Join fellow ISSTD members for an engaging and important Annual Business Meeting on Friday, May 22, 2026 at 6:00 PM US Eastern Time! This interactive Zoom webinar is your chance to hear directly from the Executive Committee of the ISSTD Board of Directors as they share key updates on the Society’s activities, accomplishments, and future […]
Webinars
What Webinars are You Hoping to See in 2027?
For the first time, we’ve opened a Call for Proposals for our webinar program! We encourage you to consider submitting a proposal to help shape the educational content featured in the 2027 Webinar Pass. As we will no longer host a Virtual Conference, this will be the only opportunity to present virtually in 2027. We’re […]
Special Interest Groups
Child and Adolescent Special Interest Group Update
April was Child Abuse Prevention Month and the ISSTD Child and Youth Month, so the ISSTD Child & Adolescent Special Interest Group (C&A SIG) would like to update everyone on our activities over the last year. The C&A SIG currently has 50 members, which is a small increase on last year. Our SIG members bring […]
Volunteer Opportunity Spotlight
Volunteer Opportunity Spotlight: Become an IDEA Committee Member!
“Inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility (IDEA*) are critical to ISSTD’s efforts to provide high-quality clinical education and training and accurate scientific understandings of complex trauma and dissociation. These efforts are in service of benefiting individuals, ISSTD as an organization, the field, and, we hope, the world.” (ISSTD IDEA Statement, 2025) Are you interested in helping […]
Committee Update
Membership Applications Open for ISSTD Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, & Accessibility (IDEA) Committee: Making Change From The Inside Out
IDEA Committee Membership Open! Co-Chairs D. Michael Coy and Jennifer M. Gómez are happy to announce that membership applications are now being accepted for the Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, & Accessibility (IDEA) Committee! Membership is open to all ISSTD members, who can go to the Volunteer Center to apply, https://members.isst-d.org/networking/apply_now.aspx?view=2&id=1084249 Our Purpose Beginning more formally with […]
Journal of Trauma & Dissociation
JTD Table of Contents – April 2026
Volume 27, Issue 3Volume 27, Issue 2Volume 27, Issue 1 Volume 26, Issue 5Volume 26, Issue 4Volume 26, Issue 3Volume 26, Issue 2Volume 26, 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 online version and to hear a message from […]
Letter From The President
Sustaining ISSTD Across Time
I drafted this from my hotel at the conference while still working on the welcome remarks I would give to fellow attendees. Moving back and forth between the two, I found myself returning to the question of what ISSTD actually is and how an organization like this continues to exist across time. ISSTD is not […]
News You Can Use
News You Can Use – March 2026
New Book Alert!EMDR, Dissociation, and Beyond: Reexamining and Expanding the Frame for Impactful Trauma Treatment By Jennifer A. Madere and D. Michael Coy EMDR, Dissociation, and Beyond delves more deeply into the dissociative disorders literature than any previous text on this topic, providing much-needed connectivity between two fields that are often at odds. This book […]
Board Briefs
Greetings from the ISSTD Board of Directors
There are many exciting developments happening within the Society, and we’re pleased to share the following updates. In 2026, we welcomed four new board members: Milissa Kaufman, Emily Haas, Kathia Lopez Murdock, and Bethany Akudike. We are fortunate to have them on the Board and look forward to the perspectives and experience they each bring. […]
2026 Annual Conference
A New Home for Dreamstorming: Reflections from a First-Time Annual Conference Attendee
As a mid-career trauma scholar, I came to my first ISSTD conference seeking a greater sense of community for the challenging work of studying relational trauma and hoping to connect with likeminded professionals who are committed to ethically grappling with the complex and worsening challenges humanity is facing today. Hearteningly, I experienced both but also […]