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 […]
Membership
Welcome ISSTD New Members – October 2017
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERS Susan Adams Laura Ballard Cassandra Bransford Todd Coryell Noula Diamontopoulos Heather Hruby Amy Huddleston Cathy Kezelman Veronica Mollere Jennifer Raymond Rachel Thomas EMERGING PROFESSIONAL MEMBERS Sophie Fink Natile Hung Kristi Lynne Koerner Brooke Lopes Andrea Scudder Paula Soto STUDENT MEMBERS Jennifer Cochran Cassandra Colbert Christine Hill Liz Ornelas Michelle Saelin Lee-Anne Woznak
Annual Awards
2018 ISSTD Awards to Honor Your Colleague’s Efforts
The time is upon us to honor those amongst us who have taken their energy and invested it in the creation of a gift for the rest of us: a work of literature, visual arts, a work from the heart. Each year some people have the temerity to believe that others might be interested in […]
Trauma & Dissociation in the News
Intimate Partner Violence: A Dissociative Family Dance
As part of Acknowledging Domestic Violence Awareness Month Alison Miller writes about dissociative processes in Intimate partner violence. During the years when I worked primarily with families, I frequently encountered intimate partner violence (IPV). I remember a man who told me he had watched himself chase his wife around a tree with an axe, just […]
Trauma & Dissociation in the News
Love Shouldn’t Hurt and the TwoGood Project
With October being DV Awareness month in the US, we felt it was timely to focus ISSTD News on issues of Domestic Violence. In Australia, while it is not DV Awareness Month, media attention and focus is increasing prior to their main awareness raising campaign in November. New ISSTD member Noula Diamantopoulos is a psychotherapist […]