Elizabeth Howell’s Latest Book: A Focus on Relational Healing ISSTD Fellow, Elizabeth Howell, PhD has just released her sixth book: Trauma and Dissociation-Informed Psychotherapy: Relational Healing and Therapeutic Connection, published this month by Norton. This book proposed a model for therapy in which the client and the practitioner are both traumatized and flawed human beings […]
Caul Awards
David Caul Graduate Research Fund – Accepting Applications
Application window open: April 27 – May 31, 2020. This fund is designed to support research that is primarily concerned with dissociation or closely related topics. The award is named for David Caul, MD, the fourth president of ISSTD in 1987, (then known as the International Society for the Study of Multiple Personality & Dissociation) a dedicated and […]
Membership
ISSTD Launching New Regional Online Communites
Are you in a corner of the world that lacks an organized, local ISSTD presence? Or maybe you’ve had some contact with ISSTD in your region and would like to build on that. Do you feel passionate about creating an ISSTD online community that can connect around issues that matter in your area? Here is your chance! […]
Trauma & Dissociation in the News
ISSTD Self Care Resources for Covid-19
ISSTD Board Members have been working to produce resources to assist mental health professionals and individuals experiencing complex trauma or dissociative disorders to manage the unprecedented situation the world is facing. These videos are being shared widely on social media and also posted on the ISSTD website. Pages are available for professionals and for the […]
Creative Space
Starting a Journey Journal
Can I inspire you to take care of yourself as therapists and also for your clients by starting and creating a Journey Journal for the times that we are in. I am keeping one with some of my clients and it has proven to be a source of conversations that in some curious way show […]
Community Spotlight
Child & Adolescent Committee
The ISSTD Child & Adolescent Committee (C&A Committee) is co-chaired by Fran Waters and Na’ama Yehuda, and includes members from around the world: Argentina, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, the US, and the UK. The C&A Committee’s mission is to improve awareness, knowledge, training, and information about child and adolescent trauma and dissociation; and to work […]
Trauma & Dissociation in the News
An Interview with Jeffrey Masson: Part 2 – Writing ‘The Assault on Truth’
Interview conducted 13th August, 2019 by Warwick Middleton Disclaimer: The views expressed in this interview are solely those of the interviewee. Last Month we ended the interview with Jeff’s decision to publish the previously unpublished letters of Sigmund Freud, letters which indicated his ongoing belief that at least some reports of child abuse were genuine, […]
Kid's Korner
Working Online with Children: Tips for Remaining Playful and Effective in Challenging Times
Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, therapists around the world are rapidly adapting therapy to the online format. Our online forums and supervision sessions are full of conversations about Zoom fatigue, online security and how we best support our clients, even while we too are experiencing the stress of the pandemic. However, when it comes to […]
Letter From The President
March 2020 – Inside the Coronavirus/Covid-19 Pandemic
Dear ISSTD Members, I would like to salute all ISSTD members who continue to deliver ongoing therapy and care to your clients and communities, and wish you all the best in these difficult times, as well as strength, energy and good health to continue to serve those who are in need. These are extraordinarily challenging […]
News You Can Use
News You Can Use
New Edition of Restoring the Shattered Self The second edition of Restoring the Shattered Self: A Christian Counselor’s Guide to Complex Trauma, has just been released. Written by ISSTD Member Heather Davediuk Gingrich, a professor of counseling at Denver Seminary. This new edition covers the material of the first edition including the impacts of trauma; […]