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Trauma & Dissociation in the News
Post-Traumatic Slavery Syndrome Revisited
I wrote this paper for the ISSTD’s October 2020 virtual conference*, but these words take a newly urgent significance in the aftermath of the January 6th, 2021, attack at the US Capitol. I want to share them here in the ISSTD Newsletter. Na’im Akbar first coined the term Post Traumatic Slavery Syndrome in his book, […]
Committee to the UN
United Nations Committee on Mental Health | Free Event on Coping With Trauma
COVID-19 Pandemic: Coping with Trauma – Building Resilience Dear ISSTD Membership, The Trauma Working Group of the United Nations NGO Committee on Mental Health is hosting a free meeting focused on both the mental health traumatic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as a discussion of resilience in the face of this trauma. Speakers will include: B. Abel Learwellie, Executive Director Camp […]
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Thank You to ISSTD’s 2020 Donors!
Thank you to everyone who donated to ISSTD in 2020! 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 […]
Volunteer Opportunity Spotlight
Volunteer Opportunity Spotlight – January 2021
This month’s Volunteer Position Spotlight shines on the opportunity to joining the Communications and Marketing Committee to focus on ISSTD Wikipedia Page Updates! The ISSTD’s Communications and Marketing Committee serves a big role in promoting the ISSTD as the foremost place to learn about and study the phenomenology, diagnosis, and treatment of complex trauma and […]
Letter From The President
A Holiday Message from Our Presidents
Christa Krüger – 2020 ISSTD PresidentThis year brought heavy challenges, some of which will still be with us through 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic has hit us hard, in our personal lives and as an organization. Our 2020 Annual Conference was cancelled at the last minute, which threw us into a potential financial crisis. And yet, despite the challenges, ISSTD’s membership has grown beyond […]
News You Can Use
News You Can Use
Welcome ISSTD’s New Members in December! Professional MembersParul AgarwalDiane BachmanTeresa CannonLily DavisDima DupereKarin EnsinkJoshua FrekerHolly FrenchJoan GolstonAllison Helen GrimesApril HarterMeredith HenryAbby HershlerSherri JacobsAnnette JonesWioleta KoziolJennifer MarchandJessica MattinglyJanet MilliganDorith PrutchiJan RimerJeanne-Marie RimlingerMarta RochaElizabeth Anne WrightLaura Wulff Emerging Professional MembersSamantha AuclairVeronica CecilPatricia LeeWah-CooperMelissa MarshallJane McCauleyKrysteli NeedhamSara PascalElisha Melony SealeAyelet SilberbergHeleen Woest Student MembersLaura CleggSarah GolleyAdrian Masterman-SmithRebecca Moussa […]
Board Briefs
News from the ISSTD Board
Seasons Greetings, all Ye Members! Tired of hearing, “In these challenging times” yet? Me too. These are indeed tough times, and yet we know help is coming. Whether we are physically recovering, grieving lost loved ones, or helping our clients with their response to the pandemic, it has been a true test of creativity to […]
Creative Space
Be Prompted by LOVE
My call out for contributions to this edition of Creative Space was simply the word LOVE. I was thrilled to receive Mindy Jacobson’s Altered Books art. Her images are beautiful and bold (and for our U.S members I deliberately didn’t say bold and beautiful!). Mindy’s art work is a journey of love, of abandonment, of […]
Special Interest Groups
Vicarious Trauma SIG Update
Vicarious Trauma (VT) impacts us as healers of trauma, and recognizing, preventing and mitigating the effects of VT is a part of our work as trauma therapists. The VT SIG is the place where we focus on the therapist and seek to resource therapists through support, information, case consultations and more. VT impacts all trauma […]