Tell us a bit about yourself I think I have been a wanderer, though not lost. I took many backdoor routes on this journey of learning, exploring and working with Trauma and Dissociation. I got my first exposure to the realm of trauma and dissociation through personal experience. Then later, as a student psychiatric nurse […]
Letter From The President
Reflections and Transistions
Endings bring the opportunity for reflection, and as 2017 moves to an end, we may each begin to reflect on events and changes over the past 12 months in the world, in our own private and professional lives, and in the ISSTD. At the full day, in person meeting in March, the Board adopted the […]
Membership
Welcome ISSTD New Members – November 2017
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERS Ms. Jennifer Lois Barbieri Jessica Campbell Jean S Cannon Dr. Irina V Diyankova Holli Richey Mark Sideman Rebecca Szymanski, MA Dr. Rhett K Brandt Ms. Alexis K Brown Dr. Nicole D. Christiansen, MD Dr. Rebecca Ann Golding Alison Hernandez Mrs. Jillian Hosey MAYOLA MIRANDA Sandi Plant Dr. Susan Pollard Edith Resnik Ms. Eleanor […]
Board Briefs
The Latest News from Your Board
As a first-term board member, I have been amazed at all the goings on behind the scenes. The ISSTD Board is a busy group of people who meet every month for 90 minutes, to oversee the activities of the Society and drive many projects to help our Society grow and develop. This quarter has been […]
Trauma & Dissociation in the News
Trauma, Memory and Human Dignity
The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD) is the oldest organization supporting and educating therapists, researchers, and other professionals in dealing with complex psychological trauma in the world. Over the last century, the subject of psychological trauma, especially in the form of child abuse and neglect, and the sequelae on its […]
Community Spotlight
Professional Training Program
Professional Training Program Leadership Reflects on its Past and Paints an Exciting Picture for Future Training in ISSTD Back in 2000, our Society’s then president, John Curtis, MD, initiated the “Education 2000” project, in an effort to broaden the education mandate of the ISSTD (then the ISSD). Elizabeth Bowman, MD generously donated her curriculum for […]
2018 Annual Conference
Annual Conference Update – Plenary Speakers
For those of you able to attend the upcoming annual ISST-D conference in Chicago, Illinois, March 24-26, you are in for a real treat with respect to our plenary speakers. With Robert Neimeyer, Ph.D., Edward Tick, Ph.D., and Donna Hicks, Ph.D., we will explore death, grief and trauma (Neimeyer), warrior trauma, moral injury and the […]
News You Can Use
News You Can Use
Volume 3 of Ellert Nijenhuis’s Trinity of Trauma Now Available World renowned trauma expert and ISSTD member, Ellert Nijenhuis completes his epic three volume “Trinity of Trauma” with volume three: The Trinity of Trauma: Ignorance, Fragility, and Control, Part III: Enactive Trauma Therapy. This recently released book provides the treatment focus to the trinity and […]
International Spotlight
ISSTD Spotlight on Australia
Of all current Australian members of the ISSTD, when I last checked, it seemed that I had been a continuous Society member for longer than anyone else bar one, which does tend to position one as an active participant in the field in this country, before there really was one. Whilst there had been the […]
Letter From The President
Fishing and Begging in the Service of ISSTD
As a younger ISSTD member I fondly remember reading the president’s reports written by Rich Chefetz. Each edition of the newsletter would start with Rich’s piece, that often took us readers on a fishing expedition with him. He used to take us through the trip, helping us understand the art of fishing and the tactics […]