I am the current Chairman of ISSTD’s Professional Training Program, to be followed in 2024 by Faige Flakser as Chair, with Jill Hosey stepping into the Chair-Elect position. The PTP represents a core educational function for ISSTD and is comprised of a sequence of courses, at levels moving from introductory to advanced, for the understanding […]
Greetings from ISSTD’s Finance Committee! As with the previous year’s update, in addition to the typical highlights, I want to offer you a bit more insight into how the Finance Committee functions within the Society. You may not be aware, but, unlike most committees, which have formed over time because the ISSTD President and Board […]
The Goodwin Fund is a donor restricted fund, intended to further education for those who have fewer financial opportunities. The Goodwin Fund runs twice a year with a budget of 2400.00 USD per year. This Fund is intended for those who possess an interest in learning more about complex trauma and dissociation. Applicants who hold […]
Happy June ISSTDWorld! Thanks for stopping by and taking a minute to find out what the Member Engagement Committee has been up to for the last while. The goal of the ISSTD’s Member Engagement Committee has been to work alongside other ISSTD Committees, Special Interest Groups, Taskforces, and the Board of Directors to identify volunteer […]
The Scientific Committee serves as the executive committee of the scientific area of ISSTD – advising the Board and other committees on all matters of science, research, and further development of theory and clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of complex trauma and dissociative disorders. We are involved in all strategic endeavors and […]
The lifeblood of any organisation is its membership. The questions facing any organisation include – how do we most effectively connect with those who would be motivated to join those who are already working within the organisation, to further its goals? In our particular case, how do we, as a group of professionals, make working […]
The Public Health Committee, co-chaired by Michael Salter and Heather Hall, is seeking to expand the reach of the ISSTD into the public sector to address the social determinants of complex trauma. This committee originated as a Public Health Subcommittee back in 2018 and it became a full-fledged committee in 2020. The impetus for the […]
The Fundraising Committee has had an active year. We have worked on creating specific regular fundraising actions that will target each individual fund for the ISSTD. This is a practice that we will continue to expand upon during the next few years. We have created a letter writing campaign that addresses the need to collect […]
For some years now ISSTD has had a special committee for Student and Emerging Professionals (SEP members). This Committee was formed as the brainchild of our Past President Christine Forner, who recognized that ISSTD needed a special place to welcome new members and support them. Over the years the Committee has been involved in meet […]
The Public Health Committee was formed in 2021 and grew out of a Board of Directors task force that Michael Salter and Heather Hall spearheaded. The primary deliverable of the task force was to write a paper on the public health implications of Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. We are happy to report that goal […]
