30 Accomplishments We Want to Celebrate Together + Upcoming Highlights What a productive year 2021 has been. It started with the implementation of many strategic goals, new activities, and has continued to evolve successfully with sustained growth in the areas of international membership and finance. Your Presidents, Past, Present and Elect, would like to wish […]
Donate to ISSTD
Thank You to ISSTD’s 2021 Donors!
By donating to ISSTD, you help the Society continue to grow. If you approve of what your Society has been trying to do to advance our field and to provide a safe and supportive professional home for colleagues who work with those who are the victims of severe long term trauma, and if your circumstances permit, […]
News You Can Use
News You Can Use
Welcome ISSTD’s New Members in December! Professional MembersTaryn BrandtAruna ChakravortySarah ChippsJulia CoyleAnne GillTammie GrantWendy HubenthalSara KlinzmanRachel KohlJustin LairdJennifer Lorinsky-SimpsonKarol Kelly TeetorCara LuceyKsenia Meshcheryakovatony tshivulukidi mfumu-nsukaNicole MommsenAdrienne PaulsonLee PicciutoJem PowellMrs. Harini PrasadRobert SeilerTiffany Abbott St. PhillipBeth SteinbergKierstin TateSelamawit TesfayeThomas ThompsonLydia TurnerTigist Waltenigus Student MembersJessica BoffRita Juanita MarmolejoBethany McKinney Emerging Professional MembersChacy Agnelloashley jean conzelRebecca GorinMarika JoubertManto […]
Online Learning Center
Ring in the New Year with 22% off in the ISSTD Online Learning Center!
ISSTD is offering a sale to ring in the new year! Now through Monday, January 10 you can receive 22% off all recorded content in ISSTD’s new Online Learning Center! Please note that this discount does not apply to the 2022 webinar pass, Certificate Program Bundles, or any live courses. ISSTD’s new Online Learning Center features over 400 […]
Volunteer Spotlight
Thanking Our Volunteers of 2021
Dear ISSTD Members, We, as members of the ISSTD, operate in a world that is filled with the knowledge that infant and childhood torture is a fairly common experience. Our days are filled with the most horrific stories and from the most symptomatic human beings. Often, we do this in isolation; and this includes emotional, […]
In Memoriam
Honoring Members Lost in 2021
While 2021 brought myriad challenges individually and organizationally it also saw the loss of some incredible contributors to the field and to ISSTD. Below we honor these individuals as contributed by ISSTD Members. Gary Peterson, MD 1945-2021 After a prolonged illness, Dr. Gary Peterson lost the battle with idiopathic pulmonary disease on September 9, 2021 […]
Webinars
ISSTD Webinar Committee
The ISSTD Webinar Committee, since inception has been very ably chaired by Marilyn Korzekwa. As of the beginning of 2022 she has passed the baton to Sara Rourke and Warwick Middleton, who will act as co-chairs going forward. Kelly Rich, from our ISSTD Headquarters staff is the point person for matters involving the Webinar program. […]
Virtual Book Club
Virtual Book Club in 2022
The VBC is transitioning recently as one of our moderators, Joan Haliburn MD, is retiring, and we welcome Nicole Black to our team. We are also endeavoring to plan our discussions as much as we can before the beginning of each calendar year so that all of you can plan ahead as well. Each year […]
Publications of Interest
MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy for the Treatment of PTSD
The topic of December 2021’s publications of interests is MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for the treatment of PTSD. A common initial response to the testing of MDMA use in psychotherapy was one of skepticism – understandable in the historical context of LSD misuse and abuse by researchers in the 1960’s. However, recent phase III clinical trials with […]
Organizational Updates
Welcome to Our Newly Elected Officers and Board Members!
Thank you all for participating in the ISSTD 2022 Board of Directors Elections! Below are our newly elected officers and Board Members and their candidate statement. We look forward to working with them as we head into 2022 and beyond! Thank you for everyone who put forward their candidacy and participated in the nominations and […]