Dear ISSTD Community: It is a pleasure to write as the incoming President of ISSTD for 2024, and I am fortunate to have Michael Salter as the Past President and Michael Coy, as the President Elect to bookend my presidency. It’s comfortable to know I can rely upon their wisdom and experience to guide me […]
The 2024 Institutional Courage Research Grant is Accepting Applications The Center for Institutional courage is committed to sharing and supporting scientific research that already exists and producing new research that focuses on institutional courage, institutional betrayal, betrayal trauma, cultural betrayal trauma and DARVO. The 2024 Institutional Courage Research Grant is accepting applications until April 1, […]
My name is Will Ewing, and I am a counseling psychology doctoral student at Marquette University (Milwaukee, WI). I am seeking participants to complete a study on their experiences talking about their trauma to others. I am recruiting participants who are 18 years or older, have experienced a trauma in their lifetime, are able to […]
The 2024 ISSTD Annual Conference is just a few weeks away! Here is the full schedule, including social events and group meetings. On March 21 and 22, Pre-Conference workshops are being offered by invited presenters who are experts in the field or cutting-edge researchers. They are offered in half day or full day formats. This […]
The central reason for the existence of any organization is its membership. The questions facing any organization include – how do we most effectively connect with those who would be motivated to join those who are already working within the organization to further collective goals? In our case, how do we, as a group of […]
This month’s Volunteer Opportunity Spotlight shines on an incredible opportunity to become more involved with ISSTD News as a member of the Virtual and Regional Conference Committee! Do you enjoy planning events? The Virtual and Regional Conference Committee (VRCC) is seeking committee members, and we would love for you to join! The VRCC works together […]
Introduction When considering shame as a consequence of relational trauma (Schore, 2001), therapists often think in terms of beliefs, implicit and/or explicit, about self in relation to others. These might include such beliefs as “I am… inferior, defective, damaged, worthless, unwanted, unlovable, etc.” Traumatic, shame states, or shame states for short (Benau, 2022; Herman, 2006, […]
The Fridley Fund was created to defray the cost of one training activity offered through ISSTD for students who would otherwise be unable to obtain appropriate instruction in the treatment of complex trauma and dissociation. ISSTD will have its first call for applications for this Fund in 2024. More details about the application period and […]
The ISSTD is an international, non-profit, professional society who seeks to advance clinical, scientific, and societal understanding about the prevalence and consequences of chronic trauma and dissociation. We do this by creating educational materials and providing opportunities for clinicians, researchers and students to learn from one another within the field of complex trauma and dissociation. […]
Lost and Found through GriefBy George Halasz I reassured myself, if I prepare well enoughI reassured myself, if I rehearse my reactionsI reassured myself, I might lessen the anticipated piercing painthe moment which will catch my breath, my mother’s death. For many weeks before I lived my life on probationhovering beween privation I learnt to […]
