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 […]
Annual Awards
2026 Annual Awards – Congratulations!
The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD) proudly celebrated its annual awards ceremony on Saturday, March 28, 2026, during the organization’s 43rd Annual Conference. This event is an important moment each year to acknowledge and celebrate the outstanding contributions of researchers, clinicians, educators, and advocates who advance our understanding and treatment […]
Research Recruitment
Invitation to Participate in Research: Discussing Death & Dying with Individuals with Dissociative Disorders
Hello, everyone! My name is Dr. Briana Snyder, and I am an associate professor in the Department of Nursing at Towson University. I am a board-certified psychiatric-mental health nurse and board-certified hospice nurse. I am writing to invite you to participate in a research study about therapists’ experiences of talking about natural death and end-of-life […]