Dissociative Disorders
Psychotherapy Training Program

New Child and Adolescent Training Started!

About the Program

Course Objectives     | Fees      Locations     |Online Courses      Registration

The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation has successfully completed five years of of the Dissociative Disorders Psychotherapy Training Program (DDPTP) and over 1000 participants have made use of this program.

The face-to-face seminar part of the program consists of nine monthly or bi-weekly sessions of two and one-half hours. The sessions are designed to focus on both readings and clinical situations. Clinical supervision is not provided as part of this seminar. Cases are discussed in the context of the course work, though case material is not limited to that day's topic for that specific seminar. Registration is limited to 12 persons per site. Participants must be licensed professionals, and they must also receive the approval of the local faculty to attend. Clinicians in training may attend with the written recommendation of the chairperson of their training program/department. Clinicians who attend these courses must already be treating a person with a major dissociative disorder. Our experience is that unless that is the case, participants do not have enough contextual experience of dissociative processes to be able to really take in the course material in a meaningful way.

We have two distance learning modules. The Standard course starts in September and ends in June. The Advanced course starts in February, pauses in July/August, and resumes in September and ends in December. This is an excellent option for persons who are too far away from a local site to attend. We have a real international community interacting with a team of expert faculty. The coursework is the same. You don't have to be a computer whiz to engage in the process. For more information on that program, click here .

The Advanced Course , designed by Steven Frankel, Ph.D., J.D. has additional emphasis on attachment, special technique, special adjustment of the treatment frame, transference and countertransference, boundaries, communications with alters, and integration and termination. Course objectives are available if you click here . Format and Fees are the same as for the Standard program.

Last year we introduced a training in Child & Adolescent trauma treatment: Assessment and Treatment of Traumatized Children and Adolescents with Dissociative Symptoms and Disorders. This course has been designed by Joyanna Silberg, Ph.d ., and Fran Waters, DCSW, LMFT,  internationally recognized leaders in this field, as well as each being past presidents of ISSTD, with input from Sandra Wieland, Ph.D.,R.Psych., co-chair of ISSTD Child & Adolescent Task Force. This program is designed to be of interest to a wide range of clinicians who work in both private and public sectors with children. After a year of pilot study, this course will now be available in the United States, Canada, Sweden, England, and the Netherlands. This course is offered in two formats: 4 Saturdays (6 hours) - one Saturday a month for 4 months or 9 evenings (2 1/2 hours) biweekly for 4 months. Before you may register for this program, you must speak with your local faculty member about your clinical experience and interests. Registration is limited for this course to 20 participants. To read more about these programs, please click on the following links

To view the Child & Adolescent Program course objectives click here .

Fees: Registration for ISSTD Members: $385 ; for Non-ISSTD Members: $435. If you wish to have CEU credit please add $40 (available only in U.S. and Canada ). This fee includes copyright fees and course materials. You will receive a CD with course materials when registration is complete. All fees are in U.S. Dollars. We previously discounted some fees outside the U.S. Due to the change in the value of the dollar, this is no longer being done.

If you withdraw from the course less than 15 days prior to its local starting date, there is a $25 non-refundable charge. If you are sent course materials, prior to your notification of withdrawal from the course, regardless of the date of your notice, your refund will also be less the copyright fees and fee for the CD. Registration is limited to 12 participants per location. Once the course starts no new students can be accepted. The course fee is not refundable if you withdraw from the course after two weeks prior to its start, unless an acceptable replacement for your registration is found, in a timely fashion, prior to the start of the course. Refund of fees, and acceptance at that time, is the decision of the course Directors. All materials used for this course are subject to copyright laws and are not for duplication or distribution by course participants. Fees must be submitted with registration, and must be submitted in US dollars. If for reasons beyond the control of the DDPTP, the class for which you register is cancelled, and you have already received a CD of course materials, the DDPTP will retain copyright and CD production fees of $85. If you take the course within two years of the canceled course, you will not be required to pay for the course materials a second time.

