Greg L. Nooney, MSW, ACSW, LISW, LCSW, earned a master’s degree in social work from Loyola University in Chicago in 1983 and is licensed in Iowa (LISW) and Hawaii (LCSW). He is the author of Diagnosing and Treating Dissociative Identity Disorder: A Guide for Social Workers and All Frontline Staff, published in 2022 by NASW Press, and an article entitled "Dissociative Identity Disorder" in the Encyclopedia of Social Work. Greg has worked as a therapist, mostly in community mental health centers, for 40 years, and was the director of a mental health clinic from 2007 to 2017. Now semi-retired, he sees a few clients, does supervision, and offers consultation for other therapists who are working with clients with DID. Greg is currently in the process of writing a novel with a main character who has DID. He and his wife have four adult children and live in Iowa in a small house with two cats and a vegetable garden. Greg is passionate in his desire to educate other therapists to accept and work cooperatively with those who are diagnosed with OSDD or DID. He can be reached through his website at
www.gregnooney.com>.