The International Society for the Study of Trauma & Dissociation (ISSTD)
is the only international nonprofit professional society that:

Promotes reasearch and training in the identification and treatment of
dissociative disorders

Provides professional and public education about dissociative disorders

Supports international communication and cooperation among clinicians and
investigators working in the field of dissociation, and

Promotes development of local component groups for study, education and
referral.

Aims of the ESSTD:

To promote an increase in the knowledge of Trauma, Dissociation and all disorders related to chronic traumatisation.

To provide professional and public education about dissociation, trauma and trauma related disorders.

To support communication and co operation among clinicians and other professionals in the field of dissociation and trauma.

To stimulate national and international research projects.

To provide knowledge and education specifically to those countries in Europe who do not have easy access in this field.

The Lantern Project offers a website supporting victims of childhood
sexual abuse, domestic violence, racial abuse and bullying.

David Baldwin's Trauma Information Pages
These Trauma Pages focus primarily on emotional trauma and traumatic stress,
including PTSD (Post-traumatic Stress Disorder) and dissociation, whether
following individual traumatic experience(s) or a large-scale disaster.
Supportive resources supplement the more academic or research information of interest to clinicians, researchers, and students.

Jim Hopper's Information Pages
About child abuse – how prevalent it is, its potential effects.
Pages on mindfulness and kindness as inner resources that anyone, including those abused as children, can cultivate to reduce their suffering and increase their freedom and happiness.

PODS
Information and awareness training days/workshops to inform and educate
about the reality of living with and recovering from dissociation, trauma and
sexual abuse, suitable both for dissociative survivors, their supporters and
professionals such as consellors and psychotherapists

TASC
Information and help for adults sexually abused in childhood

Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute
Professional Training in Somatic Psychology
Dr. Pat Ogden is a pioneer in somatic and psychotherapeutic approaches. She is founder and director of the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute.

Expert therapist and consultant. Dr. Fisher lectures and teaches internationally
on topics related to the integration of research and traetment and how to
introduce newer trauma treatment paradigms in traditional therapeutic
approaches.

Dr. Levine offers training in Somatic Psychhology and specialises in the treatment and understanding of chronic stress.

Dr. Siegal is the clinical professor of psychiatry of the UCLA school of medicine where he is on the faculty of the center for culture, brain and development and co director of the Mindful Awareness Research Centre.

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