Annual Awards
Lifetime Achievement Award
The Lifetime Achievement Award is the highest recognition given to an individual or individuals who have contributed over a generous span of time to the field of dissociation and/or trauma and the ISSTD.
2005
Richard P Kluft, MD, PhD
Elizabeth S Bowman, MD
2009
Suzette Boon, PhD
2014
Eli Somer, PhD
2015
Vedat Sar, MD
A Steven Frankel, PhD, JD
2010
Kathy Steele, MN, CS
2016
Valerie Sinason, PhD, JD
Jennifer J Freyd, PhD
2011
Paul F Dell, PhD, ABPP
Ellert RS Nijenhuis, PhD
2017
Elizabeth Howell, PhD
Richard Chefetz, MD
2012
Richard J Loewenstein, MD
2018
Warwick Middleton, MD
Colin A Ross, MD
Joan Turkus, MD
2013
Frank W Putnam, MD
2019
Lynette S Danylchuk, PhD
Ira Brenner, MD
Mid Career Achievement Award
This award is given to an outstanding individual who though young in years has nevertheless made consistently salient contributions to the study of trauma and/or dissociation in their career.
Cornelia B Wilbur Award
The Cornelia B Wilbur Award is given to an individual for outstanding clinical contributions to the treatment of dissociative disorders. Examples are (a) furthering the availability of diagnosis and treatment of dissociative disorders, (b) clinical research in diagnostic or treatment modalities, including treatment outcome, (c) advances in diagnostic instruments or diagnostic criteria, (d) diagnostic studies in various populations, or (e) new treatment techniques.
1985
Richard P Kluft, MD
2002
Constance Dalenberg, PhD
1986
Philip M Coons, MD
2003
Catherine G Fine, PhD
1987
Bennett Braun, MD
2004
Vedat Sar, MD
Anne Suokas-Cunliffe, MPhil
1988
Moshe S Torem, MD
2005
Marlene Steinberg, MD
1989
Catherine Fine, PhD
2006
Elizabeth Howell, PhD
1990
Frank Putnam, MD
2007
Richard J Loewenstein, MD
1991
James A Chu, MD
2008
Trine Anstorp
Kirsten Benum
Marianne Jacobson
1992
Richard Loewenstein, MD
2009
Joan Turkus, MD
1993
Nancy L Hornstein, MD
2011
Kathy Steele, MN, CS
1994
Jean Goodwin, MD
2012
Bethany Brand, PhD
1995
Ralph Allison, MD
2013
Sandra Wieland, PhD
1996
Larry Michelson, PhD
William Ray, PhD
2015
Renee Potgieter-Marks, PhD
1997
Joyanna Silberg, PhD
2016
Colin Ross, MD
1998
Claire Frederick, MD
Maggie Phillips, PhD
2017
Ralf Vogt, PhD
1999
James Chu, MD
2018
Milissa Kaufman, MD, PhD
2000
Eli Somer, PhD
2019
Frances S Waters, DCSW
2001
Edith Baum, MCAT
Christine Courtois, PhD
2020
Steven Gold, PhD
Agnieszka Widera-Wysoczańska
David Caul Award
The David Caul Memorial Award is given for the best published or non-published paper, thesis, or conference abstract written by a resident or trainee in the field of dissociation and/or trauma.
