OVERVIEW

International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD) 2022 Annual Conference is organized by International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD) and will be held from Apr 02 - 04, 2022 at Hyatt Regency Seattle, Seattle, Washington, United States of America. This conference also available as virtual.

Pre-Conference: March 31–April 1, 2022
main Conference: April 2-4, 2022

Target Audience:
All mental health professionals, researchers, and other academic professionals who are interested in the impact of chronic trauma and dissociation on individuals, groups, and society.

Why come to the ISSTD Conference?
• Learn:
Learn where thought leaders in treatment, research and training are headed.

• Are you new to the field, or just curious?
Get to know the experts and make new friends.

• What's your experience with this?
Come to reconnect with old and new acquaintances, brush up on your skills, and learn new ones.

• Are you an expert?
Don’t be selfish! Come and share your knowledge! While you are at it, become a better expert.

• Clinician?
Discover new clinical abilities as well as the benefits of research.

• Researcher?
Learn about what your colleagues are working on, how they're using new information, and where they're in desperate need of it.

Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, attendees will be able to:
• Recognize some of the most cutting-edge and well-known research in the subject of trauma and dissociation
• Explain why dissociation is so important in the treatment of complex trauma-related diseases
• Examine clients for dissociative disorders, complicated PTSD, and other co-occurring disorders
• Determine the impact of culture, society, and religion on trauma, dissociation, and trauma-informed therapy
• Diagnose and treat complicated PTSD, developmental trauma disorder, and/or dissociative disorders in children, adolescents, and adults
• Explain how trauma, dissociation, and other psychological indications, symptoms, and illnesses, such as personality disorders, are linked
• Apply new therapeutic approaches and interventions to trauma and dissociation
• Identify and handle transference effectively
• Recognize, avoid, or resolve therapeutic pitfalls, resistances, counter-resistances, and impasses
• Distinguish between the ethical and relational challenges presented by trauma and dissociation patients, and discuss productive approaches to these issues
• Recognize countertransference, vicarious traumatization, and therapist self-care needs, and manage them effectively