CEU's: Currently, we have arranged to have CEU's provided for non-M.D.'s, in the U.S. and Canada . When you register, please indicate whether or not you wish to have CEU credit arranged. The fee, when available at your seminar site, is $40, and will be charged separately, during course registration. You can get preliminary information at the CEU information page .

There are no CEUS currently available for the online course.

The Executive Council of ISSTD is excited about continuing to offer this seminar. We believe that the best way to have an increasingly favorable climate for the treatment of persons with dissociative disorders is to have a well educated population of clinicians providing services. We hope you will join us for this course.

In November 2003, the Executive Council voted to offer a discount for membership in the ISSTD for those persons who have never been members and were registering for the DDPTP. This represents a substantial savings and the benefits of membership to course participants, including discounted admission to our International meeting, as well as local meetings. To participate in this program please download a special membership application by clicking here (Adobe Acrobat Reader required). This does not change your registration fee for the course (you would still register as a non-member), but it does give you a year of the Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, as well as other benefits of membership.

For participants outside North America, please be aware that membership fees are pro-rated based on grouping countries on the basis of international data on comparative purchasing power amongst nations. Your membership fee may actually be well below the discounted rate. Please check this out from the home page of this web site.

The course Directors , Richard Chefetz, M.D., A. Steven Frankel, Ph.D., J.D., Donald Fridley, Ph.D., Elizabeth Howell, Ph.D., Annita Jones, Psy.D. (November 2007) and Eli Somer, Ph.D., are proud of the distinguished faculty members who contributed their energy and talents to make the initial years of this training program so successful. The course grew from the eleven month long course which Dr. Elizabeth Bowman taught in Indianapolis . Revised by Dr. Chefetz to nine months, 1000 students have now participated in this program in its first five years.

Receiving Approval to Register: ISSTD is interested in the success of this program. To ensure the highest standards in our profession, we are asking each potential participant to call and speak with the instructor in your area (if two instructors, speak with at least one, if registering for the online program , write Annita Jones, Psy.D.

If your instructor agrees with your participation in this program, they will tell you to register. If you register without prior consent of an instructor, we cannot guarantee your instructor's approval and your registration fee may be refunded to you, minus an administrative fee of $25 for handling of improperly submitted registration materials. Applicants must be licensed clinicians, or if you are a graduate student, a letter from your Department Chairperson giving permission for your participation in this program must be sent to your faculty person.


Course sites which have two faculty listed will have one course co-taught by both faculty. To begin the registration process, use the information below to contact the faculty member in your area for permission to register.

 
Locations and Faculty for DDPTP
   
CANADA  
Toronto
Christine Dunbar, MB,ChB. FRCP(C) MRCPsych(UK)
229 Major St
Toronto, ON M5S 2L5 Canada
Office Phone: 416-922-7778
Fax: 416-922-6661
Email: cldunbar@rogers.com
Montreal - Standard Class: Sept. 2007
Su Baker, MEd (two faculty, one site)
4064 Wilson Avenue
Montreal, QC H4A 2T9 Canada
Office Phone: (514) 485-9529
Fax: (514) 485-9972
Email: subaker@videotron.ca
Toronto (two faculty, one site)
Clare Pain, MD, FRCP (C)
Mount Sinai Hospital
600 University Avenue
Toronto, ON M5G 1X5 Canada
Office Phone: (416) 586-8890
Fax: (416) 586-8654
Email: CPain@mtsinai.on.ca
Montreal
John A. O'Neil, MD FRCP (C)
St Mary's Hospital
Department of Psychiatry
3830 Lacombe Avenue
Montreal, QC H3T 1M5 Canada
Office Phone: (514) 345-3511
Fax: (514) 485-9972
Email: john.oneil@mcgill.ca
 
