Author: mhanlin

May 27, 2022

Committee to the UN

Knowing and Not Knowing About Climate Change: ISSTD’s UN Committee Participate in Innovative Mental Health Webinar

Emily Christensen, PhD and Karen Hopenwasser, MD

In February 2022, ISSTD co-sponsored a United Nations affiliated presentation organized by the NGO Committee on Mental Health. Karen Hopenwasser, Co-Chair of the ISSTD UN Committee and Co-Convener of the Trauma Working Group of the NGO Committee on Mental Health organized the event, “Knowing and Not Knowing about the Climate Crisis: Through the Lens of Trauma and Dissociation”. […]

April 30, 2022

Letter From The President

Back Together at the 2022 Annual Conference

Lisa Danylchuk, MEd, LMFT

It was wonderful to see so many of you at the Seattle Conference, and to hear your comments coming in from the virtual audience, as well. As we discussed Post-Traumatic Growth in a Dissociative World, the importance of our work as clinicians, researchers, and advocates became increasingly clear – it is essential that we continue to share […]

April 30, 2022

News You Can Use

News You Can Use – April 2022

Kate McMaugh, Editor ISSTD News

Welcome ISSTD’s New Members in April! Professional MembersNadiia AleksinaShannae AndersonGinger Villareal ArmasTracey BaileyJenna Lea BrittErica ChadwickTherese CollieSharon ConnellAmy CoombsPamela Gage DillonWendy FloresErica FolinskyAmy E GoldfarbWai Leng KwokMadalina E LeangaJonathan LeboltSofie MaugerMegan M MeyersAshley NeuhauserPauline O’BrienCatherine Stephanie O’NeillLinda Escobar OlszewskiLaura J PerryTerry PetrenchikJulia PinskyHailey ReissViolet ReveiraAshley RoehrigLindsay SchofieldBobbie J ShepardMr. Rodney StantonSacha Van EetenLisa Yeates Student […]

April 29, 2022

Online Learning Center

New Recorded Content Available – April 2022

New content packages have been opened in the ISSTD Online Learning Center! Read on below for more information on these new pieces of recorded content. Please note that registration for this content is in ISSTD’s new Online Learning Center. If you have not yet created an account on the site you will need to do so […]

April 29, 2022

Caul Awards

David Caul Graduate Research Fund – Applications Accepted May 2 – June 3, 2022

The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation is pleased to announce the David Caul Graduate Research Grant. This grant is designed to support research that is primarily concerned with dissociation or closely related topics. Graduate students (in a Masters, PsyD, or PhD program) and undergraduate honors students are eligible to apply for grants up […]

April 28, 2022

Special Interest Groups

Child and Adolescent SIG Update

Jill Hosey (Chair), Alexis Arbuthnott (Moderator) & Billie Jo Bennett (Secretary)

With April being Child Abuse Prevention Month and the ISSTD’s Child and Youth Month, what better time than to provide an update on the ISSTD’s Child & Adolescent Special Interest Group (SIG)! Currently 37 members strong, members of the Child & Adolescent SIG bring a wealth of knowledge and experience about working with traumatized children […]

April 25, 2022

Volunteer Spotlight

Volunteer Spotlight: Peter Maves, PhD

Emily Christensen

In this interview Emily interviews Peter Maves who has been involved for many years as a volunteer in ISSTD. Emily: How did you find out about dissociation? Peter: My first job after I received my Ph.D. was managing a mental health center office. Since I did not know the community well, and since my background included working […]

April 15, 2022

2022 Annual Conference

Going Hybrid: Looking Back at the 2022 Annual Conference

ISSTD Staff

After a two year hiatus from in-person conferences, ISSTD was thrilled to bring together more than 200 people in Seattle for our first hybrid conference, Post-Traumatic Growth in a Dissociative World. In addition to the 200 in-person attendees, more than 100 people joined the event online from around the world. The conference started on Thursday […]

April 15, 2022

Community Spotlight

Communications & Marketing Committee Update

Kate McMaugh

The Communications and Marketing Committee aims to promote ISSTD activities and services, both internally and externally. It also has a role in promoting issues relating to complex trauma and dissociation in the wider community, targeting health professionals, other relevant professionals, and the general public. This includes improving the awareness of complex trauma and dissociation in […]

April 10, 2022

Creative Space

Poet’s Corner at the Asia-Pacific Conference: Part III

Warwick Middleton, MD

As many of you will know by now, ISSTD’s very own poetry group – ‘Poet’s Corner’ provided a fantastic presentation as part of the Asia-Pacific Regional Conference in November 2021. This year, each month in ISSTD News, we have been publishing those poems for your enjoyment. This is the last of that installment, but we […]

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