Dear fellow ISSTD Members, The ISSTD Board recently approved some changes to the ISSTD membership categories. In addition to these changes, the Board has elected not to raise membership fees in 2021 as the COVID-19 situation continues. The most important of these is the implementation of a NEW Emeritus Membership category. The Emeritus category was […]
New Book Details Everything We Ever Wanted to Know about Trauma and Dissociation! ISSTD Board Member, Dr Valerie Sinason has written a new book: The Truth about Trauma and Dissociation: Everything You Didn’t Want to Know and Were Afraid to Ask, which is a little different to her previous books. Valerie explains: “This is my […]
A goal of the UN Committee is to increase awareness at UN meetings that mental health is a key aspect of well-being and that we must educate about trauma-informed mental health care. ISSTD endorsed a statement put out by the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO): “COVID-19 Recovery: Building Back […]
This month our volunteer spotlight is with Board Member and Treasurer, D. Michael Coy, MA, LICSW: What is your educational and professional background, and where in the world do you live? I live in Bremerton, Washington, USA. My queer identity, my mother’s death at age 44 (twenty years ago this year), my five-year stint as […]
Given October is Domestic Violence Awareness month in the US, we offer this book review by Jackie Burke, long term member of ISSTD, a psychologist in private practice in Sydney Australia, and Adjunct Fellow at Western Sydney University. Published last year, Jess Hill’s book, See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Abuse […]
This month’s Volunteer Position Spotlight shines on the International Spotlight Coordinator with the ISSTD News! International Spotlight is a regular quarterly feature which focuses on the trauma and dissociation field in a particular country around the world. This is an exciting chance to liaise with trauma and dissociation specialists from around the world. ISSTD News […]