London, Ontario
Clare Pain, MD, FRCP (C)
London Health Science Centre
South Street Hospital,
London, ON N6A 4G5
Office: (519) 667-6550
Fax: (519) 667-6864
Vancouver and Victoria
Child and Adolescent Course
Sandra Wieland, Ph.D.,R.Psych.
Centre for Counselling & Therapy
#221 - 560 Johnson Street
Victoria, British Columbia  V8W 3C6
Phone:  (250) 380-9924
Fax:  (250) 656-7639
Email: sandrawieland@shaw.ca
 
EUROPE  

Germany

Duisburg
Regular and Advanced
Helga Mattheß, MD
Fachärztin für psychotherapeutische Medizin
Grossenbaumer Allee 35 a
47269 Duisburg
Tel.: 0203/767374
Fax: 0203/7120111
Email: Helga.Matthess@t-online.de


United Kingdom

York
Sue Masters, UKCP Registered Psychotherapist
Dr Val Wosket, BACP Senior Accredited Counsellor/Psychotherapist
Start date: 10th February 2007
Office Phone: 01904 612069 (Sue Masters) and 07891 784158 (Val Wosket)
Email addresses:v.wosket@btinternet.com
Open to qualified counsellors, psychotherapists and other qualified professionals working with dissociation.
Applicants must have experience of working with at least one dissociative client. Location details: Central York Inquiries: Please phone or email the above

 

York Advanced Course
Sue Richardson UKCP Registered Psychotherapist
Start date: October 2006
Phone: 44 1642 817658
Email: suerichardson1@compuserve.com
Open to qualified counsellors, psychotherapists and mental health professionals.
Inquiries: Please phone or email the above

 

Norwich
Remy Aquarone, Mem. BCP, Mem. UKCP
The Pottergate Centre for Dissociation & Trauma
26 Princes Street , Norwich NR3 1AE .
Tel: 01603 660029. email: pottergatecentre@btconnect.com

 

Scotland: Fall 2007
Stirling
Richard Cross, UKCP Registered Psychotherapist
CareVisions Group,
30 Stirling Business Centre,
Wellgreen Place, Stirling FK8 2DZ

Start date: to be determined
Phone Office: 01786 447 368, Or: 0796 2248848
Email addresses: psychotherapyuk@blueyonder.co.uk

Open to qualified counsellors, psychotherapists and other qualified professionals working with dissociation.
Applicants must have experience of working with at least one dissociative client.

 
MIDDLE EAST  

Israel

Tel Aviv
Orit Nave, M.A.,

Senior Clinical Psychologist
Co-Director, Ofek - Psychological Services
33 Ben Gurion St.
Herzliya 46785, Israel
Office: 09-9587565; Home: 09-8780341
Mobile: 054-4291293
Email: ofekpsy@012.net.il

 

 

UNITED STATES  

Atlanta GA (two faculty, one site)
Ellen (Rusti) Klein, MSW
Tara L. Williams, Ph.D. (contact for registration)
The Anxiety and Stress Management Institute
1640 Powers Ferry Rd.
Building 9 Suite 100
Marietta, GA 30067
Office phone: 770-953-0080 ext. 343
Fax: 770-953-0031
E-mail: drtarawilliams@stressmgt.net

Boston (two faculty, one site)
Audrey A. Wagner, Ph.D.
(contact for registration)
Licensed Psychologist
173 Mount Auburn Street
Watertown, MA 02472
Office Phone: (617) 923-2468
Fax: (617) 923-2432
E-mail: AW8642@aol.com

James A. Chu, M.D.
Chief of Hospital Clinical Services
McLean Hospital
115 Mill Street
Belmont, MA 02478
Office Phone: (617) 855-2761
Fax: (617) 855-2574
Email: james.chu@earthlink.net

Burlington , Vermont -Advanced (two faculty, one site)
John A. O'Neil, MD FRCP (C)
St Mary's Hospital
Department of Psychiatry
3830 Lacombe Avenue
Montreal, QC H3T 1M5 Canada
Office Phone: (514) 345-3511
Fax: (514) 485-9972
Email: john.oneil@mcgill.ca
Su Baker, MEd
4064 Wilson Avenue
Montreal, QC H4A 2T9 Canada
Office Phone: (514) 485-9529
Fax: (514) 485-9972
Email: subaker@videotron.ca

