersonalization from every angle" — Joseph C., London
"I wish I had gone to Jeffrey first instead of wasting my time with arrogant doctors telling me I was bipolar. He is very down to earth and has a great sense of humor. He's kind of an heir apparent to famous philosophers and artists who studied the mind and cleansed the "doors of perception." —Mari P., San Francisco
"Jeffrey Abugel is an amazing writer—a fact that I think may be overlooked as he tries to help people with Dpdr. His books not only gave me a perfect description of what I could not put into words, bit also provided me with hope for the future."
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