Languid branches above, cool air below, A path in the forest – so much to know… Ageless trees growing to the sky, You can speak to the dimness and the birds reply, You can speak to the dimness and the birds reply… Unshackled, his soul struggled to find any grounding limits. His mind became filled […]
Special Interest Groups
Neurodiversity SIG
Individuals with neurodevelopmental disabilities are at an increased risk of experiencing trauma, including chronic child maltreatment, peer violence, disability-related abuse, and medical trauma. This trauma can be exacerbated by disability-specific stressors and unique ways of perceiving the world, including cognitive and sensory processing differences. Accordingly, these individuals are at an increased risk of posttraumatic stress […]
Committee Update
ISSTD Membership Committee Report
The lifeblood of any organisation is its membership. The questions facing any organisation include – how do we most effectively connect with those who would be motivated to join those who are already working within the organisation, to further its goals? In our particular case, how do we, as a group of professionals, make working […]
Regional Conferences
Virtual and Regional Conference Committee
Happy May ISSTDWorld! Thank you for stopping by to read about what the Virtual and Regional Conference Committee (VRCC) has been up to in its second year of being a committee! The goal of the VRCC committee is to support the continued growth of ISSTD’s regional and virtual trainings. As a group, this committee includes […]
Committee Update
Committee Update: Public Health Committee
The Public Health Committee, co-chaired by Michael Salter and Heather Hall, is seeking to expand the reach of the ISSTD into the public sector to address the social determinants of complex trauma. This committee originated as a Public Health Subcommittee back in 2018 and it became a full-fledged committee in 2020. The impetus for the […]
Letter From The President
President’s Letter
Dear ISSTD community, It was a great pleasure to connect with so many of you at the annual conference in Louisville, Kentucky. While most of us have become accustomed to increasingly technology-mediated lives, with so many professional activities pivoting online during the pandemic, the chance to come together as a professional society and community is […]
Organizational Updates
A Statement From the ISSTD Board Addressing a Recent Board Change and Claims on Social Media
Over the last month, a number of inaccurate claims about the ISSTD have been aired on social media that have caused distress and confusion, particularly amongst people and communities with lived experience of dissociation and trauma. These claims relate to a recent change to the ISSTD Board, specifically the removal of Katie Keech. The aim […]
News You Can Use
ISSTD Member wins Award for Therapeutic Community Based Art Program
ISSTD Member Noula Diamantopoulos has been named Silver Award winner of the 2023 Women Changing the World Awards – People’s Choice for Health & Wellbeing The Women Changing the World Awards are international awards which celebrate and recognize women achieving outstanding success in a wide variety of fields including sustainability, humanitarian work, leadership, advocacy, education, […]
2023 Annual Conference
My First (But Not My Last) In-person ISSTD Conference
Like many of you in this post(?)-COVID era, I have been slowly and selectively venturing into public spaces. As a socially awkward introvert, I admittedly welcomed the pandemic shutdown with relief. Sweatpants and slippers became my work outfit. Though previously resisting the idea of conducting sessions with clients via videoconference, I muddled my way through […]
2023 Annual Conference
An In-Person Conference: Rejuvenating and Connecting
As I was reflecting on my experiences at the ISSTD annual conference this year in Louisville, I started to notice and appreciate just how enlivened I feel in my clinical work after returning. I always expect to feel a bit more tired than usual and while fatigue has been present, what has been more noticeable […]