This article will describe a multi-modal and integrative approach combining Art and Animal-Assisted Activities/Interventions, EMDR Phase 2 resourcing, (Shapiro, 1995), The Flash Technique, (Manfield et al., 2016), and Play Therapy with children who have Complex Trauma/Dissociation throughout the Four Phases of Treatment. Many of the techniques can be adapted for use in all phases and […]
Clinical Reflections
Announcing a New Clinical Reflections Feature
ISSTD News is excited to announce the launch this month of a new feature – a Clinical Reflections column which will be published quarterly. This month we kick off with a fascinating article by Michele Yarberry, in which she describes a playful and creative approach to treatment with a traumatized child. I hope this article […]
Special Interest Groups
Organized and Extreme Abuse (OEA) SIG Update
The mission of our SIG is focused on issues related to the etiology, evaluation, and effective treatment of trauma and dissociation in clients reporting histories of organized and extreme abuse. The OEA SIG met at the 2022 ISSTD Annual Conference and 29 of us engaged in a lively conversation. In addition, in the last year […]
Creative Space
Penny Goes to Church on Sunday
Show me a story without lossand one which deals with pride without the cautiousnessof shame. Rich with poverty she could not recall her life before high school. On Sundays the church bellsregistered the pain of the sinners,those blameless children, fondled by cherish leaders,they could not evade the punishment they proposed. In therapy,unfolding the secret of the past,her origami […]
Letter From The President
Back Together at the 2022 Annual Conference
It was wonderful to see so many of you at the Seattle Conference, and to hear your comments coming in from the virtual audience, as well. As we discussed Post-Traumatic Growth in a Dissociative World, the importance of our work as clinicians, researchers, and advocates became increasingly clear – it is essential that we continue to share […]
News You Can Use
News You Can Use – April 2022
Welcome ISSTD’s New Members in April! Professional MembersNadiia AleksinaShannae AndersonGinger Villareal ArmasTracey BaileyJenna Lea BrittErica ChadwickTherese CollieSharon ConnellAmy CoombsPamela Gage DillonWendy FloresErica FolinskyAmy E GoldfarbWai Leng KwokMadalina E LeangaJonathan LeboltSofie MaugerMegan M MeyersAshley NeuhauserPauline O’BrienCatherine Stephanie O’NeillLinda Escobar OlszewskiLaura J PerryTerry PetrenchikJulia PinskyHailey ReissViolet ReveiraAshley RoehrigLindsay SchofieldBobbie J ShepardMr. Rodney StantonSacha Van EetenLisa Yeates Student […]
Online Learning Center
New Recorded Content Available – April 2022
New content packages have been opened in the ISSTD Online Learning Center! Read on below for more information on these new pieces of recorded content. Please note that registration for this content is in ISSTD’s new Online Learning Center. If you have not yet created an account on the site you will need to do so […]
Caul Awards
David Caul Graduate Research Fund – Applications Accepted May 2 – June 3, 2022
The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation is pleased to announce the David Caul Graduate Research Grant. This grant is designed to support research that is primarily concerned with dissociation or closely related topics. Graduate students (in a Masters, PsyD, or PhD program) and undergraduate honors students are eligible to apply for grants up […]
Letter From The President
The President’s Letter- President’s Updates for the
Photos courtesy of Adithy Dear ISSTD Community, It was wonderful to see so many of you at the Seattle Conference, and to hear your comments coming in from the virtual audience, as well. As we discussed Post-Traumatic Growth in a Dissociative World, the importance of our work as clinicians, researchers, and advocates became increasingly clear […]
Special Interest Groups
Child and Adolescent SIG Update
With April being Child Abuse Prevention Month and the ISSTD’s Child and Youth 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 […]