In the following commentary, Deirdre Kramer offers a fascinating account of Sally McCollum’s compelling narrative approach to the healing of multigenerational dissociation. Noting that intergenerational transmission of trauma `features significantly in the therapy room’, and referencing the themes of betrayal blindness, reenactment, and revictimization, Deirdre discusses McCollum’s powerful work with the great grand-daughter of the […]
Volunteer Spotlight
Volunteer Spotlight: Tally Tripp, Founder of the Creative Arts Therapies SIG
Tell us a bit about yourself I am a licensed clinical social worker and a board-certified, registered art therapist in private practice in Alexandria VA. My interest in working with people affected by trauma has its roots in my art therapy training some 35 years ago. Back then we didn’t talk about “trauma” the way […]
News You Can Use
News You Can Use – September 2017
New Book by Philip Kinsler Complex Psychological Trauma: The Centrality of Relationship ISSTD Fellow and past President of ISSTD, Dr. Philip Kinsler has written a book which he describes as ‘forty years in the making’. This is a book which aims to take clinicians beyond the standard approaches for treating PTSD. As the title suggests, […]
News You Can Use
Congratulations to Bethany Brand, PhD on Winning Major Award
Towson University professor, and ISSTD Fellow, Bethany Brand, Ph.D has been recognized with the highest level of research award granted by the University of Maryland System Board, the Regents Faculty Award for Research. This award acknowledges Bethany’s important research contributions to the study of dissociative disorders and is a well-deserved recognition for Bethany and her […]
2018 Annual Conference
Pre-Conference Workshops Set for the 2018 Annual Conference
22-26 March 2018 Palmer House Hilton Hotel Chicago, IL Plans for the 35th Annual International Conference are taking shape. In 2018, we return to Chicago to stay at the historic and beautiful Palmer House Hotel. In a previous issue of the Newsletter, we told you about our exciting plenary speakers; Robert Neimeyer, Edward Tick […]
Webinars
ALL DAY Webinar: Ritualistic and Organised Abuse
On Friday 6 October (USA EDT) ISSTD will hold its first ever all-day webinar. This webinar will focus on the complex area of ritualistic, religious, spiritual and organised abuse. The webinar will be presented by leading international thinkers and practitioners in this field. The day will be opened by leading British child, adolescent and adult […]
Letter From The President
Exploring new ‘Frontiers’ in the treatment of dissociative disorders
Dear ISSTD Colleagues, We stand on the verge of a historic moment for the ISSTD. Very soon we will launch our long awaited, much anticipated and rigorously toiled-over E-Journal, Frontiers in the Psychotherapy of Trauma and Dissociation. Four years after the birth of ISSTD in 1984, the Society began to publish the iconic journal DISSOCIATION: […]
2018 Annual Conference
2018 Annual Conference News – Registration Now Open & Call for Proposals Deadline EXTENDED to September 20!
Registration is now open for the ISSTD 35th Annual International Conference. March 22 – 26, 2018 at the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago, IL! You will now select the number of days you wish to attend and specify those days during the online registration process. This has helped us lower many of our conference rates […]
Membership
Welcome ISSTD New Members – August
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERS Amanda Bell Neil Brick Debra Hoke Sharon Lake Vivianna Nieto-Foust Anna C. Orcutt Anthony Joseph Pignataro Kaye-Ailsa Rowan Sky Snogren Beth A. Turner EMERGING PROFESSIONAL MEMBERS Dawn LaCarte Phillip Prout STUDENT MEMBERS Sara Jane Blessington Samantha King Bonnie Zinn
Students & Emerging Professionals
September is Student & Emerging Professional Month
For most students and emerging professionals, commencing work in the trauma and dissociation field can feel daunting, lonely, and even overwhelming. ISSTD recognizes this and offers a program of special support to student members and emerging professionals. As part of this, in ISSTD September is Student and Emerging Professionals (SEP) Month and we take this […]