Dear fellow ISSTD Members, I hope you are all safe and healthy in these challenging times. Following on our first-ever virtual Annual Business Meeting that was held on Friday April 24, at 3:30 pm EDT, I would like to report on behalf of the Board what our transition plan is for 2020 and how we […]
Elizabeth Howell’s Latest Book: A Focus on Relational Healing ISSTD Fellow, Elizabeth Howell, PhD has just released her sixth book: Trauma and Dissociation-Informed Psychotherapy: Relational Healing and Therapeutic Connection, published this month by Norton. This book proposed a model for therapy in which the client and the practitioner are both traumatized and flawed human beings […]
Application window open: April 27 – May 31, 2020. This fund is designed to support research that is primarily concerned with dissociation or closely related topics. The award is named for David Caul, MD, the fourth president of ISSTD in 1987, (then known as the International Society for the Study of Multiple Personality & Dissociation) a dedicated and […]
Are you in a corner of the world that lacks an organized, local ISSTD presence? Or maybe you’ve had some contact with ISSTD in your region and would like to build on that. Do you feel passionate about creating an ISSTD online community that can connect around issues that matter in your area? Here is your chance! […]
ISSTD Board Members have been working to produce resources to assist mental health professionals and individuals experiencing complex trauma or dissociative disorders to manage the unprecedented situation the world is facing. These videos are being shared widely on social media and also posted on the ISSTD website. Pages are available for professionals and for the […]
Can I inspire you to take care of yourself as therapists and also for your clients by starting and creating a Journey Journal for the times that we are in. I am keeping one with some of my clients and it has proven to be a source of conversations that in some curious way show […]
The ISSTD Child & Adolescent Committee (C&A Committee) is co-chaired by Fran Waters and Na’ama Yehuda, and includes members from around the world: Argentina, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, the US, and the UK. The C&A Committee’s mission is to improve awareness, knowledge, training, and information about child and adolescent trauma and dissociation; and to work […]
Interview conducted 13th August, 2019 by Warwick Middleton Disclaimer: The views expressed in this interview are solely those of the interviewee. Last Month we ended the interview with Jeff’s decision to publish the previously unpublished letters of Sigmund Freud, letters which indicated his ongoing belief that at least some reports of child abuse were genuine, […]
Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, therapists around the world are rapidly adapting therapy to the online format. Our online forums and supervision sessions are full of conversations about Zoom fatigue, online security and how we best support our clients, even while we too are experiencing the stress of the pandemic. However, when it comes to […]
