As vaccine rollouts continue across the world, ISSTD is looking forward to getting back to in-person trainings and events! As we prepare for the future, we need your feedback. ISSTD is tentatively planning to hold an in-person ASCH Basic Hypnosis Training in Metro Washington, DC October 15-17, 2021. In order to assist with planning, please […]
Special Interest Groups
Child & Adolescent Special Interest Group Update
With April being Child Abuse Prevention Month and the ISSTD’s Child and Adolescent Month, what better time than to provide an update on the ISSTD’s Child & Adolescent Special Interest Group (SIG)! Currently 37 members strong, members of the Child & Adolescent SIG bring a wealth of knowledge and experience about working with traumatized children […]
2021 Annual Conference
A Conference in Summary
SaturdayThere were so many options to choose from on Saturday! It was very difficult for me to choose sessions. I had to decide based on the needs of my own clients, so these sessions below are the ones that I attended live. I absolutely will be watching the other sessions on the ISSTD conference website. […]
Annual Awards
Congratulations to the ISSTD 2021 Annual Award Winners!
ISSTD was thrilled to hold our 2021 Annual Award Ceremony virtually at the Annual Conference this year! Below are all of this year’s very deserving award winners. Congratulations to all on your incredible accomplishments! Cornelia B Wilbur AwardSherry Winternitz David Caul AwardLora Dimitrova Frank W Putnam AwardValerie Sinason Media Award – Audio/VisualMichelle Esrick and David […]
International Spotlight
International Spotlight: Mongolia
Photography by Erdenemunkh Richinnyam In April 2019 I had a brief but unforgettable visit to Mongolia. I was stunned by the beauty of the country, the wilderness, the vast empty space and the straightforward friendliness of every person I’ve met. Speaking with people- shepherds, taxi drivers, US educated lawyers and two British school teachers I […]
Letter From The President
Are We Engaging Minds or Empowering Lives? Join the 2021 Annual Conference and Do Both!
This year the ISSTD Annual Conference’s theme is Intergenerational Trauma and Dissociation, and expectedly it covers a more comprehensive trauma and dissociation phase of life continuum. The conference is going to be held virtually and it will take place over 4 days, from April 9-12. Our conference features more than 40 conference sessions so we enthusiastically […]
News You Can Use
News You Can Use
New Book Seeks to understand suicide more deeply ISSTD Member, Sandy Krippner is co author of a new book which seeks to explore and understand suicide more deeply. With suicide often considered a taboo topic in Western culture, this book aims to break this down with an honest and nonjudgmental examination of the nature of […]
Donate to ISSTD
Thank you to everyone who donated to ISSTD in 2021!
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, […]
Creative Space
Poetry: Celebrating Shared Humanity
Fun Fact: March 20 is World Poetry Day. (Yes, I didn’t know this either, until I became Editor of ISSTD News.) United Nations started world poetry day in 1999 to celebrate the shared linguistic traditions of all cultures. They write: “Poetry reaffirms our common humanity by revealing to us that individuals, everywhere in the world, […]
Creative Space
Welcome to ISSTD’s new Poet’s Corner Group
Given that it is World Poetry Day on 21 March, it seems an appropriate time to write about an exciting new venture. A group of ISSTD Members has recently decided to form a group for people interested in writing, reading and listening to poetry. The genesis for this group began some months ago. The International […]