1989
R. Riley, MD
J Meade, MD
2006
Brandon Korman
1990
M Steinberg, MD
2007
Katharina Kircanski, MA
Robert Cory Fanto
Edward MacPhee
Lynda Thiessen
Katarzyna Wyka
1991
D Savitz, Esq
2008
Robyn Gobin
Amie Kolos
Michal Lavy
Jocelyn Soffer, MD
1992
N Hornstein, MD
2009
Shira Bennett
Ryan Matlow
Kai Monde
1993
S Boon, PhD
N Draijer, PhD
2010
J Audie Black
Sima Chalavi
Molly Wolf
1994
L Meyer Williams, PhD
2011
Jonathan DePierro
Madeleine Karpel
Reese Minshew
Melissa Platt
1995
H Tutkun, MD
LI Yargic, MD
V Sar, MD
2012
E Grace Priest
Emily J Hennrich, MA
Sarah Ahlfs-Dunn, MS
1996
Rachel Yehuda, PhD
2013
Johannes Ehrenthal
Selwyn Renard
1998
Kerry J Lang, PhD
Joel Paris, MD
Haille Zweig-Frank, PhD
W John Livesly, MD, PhD
2014
Aliya Webermann
Sarah Herzog
Brianna Snyder
1999
Gamze Akyuz, MD
Orhan Dogan, MD
Vedat Sar, MD
L Ilhan Yargic, MD
Hamdi Tutkun, MD
Bolu Duzce
2015
Marloes Eidhof, MSc
Michelle Downs-Woolley, PhD Candidate
2000
Ursula Gast, MD
2016
Maria Quinn, PhD
2001
Catherina M Dornbusch, MS
2018
Tuba Mutluer, MD
2002
Martin Dorahy, PhD
2019
Mary-Anne Kate, PhD
2003
Rafaele Huntjens, PhD
2004
Karen Way, MA
2005
AAT Simone Reinders, PhD
Ellert TS Nijenhuis, PhD
Jacqueline Quak, MD
Jakob Korf, PhD
Jaap Haaksma, PhD
Anne MJ Paans, PhD
Antoon TM Willemsen, PhD
Johan A den Boer, MD, PhD
Distinguished Achievement Award
Given to individuals who have distinguished themselves in the ISSTD.
1987
C Wilbur, MD
2005
George A Fraser, MD
1991
B Cohen, MA
E Giller, MA
L Wasnak
2006
Su Baker, MEd
Richard A Chefetz, MD
Chris Comstock, PhD
Bob Patin
George Rhoades, PhD
1992
C Comstock, PhD
G Fraser, MD, FRCPC
R Sachs, PhD
C Fine, PhD
G Peterson, MD
2007
Don Beere, PhD
1993
B Carlson, PhD
P Coons, MD
J Chu, MD
A Kadish
2009
Liora Somer, MA
1995
P Barach, PhD
S Marmer, MD
E Bowman, MD
N Perry, PhD
M Steinberg, MD
2010
Joanne Twombly, MSW, LICSW
1996
Bennett Braun, MD
John Curtis, MD
2011
Lynette Danylchuk, PhD
Andreas Laddis, MD
Na’ama Yehuda
Jennifer Freyd, PhD
Tara Williams, PhD
1997
Michaela Huber, PsyD
Jeanie McIntee, Msc
2012
Sandra Baita, PhD
Anabel Gonzalez
1998
Frank W Putnam, MD
Alan W Scheflin, Jr, JD
D Corydon Hammond, PhD
Daniel Brown, PhD
2014
Joan C Golston, DCSW, LICSW
1999
Kathy Steele, RN, MN, CS
2015
Joan A Turkus, MD, DLFAPA
2000
Su Baker, MEd
Peter Barach, PhD
2016
Robert Llewellyn-Jones, FRANZCP
Brad Foote, MD
Elizabeth Bowman, MD
2001
John O’Neil, MD, FRCPC
Christine Comstock, PhD
2017
Willa Wertheimer, PsyD
Martin Dorahy, PhD
Janet Migdow, PhD
Warwick Middleton, MB, BS, FRANZCP, MD
2002
Elizabeth Bowman, MD
Richard P Kluft, MD
2003
Stephen E Braude, PhD
2019
Marilyn Korzekwa, MD, FRCPC
Andreas Laddis, MD
2020
Su Baker, MEd
Joan Turkus, MD, DLFAPA
2004
Dennis S Pilon, ACSW, BCD, MSW
Frank W Putman Award
This award is given in honor of Frank W. Putnam, a gentle and seminal giant in our field, clinician, research scientist, mentor and prolific writer. This award is given for an outstanding book that significantly contributes to our knowledge and understanding in the field of trauma and dissociation.
Media Award – Audio-Visual
The Media Award is given to an individual or organization for the best-written media (eg books, newspapers) and best audiovisual media (eg films, television, videos) that deal with dissociation and/or trauma.
