The first 2016 Regional Conference was held in Langley, BC October 15-16. This two-day workshop featured presenters Christine Forner, Michael Dadson, Lisa Danylchuk, and Rochelle Sharpe- Lorashbe. As part of this conference, the opening session was livestreamed to allow participants outside the local area to view the presentation live. A total of 30 individuals participated […]
ISSTD is excited to announce the introduction of a new type of course to our Professional Training Program – the hybrid course. These courses allow participants to participate either in-person with the instructor or via the computer using Zoom. Our first hybrid course launched in September in Chapel Hill, NC with instructor, Gary Peterson. A […]
The ISSTD Awards Committee is currently accepting nominations for ISSTD Annual Awards and for ISSTD Fellow status to deserving recipients. Below please find information regarding the ISSTD awards categories and links to the Annual Awards and Fellow nomination application forms. The deadline for award nominations is December 31, 2016 at 11:59PM EST. ISSTD ANNUAL AWARDS […]
We have reached a critical point in the planning for the 2017 Annual ISSTD Conference. Our plenary speakers have been confirmed, our pre & post conference workshops are lined-up. The Call for Submission has closed and we are starting the review process as a precursor to building the program schedule. The review process is managed […]
I thought that I might share a semi-random assortment of the feedback you gave in respect to our recent 33rd Annual Conference in San Francisco: “Excellent meeting spaces, well-provisioned, good climate control” “San Francisco is one of my favorite cities to visit. My husband even joined me, and we made it into a mini-vacation. Go […]
The Board of Directors continues to meet monthly, attending to many ongoing and new projects. Our new board members rapidly assimilated with the previous board members, in large part because of our day-long board meeting held at the San Francisco Conference in April. Some of the activity highlights from your current board include: E-Journal We […]
At the UN Task Force conference call on Friday, May 20, 2016, Sonia Smuts hit ‘send’ on our UN ECOSCO (UN Economic and Social Council) application. We now have an ISSTD homepage on the UN website. Vivian Pender spent a great deal of time sharing with us how to use our time and energy at […]
Over the past several years the ISSTD has been working to instigate the development and publication of an E-Journal that would specifically target the treatment of complex trauma and dissociative disorders. This publication would complement the Society’s other Journal, the Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, which has a more empirical-focus. The development of the E-Journal […]
Dear ISSTD Members, In 2012, the ISSTD Board approved establishment of two new organizational structures: the Scientific Committee and the Scientific Advisory Board. The immediate goal of this initiative was to create a roster of international experts to represent the field publicly. This goal has exceeded all expectation, with the Scientific Committee, for example, being […]
A sampling of recent articles on dissociation. Kazlauskas E, Javakhishvilli J, Meewisse M, Merecz-Kot D, Şar V, Schäfer I, Schnyder U, Gersons BP. (2016). “Trauma treatment across Europe: where do we stand now from a perspective of seven countries.” European Journal of Psychotraumatology. 2016 Mar 18;7:29450. doi: 10.3402/ejpt.v7.29450. eCollection 2016. PubMed PMID: 26996534; PubMed Central […]
