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 […]
Dear fellow ISSTD Members, At this time of the year the ISSTD Board of Directors is working on a strategy for the direction in which ISSTD could grow over the next three years. As any professional organization is really its members, one of our primary concerns is to foster an engaged, welcoming and inclusive community […]
ISSTD Member Launches New Embodied Antiracism Training ISSTD Member Francesca Maxime is offering a 5-week embodied antiracism online course through www.therapywisdom.com launching in October. This course is the brain-child of Francesca and has been a year in the making. Francesca says, “In my own personal journey as a Haitian-Dominican Italian-American multiethnic woman, it was my […]
Over the last several months, the ISSTD Board of Directors and the Annual Conference Committee have been monitoring the situation with COVID-19. The safety of our attendees and presenters is our utmost priority. Due to the continued uncertainty regarding a vaccine and international travel, we have decided to transition the 2021 ISSTD Annual Conference to […]
ISSTD SEP member, Australian therapist, Lowen Clarke has developed a unique form of therapeutic reading based on bi-lateral eye movements. In this interview I get a chance to explore this with him. CC: It sounds like you have a very eclectic background. Can you tell us about your journey to becoming a trauma expert? LC: […]
It has been another exciting year for our Student and Emerging Professionals (SEP) Committee. We know that everyone is working hard to maintain strength and sanity during some difficult times worldwide. We’d like to offer our courage and support to all Students and Emerging Professionals out there! We know you work hard and are so […]