1996
NHK Television (Japan)
Tom Togashi
Daisuke Takama
2010
Sapphire
1997
Linda Catherine Cutting
2011
First Person Plural for the film, A Logical Way of Being – Melanie Goodwin, Kathryn Livingston, Jill Saunders, and Oriel
2004
Marilyn Van Derbur
2015
Dr Cathy Kezelman
2005
Chuck Palahnuik
2016
Mental Health Professionals Network (Australia)
2006
Oprah Winfrey
2017
Elisa Monti for the film, You’ll Say Nothing
2007
Abby Braun, PhD
2018
Despina Noula Diamantopoulos
2008
Wendy Anson
2009
Mary Jo Kaplan, Showtime Networks
2019
A&E Network and Renegade 83 for the documentary series The Many Sides of Jane
2020
Emily Christensen, PhD
Media Award – Written
1996
Michael Stanton
2010
Christine Courtois, PhD
Julian Ford, PhD
Elizabeth Howell, PhD
1997
David Baldwin
2011
Ruth Lanius, MD, PhD
Eric Vermetten, MD
Clare Pain, MD
Robert T Muller, PhD
1998
Ridgeview Institute
Richard P Kluft, MD
Beth Gault
2012
Elizabeth Howell, PhD
1999
Christine Comstock, PhD
Lynn S Crook
2013
Richard P Kluft, MD
Joyanna Silberg, PhD
Martin H Teicher, MD, PhD Jacqueline A Samson, PhD
2000
Cavalcade Productions, Inc
2015
Richard A Chefetz, MD
2001
Ulla Froehling
2016
Na’ama Yehuda
Niki Gomez-Perales, MSW, RSW
Sheldon Itzkowitz, PhD, ABPP
Elizabeth Howell, PhD
2002
Paul J Fink, MD
2017
Donna Hicks, PhD
2003
Harvey L Schwartz, PhD
2018
Australian Royal Commission:
Hon Justice Peter McClellan AM
Hon Justice Jennifere Coate
Commissioner Bob Atkinson AO APM
Commissioner Andrew Murray
Commissioner Helen Milroy
Commissioner Robert Fitzgerald AM
Gail Furness SC
2006
Ellert RS Nijenhuis, PhD
Chuck Palahniuk
Kathy Steele, RN, MN, CS
Onno van der Hart, PhD
2019
Robert T Muller, PhD
Tracey Shelton
Patricia Niland
2009
Paul F Dell, PhD
2020
Michael H Keller & Gabriel JX Dance
Peter Fox
Morton Prince Award for Scientific Achievement
Given to an individual who has made outstanding cumulative contributions to research in the area of dissociative disorders.
1985
F Putnam, PhD
2001
Vedat Sar, MD
1986
R Kluft, MD
2002
Daniel Brown, PhD
Alan W Scheflin, JD
1987
P Coons, MD
2003
Phillip M Coons, MD
1988
J Watkins, MD
2004
Paul F Dell, PhD
1989
C Ross, MD
2005
Daphne Simeon, MD
1990
R Loewenstein, MD
2006
Carsen Spitzer
1991
B Braun, MD
2007
Ruth Lanius, MD
1992
E Carlson, PhD
2008
Brad Foote, MD
1993
M Steinberg, MD
2009
Bethany Brand, PhD
1994
S Boon, PhD
N Drayer
2010
Vedat Sar, MD
Constance Dalengerg, PhD
1995
E Frischholz, PhD
2012
Annemiek van Dijke, PhD
1996
David Gleaves, PhD
2013
Warwick Middleton, MB BS, FRANZCP, MD
1997
Niels Waller, PhD
2016
Alfonzo Martinez-Taboas, PhD
Martin Dorahy, PhD
1998
Ellert RS Nijenhuis
2017
AAT Simone Reinders, PhD
1999
Etzel Cardena, PhD
2000
Frank Leavitt, PhD
2018
Michael Salter, PhD
2019
Bethany Brand, PhD
2020
Lauren Lebois, PhD
Pierre Janet Writing Award
Given to an individual for the best clinical, theoretical or research paper in the field of dissociative and/or trauma within the past year.
