Dear ISSTD Community, ISSTD is a not-for-profit organization with a mission to “advance clinical, scientific, and societal understanding about the prevalence and consequences of chronic trauma and dissociation.” Our headquarters runs with a small, highly dedicated, paid staff. Owing to that, a significant amount of the work we do as a Society relies heavily upon […]
2026 Annual Conference
ISSTD Annual Conference 2026 Speakers
The ISSTD Annual Conference Committee is delighted to bring you the expertise and diversity of our 2026 Annual Conference speakers! So many powerful leaders in the field of trauma are scheduled to offer participants information to enhance their practices and understanding of trauma through many different lenses. The pre-conference speakers are scheduled on Thursday, March […]
Virtual Book Club
Virtual Book Club Update 2025
The Virtual Book Club (VBC) is a longstanding arm of ISSTD educational programs, supporting continuing education through community engagement with emerging publications in the field of complex trauma and dissociation. Over the past year, we were pleased to welcome wide and enthusiastic involvement in our conversations about two significant books. In partnership with the Deep […]
Committee Update
Webinar Committee Update
Years ago, ISSTD webinars were arranged in a very ad hoc manner and did not appear as a regular program. Webinars, compared with current arrangements, were relatively infrequent. There were no schedules of webinars which ISSTD members could access via annual passes. Around a decade ago, our Society, recognizing a near absence of webinars in […]
Special Interest Groups
Vicarious Trauma & Resilience SIG Update
Hello! Here at the Vicarious Trauma & Resilience Special Interest Group (VTR SIG) we offer a gathering about 8 times a year via our executive meetings, support meetings and one special in-person meeting at the annual conference. The support meetings are a time to take a breath in the company of others who “get it.” At the […]
Donate to ISSTD
Thank You to Our 2025 Donors
As we close out 2025, the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD) would like to express our deepest gratitude to everyone who supported the Society through donations this past year. None of our work would be possible without the generosity of our donors. Contributions to any of the ISSTD funds help […]
Journal of Trauma & Dissociation
JTD Table of Contents – December 2025
Volume 26, Issue 5Volume 26, Issue 4Volume 26, Issue 3Volume 26, Issue 2Volume 26, Issue 1 Volume 25, Issue 5Volume 25, Issue 4Volume 25, Issue 3Volume 25, Issue 2Volume 25, Issue 1 Did you know ISSTD members receive online access to the full JTD? View this video for more instructions on how to access the […]
Letter From The President
Shakespeare (?) and Other Things
Dear ISSTD Community, Welcome to the November 2025 edition of ISSTD News, which you are reading in early December! This will be my final ‘solo’ letter to you as ISSTD president. Next month, I will be accompanied here by incoming President Abigail Percifield and outgoing Immediate Past President Peter Maves for our respective reflections on […]
News You Can Use
News You Can Use – November 2025
Welcome to New ISSTD Members in November! Professional MembersVenette Brito-MeloSeaghan ColemanGillian Fynn-EmberMisty GasaJennifer HahnCaitlin HeestermanMaisy HughesManny KemphuesChristen McCallumAngela RecordCaitlin RidgewellMary Claire SagerKaren SeifKristina SilvestryRebekah SmithJoan StriebelJanell VaughnAbigail WilliamsRebecca Yount Student MembersEzra AngierMaygan JacksonUrsula Kahric Emerging Professional MembersWeston BakerTanja ClarkLaura FerronEunae HanJessica Lopez GuzmanSavannah NapierJulianna PerezAudrey SchreiberMary Wilkie Do You Have News ISSTD Members Can Use? […]
Committee Update
Australia-New Zealand Regional Conference Wellington 2025
Chairs: Diane Clare and Martin Dorahy Committee: D Michael Coy, Jennifer Cushman, Naomi Halpern, Mary Pat Hanlin, Mary-Anne Kate, Kate McMaugh, Warwick Middleton, Adithy, Graham Pringle, Casey Richman, Kathryn Ryan, Marilize Slabber, Betty Snell, Miceal Wilson. It was so exciting to bring back a Regional conference to Aotearoa/New Zealand after the last one was in […]