42nd International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD) Annual Conference

42nd International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD) Annual Conference is organized by International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD) and will be held from Mar 13 - 17, 2025 at Hilton Boston Park Plaza, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.

Description:
ISSTD has been welcoming professionals working with complex trauma and dissociation for four decades. The ISSTD Annual Conference offers a time and place to connect with fellow clinicians and researchers in the field from around the world in addition to cutting edge research and educational content. In 2025, the conference aims to highlight the trajectory of research and treatment of complex trauma and dissociation through many decades. Once largely hidden and misunderstood, complex trauma disorders and dissociation have been brought into ever clearer focus through current research and broader cultural acceptance. Please join us in moving From Invisible to Visible: Research, Clinical, and Cultural Evolutions in the Field of Complex Trauma and Dissociation.

Conference Objectives:
Participants will be able to:

• Identify some of the most recent and salient research relevant to the trauma and dissociation field
• Describe the central role of dissociation in complex trauma related disorders
• Assess clients for dissociative disorders and complex PTSD and related comorbidity
• Identify cultural, social, and religious effects on trauma, dissociation, and trauma-informed treatments
• Assess and treat children, adolescents, and adults with complex PTSD, developmental trauma disorder, and/or dissociative disorders
• Describe the relationships among trauma, dissociation, and other psychological signs, symptoms, and disorders, including personality disorders
• Employ new treatment approaches and interventions for complex trauma and dissociation
• Identify and effectively work with transference
• Recognize, avoid, or resolve therapeutic pitfalls, resistances, counter-resistances, and impasses
• Recognize the ethical and relational challenges posed by trauma and dissociation patients and discuss productive approaches to these issues
• Identify and effectively work with countertransference, vicarious traumatization, and needs related to therapist self-care