D. Michael Coy – 2025 PresidentLearning from the Past, Looking to the Future Dear ISSTD Community, Welcome to the December 2025 edition of ISSTD News, which you are reading in early January! This month, as is the case every year, I am, as outgoing President, accompanied here by incoming President Abigail Percifield and outgoing Immediate […]
Congratulations to ISSTD Member, Shae Nester, on receiving the American Psychological Foundation’s 2025 Dr. Christine Blasey Ford Grant! The foundation stated, This year, our Dr. Christine Blasey Ford Grant supported M. Shae Nester’s research on trauma-related dissociation, an important yet deeply underfunded area. This grant both advances Shae’s dissertation work and helps improve care and […]
We hope this message finds you well! Here are a few updates from ISSTD’s Board of Directors. New Executive Director Our new executive director, Tim Shaw, joined the organization in late October, and has now fully launched into the role, attending myriad meetings, building relationships with countless volunteers, and developing strategies with the executive committee, […]
Dear ISSTD Community, ISSTD is a not-for-profit organization with a mission to “advance clinical, scientific, and societal understanding about the prevalence and consequences of chronic trauma and dissociation.” Our headquarters runs with a small, highly dedicated, paid staff. Owing to that, a significant amount of the work we do as a Society relies heavily upon […]
The ISSTD Annual Conference Committee is delighted to bring you the expertise and diversity of our 2026 Annual Conference speakers! So many powerful leaders in the field of trauma are scheduled to offer participants information to enhance their practices and understanding of trauma through many different lenses. The pre-conference speakers are scheduled on Thursday, March […]
The Virtual Book Club (VBC) is a longstanding arm of ISSTD educational programs, supporting continuing education through community engagement with emerging publications in the field of complex trauma and dissociation. Over the past year, we were pleased to welcome wide and enthusiastic involvement in our conversations about two significant books. In partnership with the Deep […]
Years ago, ISSTD webinars were arranged in a very ad hoc manner and did not appear as a regular program. Webinars, compared with current arrangements, were relatively infrequent. There were no schedules of webinars which ISSTD members could access via annual passes. Around a decade ago, our Society, recognizing a near absence of webinars in […]
Hello! Here at the Vicarious Trauma & Resilience Special Interest Group (VTR SIG) we offer a gathering about 8 times a year via our executive meetings, support meetings and one special in-person meeting at the annual conference. The support meetings are a time to take a breath in the company of others who “get it.” At the […]
As we close out 2025, the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD) would like to express our deepest gratitude to everyone who supported the Society through donations this past year. None of our work would be possible without the generosity of our donors. Contributions to any of the ISSTD funds help […]
Volume 26, Issue 5Volume 26, Issue 4Volume 26, Issue 3Volume 26, Issue 2Volume 26, Issue 1 Volume 25, Issue 5Volume 25, Issue 4Volume 25, Issue 3Volume 25, Issue 2Volume 25, Issue 1 Did you know ISSTD members receive online access to the full JTD? View this video for more instructions on how to access the […]
