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Summary
Phase III: Unification/Fusion of the Personality For this final step the individual needs to overcome the phobia of other parts in the system, of their trauma memories and of the realization that the individual was an abused child.

This step involves going beyond the integration of trauma memories, even though during this phase the individual will move spontaneously back and forth from phase II to phase III with new trauma memories emerging at the same time the individual is doing phase III work. In this phase expect painful grieving, relinquishment of long-held core substitute beliefs, and a struggle to adapt to new mental and behavioral actions. Upon unification the individual generally keeps the skills and attributes of the individual parts. Finally, trauma manifestations can occur for many months after unification is thought to be secure, but this climax will come eventually.

-The Haunted Self p. 339-340