Author: Casey Richman

ISSTD is headed to San Francisco, CA for the 37th Annual International Conference, The World Congress on Complex Trauma and Dissociation 2020: Envisioning the Coming Decade. Early Bird Registration is open through January 15, 2020. Featuring plenary speakers Karlen Lyons-Ruth, PhD, Pat Ogden, PhD, and A.A.T. Simone Reinders, PhD, and with ten exciting Pre-Conference Workshops, this conference is already full of fantastic training opportunities. Read […]

December 10, 2019

Volunteer Spotlight

Thank You to the Volunteers Sustaining the ISSTD Community

Kate McMaugh, Editor, ISSTD News

Each year December 5 is International Volunteer Day, and the time when we take a moment to thank the volunteers who make ISSTD a thriving community. This year’s International Volunteer Day (IVD) theme ‘Volunteer for an Inclusive Future’, focuses on the role of volunteering as a way of engaging people to make meaningful contributions to […]

November 30, 2019

Letter From The President

Our Grander Community

Christine Forner, MSW

My Fellow ISSTD Travelers, As this is one of my final letters to the membership, I find myself reflecting upon this year. My first notion is gratitude. I have had the most wonderful year leading, in my humble opinion, one of the most genuine group of clinicians and researchers in the world. We seem to […]

November 30, 2019

News You Can Use

New Book Explores the Concept of Evil ISSTD Fellows Sheldon Itzkowitz, Ph.D. & Elizabeth F. Howell, Ph.D are Editors of a just-released book which explores psychopathy and the concept of human evil. The book entitled Psychoanalysts, Psychologists and Psychiatrists Discuss Psychopathy and Human Evil explores the psychology of psychopaths, and the personal, societal and cultural […]

November 29, 2019

Board Briefs

Welcome ISSTD’s New Board Members for 2020!

ISSTD is thrilled to welcome our returning and incoming Board Members! President-Elect: Robert Slater, LCSW-R, MSWTreasurer: D Michael Coy, MA, LICSWDirector Member: Heather Hall, MD (elected for second term)Director Member: Shelly Itzkowitz, PhD ABPPDirector Member: Catherine Keech, LMFTDirector Member: Abigail PercifieldDirector Member: Eva Teirstein Young, MFA, MPS, ATR-BC, LCAT We also want to thank Victor […]

November 27, 2019

Regional Conferences

A Conference in Pictures

We caught up with friends Ceremony was important We were fortunate to learn more about complex trauma and dissociation, from a fantastic array of speakers Social events were very important Although some people hogged the back seat of the bus! And we practiced some new skills. . . like learning to tolerate the cold And […]

November 26, 2019

Regional Conferences

ISSTD Awards Presented at the Australia-New Zealand Regional Conference

The ISSTD Bi-National Regional Conference held in Ōtautahi/Christchurch, New Zealand, from 22-24 November hosted a fun-filled conference dinner, with a more serious side: conferring awards to those who have made a significant contribution to the field of trauma and dissociation. While these awards were part of ISSTD’s Annual Awards process, some participants were unable to […]

November 26, 2019

Membership

Obituary for Dr Susie Farrelly

Dr Susie Farrelly, a gifted psychiatrist, innovative thinker, and lover of life, died of metastatic breast cancer on November 1st in Auckland, New Zealand. At a time in the 1990s when little emphasis was placed on the importance of trauma in the aetiology of major mental illness in Auckland and elsewhere, Dr Farrelly championed the […]

November 25, 2019

Regional Conferences

Christchurch Conference a Huge Success

Kate McMaugh

For Australian and New Zealand therapists, and many other international visitors, this has been a big month with the ISSTD bi-annual Australia-New Zealand conference being held in Ōtautahi/Christchurch from 22-24 November, a culmination of two years of planning. For many of us, this conference was not just professionally educational, but also personally moving. While the […]

November 17, 2019

Special Interest Groups

TAY/Emerging Adult SIG

Catherine "Katie" Keech

The TAY/ Emerging Adult SIG is a special interest group for members of ISSTD who are interested in the treatment of complex trauma in Transitional Age Youth (TAY), generally defined as clients between 18 to 24 years old. This group has specific developmental needs, as brains are still developing and they are working to understand […]

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Author: Casey Richman

2020 Annual Conference

ISSTD 2020 Annual Conference: Early Bird Registration Ends Soon!

Volunteer Spotlight

Thank You to the Volunteers Sustaining the ISSTD Community

Letter From The President

Our Grander Community

News You Can Use

News You Can Use

Board Briefs

Welcome ISSTD’s New Board Members for 2020!

Regional Conferences

A Conference in Pictures

Regional Conferences

ISSTD Awards Presented at the Australia-New Zealand Regional Conference

Membership

Obituary for Dr Susie Farrelly

Regional Conferences

Christchurch Conference a Huge Success

Special Interest Groups

TAY/Emerging Adult SIG

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