The Membership Committee of ISSTD has been looking into ways of setting up a sponsorship program for membership. A few months ago, a working group was established with members Warwick Middleton, Rosita Cortizo, D. Michael Coy and Adithy, under the leadership of Abigail Percifield (Co-Chair, Membership Committee), to brainstorm ideas, create a sustainable structure, and […]
As a member of ISSTD, you have a number of different member benefits, and we want to ensure you are aware of all of these benefits to make the most of them. In this Member Benefit video series we will go over what they are, and how to use them. For January’s video, we explain […]
Dear ISSTD Members, As 2022 winds down and we prepare for 2023, we want to make you aware of two upcoming changes that will affect all members: the introduction of a new membership system in November 2022 and the increase in membership fees in January 2023. Introduction of New Membership SystemFor the past few years, […]
We are at that important time of the year where the ISSTD seeks your input in determining the leadership of the Society. Our Board elections are a crucial part of our functioning, and we invite you to get involved in voting. Please review the Board approved list of candidates nominated to fill the vacancies in […]
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By Adithy Desire to expand into the region: The need for learning about working with trauma has been increasing in the recent years in India. Though there is much less awareness about dissociation, there has been increasing interest in learning more about working with it. At the EMDR Asia Conference in January 2020 in Bangkok, […]
At the inauguration of the 46th President of the USA, in a Covid-safe ceremony in Washington on 20th January 2021, Amanda Gorman became the youngest poet to ever participate in such an event, powerfully reciting her poem, “The Hill We Climb”. Subsequent to this ceremony in which poetry was on centre-stage, our ISSTD Board, discussed […]
As part of ISSTD’s three year strategic plan, the Board of Directors has put a strong emphasis on growing ISSTD’s membership internationally. As part of this effort, we have expanded our membership fee tiers beyond the World Bank rates to allow for greater flexibility and consideration to developing events. Previously ISSTD membership was available in […]
This time every year the ISSTD seeks out engaged, energetic, and creative members who would like to be nominated for the positions available on the Board of Directors. These positions allow members to move into a leadership role and stamp their own ideas and vision on the ISSTD through direct engagement with other Board members […]
The outbreak of COVID-19 has thrown the world into disarray. With many countries going into lockdown, most therapists have been forced to undertake online therapy for some, or all of their clients. For many of us this has been a shock and we have had to re-think how we do therapy. There have been some […]
