Peter Maves – 2024 ISSTD President As I look back on 2024, I find myself returning to where I started in January, speaking about our Strategic Plan and how much has been accomplished. ISSTD has 35 groups involving committees, special interest groups, and regional online communities, all staffed by volunteers who commit valuable time to […]
ISSTD Member Dr. Audrey Zatopek wins the ACES’s 2024 Outstanding Dissertation Award The Outstanding Dissertation Award is awarded by the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) in the United States to one exceptional student per year. Dr. Zatopek won this award in 2024 for her dissertation study titled “Discovering Counselor Experiences of Receiving Dissociation […]
We are delighted to bring you this edition of the Board Briefs column in ISSTD News, which provides our members with important updates from the Board of Directors on a quarterly basis. The ISSTD Board of Directors focuses its efforts throughout the year on advancing the Society’s 2024-2026 Strategic Plan. With dedicated working groups focused […]
The ISSTD Webinar Committee attempts to present up-to-date clinical and research content of relevance to the field of trauma and dissociation, and which is accessible to all ISSTD members. It endeavors to create, in an ongoing way, a rich repository of material that is accessible both as live on-line presentations (into which the viewing audience […]
The Virtual Book Club is a free educational forum for all ISSTD members that highlights journal articles and books from mostly current publications in our field, although at times we discuss archival classics as well. We have the unique distinction of including authors in our listserv format discussions, providing everyone the opportunity to ask questions […]
The ISSTD Board and The Australia and New Zealand conference committee are excited to share the latest updates on the next regional conference to be held in Wellington/Poneke, New Zealand, October 31– November 2, 2025. We have the plenaries now confirmed, and they are Christine Courtois, PhD, Julian Ford, PhD, and D. Michael Coy, LICSW. […]
I have written in my President’s column this month about some of the many activities that are flourishing within ISSTD. We provide a wide range of activities, managed by volunteers in unison with our staff. Our volunteers are clinicians and researchers who have high demands on their time in their various fields. I want to […]
Every year, the Annual Conference Committee invites a few experts in the field of trauma and dissociation to present workshops or panel discussions at the Annual Conference. For our conference in Boston, Massachusetts in March 2025, in addition to the invited plenary speakers, we have invited presenters offering pre-conference workshops, holding a panel discussion, and […]
This month’s Volunteer Position Spotlight shines on the opportunity to become an Annual Conference Committee Marketing Volunteer. The Annual Conference Committee (ACC) is seeking volunteers to assist with various tasks related to the marketing and publicity of ISSTD’s Annual Conferences. Volunteers will collaborate with staff to help develop conference themes, schedules and tracks, as well […]
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. […]
