“A Deep Wound Under my Heart”: New Report Explores Women’s understandings of Complex Trauma and Service Provision ISSTD Board Director, Dr Michael Salter is the lead author of a new report “A deep wound under my heart” which explores women’s understandings of complex trauma and their experiences of service provision in Australia. The report was […]
Elizabeth Howell’s Latest Book: A Focus on Relational Healing ISSTD Fellow, Elizabeth Howell, PhD has just released her sixth book: Trauma and Dissociation-Informed Psychotherapy: Relational Healing and Therapeutic Connection, published this month by Norton. This book proposed a model for therapy in which the client and the practitioner are both traumatized and flawed human beings […]
New Edition of Restoring the Shattered Self The second edition of Restoring the Shattered Self: A Christian Counselor’s Guide to Complex Trauma, has just been released. Written by ISSTD Member Heather Davediuk Gingrich, a professor of counseling at Denver Seminary. This new edition covers the material of the first edition including the impacts of trauma; […]
Welcome ISSTD New Members in February! Professional MembersAlexa AlbertBeth BickelMarie CarmodyZella ChildsFiona FarleyDeborah KennardTracie McDowellKathy McIndoeRachelle MillerTanvi PatelLynn PaternaHalleh SeddighzadeShweta SharmaScott Woerner Emerging Professional MembersLauren OverhageEmily Rawlin Student MembersCourtnie BurkeJacob CurranJennifer MeloSkyler OrtizAubrie PattersonLola Raymond BhattLauren Spampinato Do You Have News ISSTD Members Can Use? We need your help to make NYCU a great feature, […]
DBT-Informed Group for People with Dissociated Identities ISSTD Members Kate McMaugh and Noula Diamantopoulos have developed a DBT-informed group program, specifically adapted for people with dissociated identities. This is a skills- based, psychoeducational program, with a strong focus on safety and stability. Noula and Kate will use psychoeducation, group discussion, practice sessions and creative methods […]
Trauma Training Available in Otautahi/Christchurch For those who attended the Otautahi/Christchurch regional conference or are looking for additional training, check out a 2020 workshop on “Mindful Somatic Approaches to Working Acute and Developmental Trauma”. This comprehensive training will take place in April and May of 2020. More information is available here. Welcome to ISSTD’s New […]
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 […]
Blue Knot Foundation, Australia’s National Centre of Excellence for Complex Trauma has launched new clinical guidelines for the treatment of complex trauma. Written by ISSTD members, Dr Cathy Kezelman AM and Pam Stavropoulos PhD, these clinical guidelines update the original ground-breaking and internationally acclaimed clinical guidelines, which were published in 2012. The original guidelines were […]
ISSTD UN Event On Thursday, October 10, 2019 ISSTD will serve as a co-sponsor for the United Nations NGO Committee on Mental Health event “Suicide Prevention: Towards a Tailored Approach to Global Mental Health Programs” to commemorate World Mental Health Day. Location: Church Center of the United Nation, 777 UN Plaza, NY 10017 Conference Room […]
Attachment Journal – Special Issue on Attachment and Sexual Trauma The first 2019 issue of the popular journal Attachment: New Directions in Psychotherapy and Relational Psychoanalysis is sure to be of particular interest to ISSTD Members, with a special focus on attachment and sexual trauma. This edition contains a number of articles written by ISSTD […]