Chapel Hill, N.C.
Gary Peterson, MD

Southeast Institute
103 Edwards Ridge
Chapel Hill, N.C. 27517
Office Phone: (919) 929-1171
Fax: (919) 929-1174
Email: gpeterson@pol.net

Chicago (Two faculty, Two courses)
Standard and Advanced
Course meets at the Evanston Public Library
Church and Chicago Ave, Evanston, Il
Address all course inquires to:

Janet Migdow, MA, LCPC (FM)

Director-Options Counseling
3232 W. Victoria
Chicago, Il 60659
Office Phone: (773) 463-1901
Fax (773) 463-7955
Email: Jexpander@aol.com

Terri L. Sweig, PhD, ATR-BC, LCPC (M
)
660 LaSalle Pl Ste 1A
Highland Pk, Il 60035
847-432-6535
F ax 847-432-0643
Email: tisimagery@aol.com

Cincinnati, OH -- Standard and Advanced
Don Beere, Ph.D.,
ABPP
7000 Houston Rd, Building 200 Suite 15
Florence, KY  41042
Office Phone:(859) 746-1006
Fax:(859) 746-1496
email: beere1db@cmich.edu
website:www.donaldbeere.com

Denver, Colorado Standard Course
Two Faculty, one site
Ruth A. Blizard, PhD

5387 Manhattan Circle, Suite 103
PO Box 4562
Boulder, CO 80306-4562
303-437-4355
fax: 303-997-7490
email rblizard@pronetisp.net

Peter A. Maves, Ph.D.
1113 Spruce Street, Suite 300
Boulder, Colorado 80302
Office Phone: 303-442-7344
Fax: 303-442-7312
Email: PeterMaves@aol.com

Los Angeles
Donald Fridley PhD
South Bay Psychological Center
24445 Hawthorne Blvd. # 105
Torrance California 90505
Office Phone (310) 373 6359
Fax Phone (310) 375 2386
e-mail: dbfridley@cox.net

Houston (three faculty)
Jean M Goodwin, MD, MPH
4925 Fort Crockett Blvd., #510
Galveston, TX 77551
Office Phone: (409) 762-1101
Fax: (409) 762-1163
Email: jmgoodwin@aol.com

Rosalie W. Hyde LMSW-ACP, LMFT
Houston/Galveston Trauma Institute
4615 Post Oak Place #204
Houston, Texas 77027 USA
Office Phone: (713) 960 8450
Fax: (713) 960 8451
e-mail: hgtraumainst@sbcglobal.net

Naomi Rosborough MA, LPC. LMFT
3200 Southwest Freeway, Suite 3300
Houston, Texas 77027-7526
Office Phone: (713) 402 6196
Fax: (713) 993 0866
Email: naomijim@hal-pc.org

Marquette, Michigan-Child & Adolescent
Fran S. Waters, DCSW, LMFT
Private Practice
706 Chippewa Square, Suite 205A
Marquette, MI 49855
Tel: 906-226-2777
Fax: 906-226-0595
email: fswaters@aol.com

Minneapolis Child and Adolescent Course
Midwest Trauma Center
Lori Carter, MSW, LICSW
Private Practice
7400 Metro Blvd #413
Edina, MN 55439
Tel: 218-310-2864
Fax: 952-835-0072
email: loraleeannecarter@yahoo.com

New York City-Standard and Advanced
Elizabeth Howel
l, PhD
Clinical Psychologist
817 Broadway, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10003
Office phones: (718) 797-5539,
(212) 388-0926 and
(917) 534-0700
Fax:(718) 797-5539
Email: efhowell1@earthlink.net