1991
O van der Hart, PhD
2006
Paul F Dell, PhD
1992
R Kluft, MD
2007
Daniel Schechter, MD
1993
F Putnam, PhD
2008
Martin Dorahy, PhD
David Spiegel, MD
Eric Vermetten, MD, PhD
1994
D Spiegel, MD
2009
John A O’Neil, MD, FRCPC 2
1995
I Hacking
2010
Andrew Moskowitz, PhD
Ingo Schafer, MD, MPH
Martin Dorahy, PhD 2007
Daniel Schechter, MD
1996
Alfonso Martinez-Taboas, PhD
2011
Suzette Boon, PhD
Kathy Steele, MN, CS
Onno van Der Hart, PhD
1997
Jennifer Freyd, PhD
2012
Constance Dalengerg, PhD
Bethany Brand, PhD
David Gleaves, PhD
Martin Dorahy, PhD
Richard J Loewenstein, MD
Etzel Cardena, PhD
Paul Frewen, PhD
Eve Carlson, PhD
David Spiegel, MD
1998
James A Chu, MD
2014
Martin J Dorahy, PhD
Bethany Brand, PhD
Vedat Sar, MD
Christa Kruger, MD
Pam Stavropoulus, PhD
Alfonso Martinez-Taboas, PhD
Roberto Lewis-Fernandez, MD
Warwick Middleton, MB BS, FRANZCP, MD
1999
David H Gleaves, PhD
2015
Richard Chefetz, MD
2000
Ellert RS Nijenhuis, PhD
2016
Ellert Nijenhuis
2001
Onno van der Hart, PhD
Kathy Steele, MN, CS
2017
Kathy Steele
Suzette Boon
Onno van der Hart
Frank Putnam
Eline Vissia
Mechteld Giesen
Sima Chalavi
Ellert Nijenhuis
Nel Draijer
Bethany Brand
AAT Simone Reinders
2002
Kelly A Forrest
2018
Daniel P Brown
David S Elliott
2003
George A Fraser, MD, FRCPC
2019
Paul F Dell, PhD, ABPP
2004
Etzel Cardena, PhD
David H Gleaves, PhD
2020
A.A.T. Simone Reinders, PhD
2005
Giovanni Liotti, MD
Kathryn A Becker-Blease, PhD
Kirby Deater-Deckard, PhD
Thalia Eley, PhD
Jennifer J Freyd, PhD
Jim Stevenson, PhD
Robert Plomin, PhD
Presidents Award of Distinction
Given to an individual who has given outstanding service to the Society.
1985
George Greaves, PhD
2004
Elizabeth Power
Su Baker, MEd
1986
David Caul, MD
2005
James A Chu, MD
1987
Christine Comstock, PhD
2006
Richard A Chefetz, MD
1988
Richard Kluft, MD
2007
Thomas G Tudor, PhD
1989
Bennett Braun, MD
2008
Richard A Chefetz, MD
1990
Colin Ross, MD
2009
Thomas G Carlton, MD
1991
George Faust, JD, PhD
2010
Vedat Sar, MD
Therese Clemens
1992
Stephen Marmer, MD, PhD
2011
Michael Foust, PhD
Sheila Hatcher, MSW
Jennifer Randall
Christine Forner, MSW
1993
Lynn Wasnak
Peter Barach, PhD
Gary Peterson, MD
2012
Serge Goffinet, MD
Manoelle Hopchet, MA
Frances S Waters, DCSW, LMSW, LMFT
1994
Marlene Steinberg, MD
2013
Lynette S Danylchuk, PhD
Annual Conference Committee
1995
Moshe Torem, MD
Onno van der Hart, PhD
Suzette Boon, PhD
2014
Kevin J Connors, MS, MFT
Bethany Brand, PhD
Na’ama Yehuda, MSC, SLP
1996
Peter Barach, PhD
2015
Christine Forner, BA, BSW, MSW
Warwick Middleton, MB BS, FRANZCP, MD
1997
Elizabeth Bowman, MD
2016
Philip J Kinsler, PhD, ABPP
Vivian Pender, MD
Willa Wertheimer, PsyD
1998
Chris Costner Sizemore
2017
Richard Hohfeler, PsyD
Joan Haliburn, MBBS, FRANZCP, MMed
Robert Slater, MSW, LCSW-R
Christa Kruger, MBBCh, MMed, FCPsych, MD
1999
Su Baker, MEd
Carol J Bruce, MS, RN, PsyD
John O’Neil, MD
2018
D Michael Coy, MA, LICSW
Kate McMaugh
2000
Elizabeth Bowman, MD
James A Chu, MD
2019
Sandra Baita, Clinical Psychologist
Andrea Calleja
Mariana Grana
Karen Hopenwasser, MD
2001
Charles Wharton, PhD
2020
Ricky Kriete
Courtenay Crucil
Abigail Percifield
Diane Clare
2002
Marcia C Cotton, PhD
2003
Remy Aquarone, MSS, BCP, UKCP, FIP
Clare Pain, MD, FRCPC
Sandor Ferenczi Award
The Sandor Ferenczi Award is given for the best published work in the realm of psychoanalysis related to trauma and dissociation in adults and/or children.
