This month we continue with publishing the poetry that was performed by ISSTD’s Poet’s Corner at the Asia-Pacific Virtual Conference in November 2021. This is the second group of poetry and contains poems by Jan Ewing, Phyliss Klein, Valerie Sinason and Colin Ross. I hope you enjoy reading this collection from such esteemed members and […]
ISSTD is thrilled to launch the new Online Learning Center! Featuring just under 400 hours of recorded content, this platform provides one easy place for ISSTD members and event participants to access all of their content and complete their CE evaluations all in one system. This project has been under development for quite some time […]
1.Your refugee heartwaits, displaced heartsqueezed into a suitcase,hides under the mattress. Your exiled hands fold,anticipate the momentof escape, salvation to show updown the road. Your foreignfeet take you in that direction,carry away your refugee heart,your exiled hands, your immigranteyes looking for anything familiaron the way to the new place.The fields you walk, ruined. Your wanderer’s […]
All articles requesting research participation must be approved by the ISSTD Board prior to posting. This proposal was approved by the ISSTD Board in April 2020. ISSTD student member Shelley Hua is seeking participants for research as part of her Honours thesis in Psychology. Shelley’s research is entitled Dissociation & Mental Processes – what’s the […]
In less than two weeks, ISSTD is headed to San Francisco, CA for the 37th Annual International Conference, The World Congress on Complex Trauma and Dissociation 2020: Envisioning the Coming Decade. Featuring plenary speakers Karlen Lyons-Ruth, PhD, Pat Ogden, PhD, and A.A.T. Simone Reinders, PhD, and with ten exciting Pre-Conference Workshops, this conference is already […]
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 […]
Other than TV, the first time I heard about sex for hire, I was sixteen years old. I had just interviewed for my first job. During the interview, I quickly decided that I was not interested in the advertised role of emptying vender machines. As I was preparing to leave the interviewer said, “I have […]
How to submit an article to Frontiers Frontiers is here! How did you like it? Steve Frankel and I, Co-Editors of Frontiers in the Psychotherapy of Trauma and Dissociation, welcome your comments, judgments and suggestions. You may send them to drpsylex@gmail.com or aladdis@gmail.com. Invitation to submit articles We are eager to host articles from ISSTD […]
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERS Mark E. Babcock Lori Bellan Kate Brainard-Lee James Bunting Jim Caldwell Jonathan Cleveland James Counsellor Amber Davies Elizabeth Davis Amanda Ellis Laura Epstein Jeff N. Gilchrist Karen Gutherless Beth Ellen Hancock Lynne Harris Mobina Hasan Elizabeth Hess Deborah L. Horan Tamra Hughes Jane Jacobs Lauren E. Jones Gail Kalin Robert John Kennerley Vivien […]
Dear ISSTD colleagues, It is my great pleasure to welcome you to not only our first newsletter of 2017, but our first newsletter in a blog format. It shows the ongoing developments within ISSTD as we work to provide up-to-date information on multiple social media platforms (e.g., Facebook, Twitter), through annual and regional conferences along […]
