This month’s Volunteer Position Spotlight shines on the opportunity to joining the Communications and Marketing Committee to focus on ISSTD Wikipedia Page Updates! The ISSTD’s Communications and Marketing Committee serves a role in promoting the ISSTD as the foremost place to learn about and study the phenomenology, diagnosis, and treatment of complex trauma and dissociation. […]
Community Spotlight
UN Committee
The ISSTD Committee to the UN continues our macro level advocacy for mental health through active participation in United Nations meetings, which are currently being held virtually. We have recently submitted our quadrennial report to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) detailing our activities over the last four years. While the United Nations is […]
Trauma & Dissociation in the News
An Interview with Andie Clift, an Independent Sexual Violence Adviser (ISVA)
I recently completed a rigorous training to become a mentor to people affected by domestic abuse and sexual violence. The mentoring programme is an innovative listening service implemented by a charity called First Light who provide support to people across three counties in the Southwest of England namely Cornwall, Devon and Wiltshire. As a person […]
Letter From The President
September is Dedicated to our ISSTD Emerging Visionaries
Note: August 2021 Newsletter correction, Tally Tripp is our 2021 Vice-president, not our first one. To those who so fervently served prior, my apologies for the error. Rosita The ISSTD is thrilled to commemorate and applaud our Student and Emerging Professionals (SEP) during the month of September. Our association’s academic shining stars are our youngest […]
News You Can Use
News You Can Use
‘Wordless Book’ tells a story of Refugee Trauma ISSTD Fellow Valerie Sinason is co-author of a novel new book, a book without words. A Refugee’s Story is a graphic story, with each page containing a scene following a refugee family as they flee war, are separated, arrive in a new country, and are eventually re-united. […]
Journal of Trauma & Dissociation
JTD Table of Contents (September 2021)
Table of ContentsVolume 22, Issue 1Volume 22, Issue 2Volume 22, Issue 3Volume 22, Issue 4 Volume 21, Issue 5 Are you interested in auto publication alerts?To set up a quick and each way to get a ‘new content alerts’ for JTD, go to the JTD page at Taylor & Francis and click the ‘Alert me’ button […]
Donate to ISSTD
Thank You to ISSTD’s 2021 Donors!
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, […]
Virtual Conferences
Register for ISSTD’s Virtual Conference and Don’t Miss an Exciting Announcement!
There is still time to register for ISSTD’s upcoming Virtual Conference, Trauma Across the Lifespan! Join ISSTD for this two-day conference featuring plenary speakers Ana Gomez, Dolores Mosquera, and Kathy Steele. This event will address the impacts of trauma across the lifespan with a mix of 90 minute and 3 hour workshops in addition to […]
Volunteer Opportunity Spotlight
Volunteer Opportunity Spotlight: Public Health Committee
This month’s Volunteer Position Spotlight shines on the opportunity to become a part of the new Public Health Committee! This is a wonderful opportunity open to all ISSTD Members and looking particularly for those with experience in community mental health settings, health promotion and capacity building, and more! This opportunity allows for the ability to […]
Clinical Reflections
Seeing Ourselves as Our Patients See Us
I was cleaning out my garage, sorting through old boxes when I came across a piece of paper and a humorous, somewhat metaphorical, somewhat stylized account from a patient from over a quarter of a century ago. He had spontaneously produced it, and it was typical of his characteristic humour and its reliance on exaggeration […]