Philadelphia
two faculty, one site
Richard P. Kluft
, MD PhD
Bala Pointe Office Centre, Suite 231
111 Presidential Blvd.
Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 USA
Office Phone: (610) 667-3250
Fax: (610) 667-3374
Email: RPKLUFT@aol.com

S. Ami Berkowitz, M.Ed.
Licensed Psychologist

521 Inverness Ave.
Ambler, PA  19002
Office Phone:  215 643 6151
Fax:  215 643 0265
Email: saberkowitzmed@comcast.net

San Francisco-Bay Area-Advanced (S'08)
Claire Frederick, M. D.
2424 Dwight Way, Suite 5
Berkeley, California 94705
Tel: (415) 267-1875
fax: (215) 974-1777
email: montamat1@sbcglobal.net

San Francisco (Walnut Creek)
A. Steven Frankel
, PhD JD
3527 Mt. Diablo Bl. #269
Lafayette, CA 94549
Voice Mail: (925) 283-4800
Fax: (925) 943-6175
Email: drpsylex@earthlink.net

Tucson, Arizona-Advanced (Spring '08)
Sereta Robinson, Ph.D.
2415 E. 6th St.
Tucson, Az. 85719
Phone 520-323-2670
Fax 520-577-7710
email: sarpsych@aol.com

Washington, D.C. - Master
Joan A. Turkus
MD
200 Little Falls Street
Suite 205
Falls Church, VA 22046-4302
Office Phone: (703) 532-4200
Fax: (703) 532-4201
Email: joan.turkus@verizon.net

Distance Learning
Distance Learning Administrator:
Annita Jones, Psy.D.
- contact to register -
email: abjonespsyd@GMAIL.COM
fax: (610) 776-7101

Each Section Runs for ~7months
and starts when indicated.

Fall Section (2007-8):
Steve Frankel, Ph.D.
Joan Golston, DCSW
Linda Young, M.D.
Annita Jones, Psy.D.

Winter Section (2008):
Thomas Carlton, MD
Steve Frankel, PhD
Joan Golston, DCSW
Linda Young, M.D.

 

 


 
 

TO REGISTER, please read the following note:

Registration is being processed by Trauma Recovery Consultants, Royal Oak , Michigan . When you choose electronic registration, you will be re-directed to their secure website. After several hundred registrations, we have had zero security issues. Remember, if you register without the prior approval of a faculty member, your registration may be refunded to you less a $25 administrative fee. When you click to register you are indicating that you have read the preceding paragraphs about the details of this program, and the rules surrounding the processing of registration fees.

Electronic Secure On-line Registration

Fax Registration

If you have a problem or a concern about registration, please write to the Administrative Director of the DDPTP, Rich Chefetz. Please don't call, Rich doesn't have a toll free line, and he can actually respond to you faster via email. Thanks.

Here is the link to Rich's address: Richard A. Chefetz, M.D.

CEU Registration is included as an option in the registration form. On-line participants cannot register for CEU's.

CEU's are currently available in the U.S. and Canada, only.

 
 

Course Directors:

Richard Chefetz, M.D. Admin/Online
4612 49th St., N.W.
Washington, DC 20016-4312
Tel: 202-966-0224
Fax: 202-244-5676
Email: r.a.chefetz@psychsense.net

A. Steven Frankel, PhD JD Advanced
3527 Mt. Diablo Bl. #269
Lafayette, CA, 94549 USA
Office Phone: (925) 283-4800
Fax: (925) 944-8889
Email: drpsylex@earthlink.net

Donald Fridley, PhD Annita Jones, PsyD
Elizabeth Howell, PhD Standard
Clinical Psychologist
26 W. 9th St., #7C
New York, NY 10011
Office phones: (718) 797-5539 and
(917) 534-0700
Fax:(718) 797-5539
Email: efhowell1@earthlink.net
Eli Somer, PhD International
Maytal - Israel Institute for
Treatment and Study of Stress
5 David Pinski St.
Haifa, 34351 Israel
+972-4-8381999
Email: somer@research.haifa.ac.il
 

Educational Objectives:

 


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