Pre-Conference: March 13–14, 2025Main Conference: March 15–17, 2025Boston, Massachusetts

Pre-Conference Workshops

Thursday, March 13, 2024

Full Day Workshops | 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM

P1 – Bringing Neurobiological Insights on Trauma and Dissociation into Therapeutic Practice
Presenters: Lauren Lebois, Sherain Harricharan, Ann K Shinn, Nathaniel Hartnett, Kevin J Clancy, Timothy J McDermott, Juliann B Purcell, Mollie Marr, Bethany Brand and Milissa Kaufman

P2 – Integrating the Multidimensional Inventory of Dissociation into Clinical Practice
Presenters: D. Michael Coy and Jennifer Madere

Half Day Workshops | 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM

P3 – Trauma Therapy for Black Women: Racism, Intersectionality, & Cultural Betrayal Trauma
Presenters: Robyn Gobin and Jennifer Gomez

P4 – Invisible to Visible: NonVerbal Communication Made Visible Through Internal Family Systems
Presenter: Joanne Twombly

Half Day Workshops | 1:30 PM – 5:00 PM

P5 – Suicidality & Self Harm in Clients with Complex Trauma and Dissociation: Practice & Ethics
Presenter: Lynette Danylchuk

P6 – Technology-facilitated Child Sexual Abuse: Characteristics, Responses and Treatment
Presenters: Anne Gill and Lydia Bowerly

Friday, March 14, 2024

Full Day Workshops | 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM

P11 – Attachment Relationships & Developmental Trauma Disorders: Nuances and Treatment
Presenters: Paula Thomson and Ruth Blizard

P12 – Formal Hypnosis in Clinical Practice – Refresher After Intermediate Hypnosis Training
Presenter: Reinhild Draeger-Muenke

Half Day Workshops | 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM

P13 – Complex Trauma and Dissociation: What Psychiatrists Need to Know … but May Not
Presenters: Benjamin Israel, Judith Lewis and Timothy Brewerton

P14 – Treating Somatoform Dissociation with EMDR Therapy
Presenter: Dolores Mosquera

Half Day Workshops | 1:30 PM – 5:00 PM

P15 – Eating Disorders and Dissociation: Unlocking Effective Treatments for Severe Cases
Presenter: Natalia Seijo

P16 – A Clinical Interview to Diagnose DID and Differential Diagnosis
Presenter: Colin A. Ross

In addition to these pre-conference workshops, ISSTD will be offering a two-day Level 1 Deep Brain Reorienting Training during the pre-conference days. For more information on this training and to register, please view the Training Information Page in the ISSTD Center for Advanced Studies. Registration for this training is separate from conference registration but participants attending this training will be provided a discount code for reduced registration fees when registering for the Main Conference days (Saturday-Monday).

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