2019
Daniel S Schecter, MD
2020
Felicity de Zulueta
Student Award
The Student Award is presented to a trainee (ie undergraduate, graduate, pre-graduate intern or post-graduate resident) for: (a) outstanding service to the Society; (b) an exceptional contribution to or innovation in clinical or service delivery in the field of dissociative disorders; or (c) an exceptional contribution to or innovation in training in the field of dissociative disorders.
2001
Selah Richards, BA
2013
Winja Marie Lutz, BSc
2002
Steven Ruths, PhD
2015
Becky Stewart, MA, PhD Candidate
Aliya Webermann, BA
2003
Irit Nachmani, MSW
2016
Jytte van Huijstee
2005
Stacey L Seibel, MS, PhD
2018
Jonathan D Wolff
Abigail Percifield
2006
Nicole Richardson
2007
Monica Monahan
Therese O Clemens Advocacy Award
This award is given in honor of and dedicated to Therese O Clemens who served as the ISSTD Executive Director for 9 years, guiding us through some of our most difficult times. Her leadership and tireless efforts helped to stabilize and ensure the future of our organization.
This award is presented to the lay individual or organization outside of the field of psychiatry or psychotherapy who, through their continuing efforts and dedication, has advanced the Mission and Vision of the ISSTD.
2018
Therese O Clemens
2019
Julia Guillard
2020
Joanne McCarthy
Richard P Kluft Award for Journal of Trauma & Dissociation Best Article, sponsored by Routledge
2013
Where are we going? An update on assessment, treatment, and neurobiological research in dissociative disorders
as we move toward the DSM-5.
Brand BL, Lanius R, Vermetten E, Loewenstein RJ, Spiegel D, J Trauma Dissociation. 2012;13(1):9-31
2014
Early Traumatized Inpatients High in Psychoform and Somatoform Dissociation: Characteristics and Treatment Response.
Heir, T, Jepsen E, Langeland W, J Trauma Dissociation. 2014; 15(5):572-587
2015
Change in heart rate variability after the Adult Attachment Interview in dissociative patients.
Farina B, Speranza A M, Imperatori C, Quintiliani M I, & Marca G D. 2015; 16(2), 170-180
2016
Shifting the focus: Nonpathologizing approaches to healing from betrayl trauma through an emphasis on relational care.
Gomez JM, Lewis JK, Noll LK, Smidt AM, & Birrell, P; 17(2), 165-185.
2017
Mentalization and Dissociation in the Context of Trauma: Implications for Child Psychopathology.
Karin Ensink PhD, Michael Begin BA, Lina Normandin PhD, Natacha Godbout PhD & Peter Fonagy PhD; 18(1), 11-30.
2018
Intergenerational transmission of traumatization: Theoretical framework and implications for prevention
Ariel J. Lang & Maria A. Gartstein; 19(2), 162-175
2019
Reconsidering the autohypnotic model of the dissociative disorders.
Paul F. Dell; 20(1), 48-78