Hello, y’all! The Education and Training Oversight Committee (ETOC) is pleased to bring you the inaugural edition of the quarterly education overview. This section will provide a summary of upcoming learning opportunities within ISSTD. There is such a wealth of these within ISSTD, making it easy to lose track of what is happening when. The […]
Volunteer Opportunity Spotlight
Become a Virtual Training Program Moderator!
This month’s Volunteer Position Spotlight shines on the opportunity to become an ISSTD Webinar and Virtual Training Program Moderator! The ISSTD Webinar and Virtual Training Program is seeking volunteer moderators to support its webinars and virtual trainings featuring leading and emerging voices in trauma and dissociation. This low-commitment role offers a unique opportunity to engage […]
Journal of Trauma & Dissociation
JTD Table of Contents – January 2026
Volume 26, Issue 5Volume 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 […]
Letter From The President
2025 Holiday Message
D. Michael Coy – 2025 PresidentLearning from the Past, Looking to the Future Dear ISSTD Community, Welcome to the December 2025 edition of ISSTD News, which you are reading in early January! This month, as is the case every year, I am, as outgoing President, accompanied here by incoming President Abigail Percifield and outgoing Immediate […]
News You Can Use
News You Can Use – December 2025
Congratulations to ISSTD Member, Shae Nester, on receiving the American Psychological Foundation’s 2025 Dr. Christine Blasey Ford Grant! The foundation stated, This year, our Dr. Christine Blasey Ford Grant supported M. Shae Nester’s research on trauma-related dissociation, an important yet deeply underfunded area. This grant both advances Shae’s dissertation work and helps improve care and […]
Board Briefs
Fourth Quarter Board Brief
We hope this message finds you well! Here are a few updates from ISSTD’s Board of Directors. New Executive Director Our new executive director, Tim Shaw, joined the organization in late October, and has now fully launched into the role, attending myriad meetings, building relationships with countless volunteers, and developing strategies with the executive committee, […]
Volunteer Spotlight
Volunteer Spotlight: A Word of Thanks
Dear ISSTD Community, ISSTD is a not-for-profit organization with a mission to “advance clinical, scientific, and societal understanding about the prevalence and consequences of chronic trauma and dissociation.” Our headquarters runs with a small, highly dedicated, paid staff. Owing to that, a significant amount of the work we do as a Society relies heavily upon […]
2026 Annual Conference
ISSTD Annual Conference 2026 Speakers
The ISSTD Annual Conference Committee is delighted to bring you the expertise and diversity of our 2026 Annual Conference speakers! So many powerful leaders in the field of trauma are scheduled to offer participants information to enhance their practices and understanding of trauma through many different lenses. The pre-conference speakers are scheduled on Thursday, March […]
Virtual Book Club
Virtual Book Club Update 2025
The Virtual Book Club (VBC) is a longstanding arm of ISSTD educational programs, supporting continuing education through community engagement with emerging publications in the field of complex trauma and dissociation. Over the past year, we were pleased to welcome wide and enthusiastic involvement in our conversations about two significant books. In partnership with the Deep […]
Committee Update
Webinar Committee Update
Years ago, ISSTD webinars were arranged in a very ad hoc manner and did not appear as a regular program. Webinars, compared with current arrangements, were relatively infrequent. There were no schedules of webinars which ISSTD members could access via annual passes. Around a decade ago, our Society, recognizing a near absence of webinars in […]