Dear ISSTD Community, Welcome to the August 2025 edition of ISSTD News, which you are reading in early-September! I initially planned to reflect upon the preceding month, but then I realized that September is ISSTD’s Student and Emerging Professional (SEP) Month. So, rather than look to the past in this letter, I have decided to […]
News You Can Use
News You Can Use – August 2025
Welcome to New ISSTD Members in August Professional MembersJeffery Agaton HowesVictoria BiddleAntonia Colom-TimlinEsther CowellAllegra GrawerLaura GreerKim GuarascioBrandi GurcakKamila LaShaun Houston BakerSercan KarabulutBronwyn MilkinsLoryann NicholsErich RoushCarolyn RussellMorgan ShawAsia Wait Student MembersRebecca DeasonMackenzie JoyJennell Roden Emerging Professional MembersBo FarrarJocelyn MedinaBrendan O’ConnellFelicia RosarioEmily Sullivan Do You Have News ISSTD Members Can Use? Please share your news with us! […]
Regional Online Communities
Asia Regional Online Community Update
The Asia Regional Online Community (ROC) was established in March 2023 with the mission to work to further the understanding of complex trauma and dissociation in Asia. The Scope of the Asia ROC is: To support the creation, discussion and dissemination of knowledge about complex trauma and dissociation in Asia by bringing together the members of […]
Publications of Interest
Dissociative Disorders in India
This month’s Publications of Interest column highlights three recent articles about dissociative disorders in India. Adithy and colleagues (2025) discuss education about dissociation for mental health professionals in India. Next, Ram and Mathew (2025) review the clinical presentations of dissociation in India. Finally, Jayan and colleagues (2024) outline considerations for understanding and treating dissociation through […]
Kid's Korner
Flash Technique and Play Therapy in the Four-Phase Treatment Model for Children with Complex Trauma & Dissociation
Flash Technique (Manfield, 2015) is one of my favorite techniques to use with children who have dissociation. Flash Technique allows us to process distressing memories and trauma painlessly. This technique can be used throughout the 4-Phase Treatment Model: Stabilization, Trauma-Processing, Integration, Post-Integration (Yarberry, 2019). The Flash Technique is easily combined with Prescriptive, Child-Centered, and Filial […]
Volunteer Opportunity Spotlight
Webinar Committee Members Wanted!
This month’s Volunteer Position Spotlight shines on the opportunity to become a Webinar Committee Member! If you enjoy learning, this volunteer opportunity might the one for you! The Webinar Committee is looking for new members to help with planning the annual ISSTD webinar series, liaise with potential presenters and moderate webinars. The time commitment is […]
Member Benefit Monthly
Step Into Leadership: Unique Volunteer Roles That Make a Difference
Are you interested in helping further the mission of ISSTD? Looking to take the next step in your professional development, or are you wanting to connect further with your peers? We hope you consider a volunteer leadership position with ISSTD whether it be with the Board of Directors or a SIG or ROC. Every member […]
Journal of Trauma & Dissociation
JTD Table of Contents – August 2025
Volume 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 online version and […]
News You Can Use
News You Can Use – July 2025
The Handbook of Complex Trauma and Dissociation in Children: Theory, Research, and Clinical Applications By Ana M. Gómez Ana Gómez’s EMDR-Sandtray-Based Therapy: Healing Complex Trauma and Dissociation Across the Lifespan introduces a multimodal approach to trauma healing that integrates principles from various methodologies. When combined, EMDR-sandtray-based therapy offers multiple roads into the traumatogenic memory networks that may […]
Letter From The President
No Time Like the Present: The Benefits of Volunteer Engagement
Dear ISSTD Community, It’s hard to believe that, as of July, we are over the peak and now on the downslope of 2025. In my first letter this year, I shared that I was “feeling my way into some sort of happy medium between thinking and acting, doing and sitting.” I’ve found myself pondering over […]