Happy July ISSTDWorld! Thank you for stopping by to hear about what the Ontario Regional Online Community (ROC) has been up to over the last year. The ROC was formed in 2020 and started out with just under 20 members, and over the course of 2021 and 2022 it has grown to 33 members across […]
Letter From The President
Connecting Through ISSTD Training
Dear ISSTD Community, Our organization continues to grow through challenging times, and support people in the many ways trauma impacts their lives. The spring season is a busy time full of conferences and planning, and now we have some time to reflect, organize, deepen our leadership capacities as an organization, and plan for a rich […]
News You Can Use
News You Can Use – June 2022
New Picture Book Uses EMDR Principles to Address Trauma and Dissociation ISSTD Member Dr Lowen Clarke has written a second book based on EMDR principles. The book, Missing Persons Bureau, is written using Empowerment Script, created by Lowen. The unique script requires each line in the book to be read in an alternating fashion, with […]
Donate to ISSTD
Thank You to Our 2022 Donors – June 2022
By donating to ISSTD, you help the Society continue to grow. If you approve of what your Society has been trying to do to advance our field and to provide a safe and supportive professional home for colleagues who work with those who are the victims of severe long term trauma, and if your circumstances permit, […]
Publications of Interest
Publications of Interest – Recent Open Access Articles on Trauma and Dissociation
ALL ARTICLES ARE OPEN ACCESS The topic of ISSTD’s June 2022 publications of interests includes recent (2021 or later) and compelling open access articles that relate to the study of trauma and dissociation. Our aim this month is to provide articles that all our members can access and utilize to inform their practice and educate clients. Oprel, D. A. […]
Special Interest Groups
Transgender and Nonbinary SIG Update
The Transgender and Nonbinary Special Interest Group was launched last year and currently has 56 members. It is dedicated to supporting clinical work and research around clients who identify as Transgender or Nonbinary and experience dissociation from their trauma histories. Often, just the fact of being transgendered or nonbinary in our current environment can expose […]
Community Spotlight
Member Engagement Committee Update
Happy June ISSTDWorld! Thanks for stopping by and taking a minute to find out what the Member Engagement Committee has been up to for the last while. The goal of the ISSTD’s Member Engagement Committee has been to work alongside other ISSTD Committees, Special Interest Groups, Taskforces, and the Board of Directors to identify volunteer needs, offer […]
Community Spotlight
Scientific Committee Update
The Scientific Committee serves as the executive committee of the scientific area of ISSTD – advising the Board and other committees on all matters of science, research, and further development of theory and clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of complex trauma and dissociative disorders. We are involved in all strategic endeavors and help […]
Creative Space
The Secret
The drummers drum and the writers scroll, We avert our gaze, yet risk our soul… Humanity owns the rising toll… Our leaders lament, as poets search for the words that fit… A silent crime, but no one murmurs, for truth is split… Yet buried in the far corners of hidden shame, It is the fragile […]
Special Interest Groups
EMDR SIG Update
ISSTD welcomed the EMDR Special Interest Group in October 2021 as one of the largest SIGs in the organization. This SIG is intended to work to further understanding of research and clinical application of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy in an integrative treatment approach when working with complex trauma, dissociation, and dissociative disorders by collaboratively […]