Michael Salter and Heather Hall’s article, “Reducing Shame, Promoting Dignity: A Model for The Prevention of Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder” (Salter & Hall, 2022) was such a refreshing reminder for me about the important role of primary prevention for the promotion of child and family health and well-being. So much important work focuses on […]
With April being Child Abuse Prevention Month in the USA, ISSTD has taken this opportunity to launch new updated Child and Adolescent Facts Sheets. These have been developed over the last year by a special working group of the Child and Adolescent SIG. These Facts Sheets will provide accessible and up to date information to […]
Spreading the Word is a feature of ISSTD News where we focus on the work of people or organisations who aim to spread the word about trauma and dissociation to the broader community. In this edition we discuss the work and achievements of the Trauma and Dissociation Unit, located at Belmont Hospital, Brisbane, Australia, which […]
Spreading the Word is a feature of ISSTD News where we focus on the work of people who aim to spread the word about trauma and dissociation to the broader community. In this edition of Spreading the Word I interview Francesca Maximé who is a Haitian-Dominican Italian-American Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP), IMTA accredited and certified […]
Welcome back. This month I’m delighted to interview Dr. Robert T. Muller, PhD. Dr. Muller trained at Harvard, was on faculty at the University of Massachusetts, and is currently at York University in Toronto. He is a Fellow of the ISSTD for his work on trauma treatment, and his bestseller, Trauma & the Avoidant Client […]
Welcome back. October brings us to the great work of the Blue Knot Foundation, Australia’s National Centre of Excellence for Complex Trauma, with a focus on those who have experienced childhood trauma. Blue Knot Foundation was founded in 1995, as a self-help organisation called ASCA (Advocated for Survivors of Child Abuse). It was developed by […]
Hello and welcome to this brand new section of ISSTD News. Here we hope to showcase the best of our members in ‘spreading the word’ about our mission to alleviate the impact of trauma and dissociation, and in bringing this important work to the fore. Putting my hand up for the recent call-out for a […]
