Dear ISSTD community, A major task for our Society this year is the updating and revision of our treatment guidelines for dissociative identity disorder. The previous edition was published in 2011, and the dissociative disorders field has progressed in leaps and bounds over the last decade. The guidelines revisions are no small feat, and we […]
News You Can Use
News You Can Use – September, 2023
Treating Complex Trauma and Dissociation: The 2nd Edition is out! Lynette Danylchuk and Kevin Connors are very happy to let you all know the second edition of their book is done! The original focus of understanding complicated and complex dynamics impinging on a person hurt by trauma and abuse, while offering pragmatic and useful therapeutic […]
Regional Conferences
2023 Psychodynamics-Psychoanalytic Virtual Seminar
ISSTD is excited to announce our 2023 Psychodynamics-Psychoanalytic Virtual Seminar featuring presenters Ira Brenner, Charis Cladouhos, Elizabeth Howell, Shelly Itzkowitz, Rick Kluft, John O’Neil, Adah Sachs, and Valerie Sinason This two-day virtual seminar will challenge the either/or qualities of many trauma-relevant approaches and paradigms and demonstrate how psychoanalytic perspectives can enrich and empower our therapeutic […]
Organizational Updates
Seeking ISSTD News Editor
The ISSTD News is searching for its next Editor to begin in January, 2024. ISSTD News has been going on for many years and is one of many membership benefits. The Editor plays a vital role in ensuring members are able to feel connected to the organization as well as hear about important ideas and […]
Journal of Trauma & Dissociation
New Editor of the Journal of Trauma & Dissociation (JTD) Appointed
ISSTD is pleased to announce Julian D. Ford, PhD, ABPP has been appointed the new Editor of the Journal of Trauma & Dissociation. Dr. Ford is a board certified clinical psychologist and tenured Professor of Psychiatry and Law at the University of Connecticut where he is chair of two School of Medicine/Dental Medicine Institutional Review […]
Clinical Reflections
Co-occurring Autism and trauma, Posttraumatic Stress and Dissociation
The ISSTD is a leader in advocating for and working towards better recognition and treatment of trauma and dissociation, including in marginalized and historically under-served populations. With this mission in mind, a group of members came together last year to improve recognition and treatment of trauma and dissociation in individuals with neurodevelopmental disabilities. Now, the […]
Special Interest Groups
Eating Disorder SIG Update
The ED SIG was created a year ago because a number of ISSTD members were interested in the relationship between eating disordered behaviors and thinking and dissociation. These clinicians wanted to understand more and decided to start an ED SIG. Right now, the ED Executive Committee consists of Deborah Cohen, LCSW, Chair, Annie Goldsmith, RD […]
Publications of Interest
Dissociation Among Youth in Out of Home Care
This month in our quarterly column, Publications of Interest (POI), we are bringing you a selection of articles which explore dissociation among youth in out of home care/foster care. Youth in foster care or exiting foster care commonly report an extensive history of early abuse and neglect, re-abuse within foster care, and repeated cycles of […]
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Thank you to our 2023 Donors
The ISSTD is an international, non-profit, professional society who seeks to advance clinical, scientific, and societal understanding about the prevalence and consequences of chronic trauma and dissociation. We do this by creating educational materials and providing opportunities for clinicians, researchers and students to learn from one another within the field of complex trauma and dissociation. […]
Letter From The President
Recent Article Explores the Evolving Concept of ‘Trauma’
Dear ISSTD community, New York Magazine recently published a cover story by Danielle Carr, Assistant Professor at the Institute for Society and Genetics at UCLA, on the career of trauma luminary Bessel van Der Kolk. The development of Van der Kolk’s theoretical and empirical contributions to trauma studies provides a lens through which Dr Carr […]