2025 Virtual Conference

Lynette S. Danylchuk, PhD
Lynette Danylchuk, PhD., is a Clinical Psychologist, a graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary, and The California Graduate School of Family Therapy (now Argosy). She has been working in the trauma field since mid-80, starting with Vietnam Vets and people with complex trauma and dissociative disorders. She served 12 years on the original Board of Directors of Survivorship, and then worked for the Board of the Star Foundation for several more years. She had her private practice in San Mateo, California, where, in addition to working with clients, she did (and continues to do) periodic consultation and teaching where she sees a need, including a local graduate school, juvenile hall, or the county trauma-informed services conference. Lynette has been adjunct faculty to graduate schools in the San Francisco area where she has taught, and been a dissertation chairperson. She has given keynote speeches and workshops across the state and at annual conferences of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD).

She has been a member of ISSTD since 1996. She served as Volunteer Chair, Director of the Professional Training Program for seven years, and as a Member of the Board. She is a Past President of ISSTD, having served as President in 2015. She has received numerous awards over the years, including ISSTD’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019. She is currently still on a number of ISSTD committees, and is Co-Chair with Joan Turkus of the Center for Advanced Studies. In addition, she often presents at ISSTD events, and is doing consultation work with therapists around the world.

She and Kevin Connors completed the second edition of their book ‘Treating Complex Trauma and Dissociation: A Practical Guide for Navigating Therapeutic Challenges’, published by Routledge. Their book received ISSTD’s Frank Putnam Award for best clinical book of the year (2024).

Jennifer M. Gómez, PhD
Jennifer M. Gómez, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the School of Social Work and Faculty Affiliate at the Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health at Boston University. Additionally, she serves on the Boards of Center for Institutional Courage and End Rape On Campus. At ISSTD, she serves on the Board, Scientific Committee, and Annual Conference Committee, and is a guest co-editor of the upcoming special issue of Journal of Trauma & Dissociation on intersectional oppression, dissociation, and healing in diverse marginalized people. Dr. Gómez’ research centers around cultural betrayal trauma theory (CBTT), which she created as a Black feminist theoretical framework for examining the impact of violence within the context of inequality on Black and other marginalized populations. Her research has been published in over 100 peer-reviewed journals, books, newsletters, regional and national media outlets, and the Open Science Framework. Her work has been funded by the Ford Foundation Fellowships Program, administered by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, & Medicine (NASEM), the Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research (MCUAAAR)—National Institute on Aging (NIA), and the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University. Her transdisciplinary book, “The Cultural Betrayal of Black Women & Girls: A Black Feminist Approach to Healing from Sexual Abuse”, published by the American Psychological Association, won the 2024 ISSTD Frank W Putnam Outstanding Book Award. In “The Cultural Betrayal of Black Women & Girls”, Dr. Gómez centers Black women and girls through incorporating basic research on racism, intersectional oppression, and cultural betrayal trauma theory, as well as application in the form of culturally competent trauma therapy, radical healing in the Black community, and institutional courage (Freyd, 2018) to promote systems-level change. https://jmgomez.org

Registration Categories

Student
Student registration is open to those enrolled in a program of study leading to a degree or certification in the mental health field and who have an interest in trauma and dissociation. Student registration is also open to trainees and interns in the mental health professions who are practicing under supervision. Proof of student status such as a transcript, copy of course registration, or letter from a supervisor for trainees/interns is required.

Emerging Professional
Emerging Professional registration is open to mental health professionals who have completed an advanced degree and are in the first three years of their career. The three year timeframe is based on date licensed for clinicians or the date of graduation for researchers.

Professional
Professional registration is open to professionals primarily involved in the provision of services, research, education, scholarship, writing or public policy in an area related to trauma and dissociation. Members who are mental health or health care providers must be either licensed professionals or qualified within the accepted legal or cultural standards for conducting clinical practice in his or her locale.

Discounts

ESTD and SPA Member Discounts
If you are a member of ESTD or SPA but not an ISSTD member, you are eligible for a $50 discount on your registration. Please select this option in the Career Stage and Affiliations question on the registration.

Group Discounts
Discounts are available to groups of five or more individuals from the same facility, school, or organization.

• Groups of 5+: 10% discount
• Groups of 10+: 15% discount

World Bank Lower Income Country Discounts
We now offer discounts for attendees coming from World Bank categorized lower income countries. To check whether your country is in one of these tiers, click here.

• Tier VI Countries: 75% discount
• Tier IV & V Countries: 50% discount
• Tier II & III Countries: 25% discount

Please contact the ISSTD Registration Department at cfas@isst-d.org for additional information on all discounts and to receive the appropriate discount code.

Continuing Education Information
Participants attending the full conference will be eligible to receive APA and ASWB continuing education credits and  ISSTD Certificate Program credits. Information about credits for each session are included in the information for each session. Participants will receive individual certificates for each session attended for the sessions which they meet the requirements for. To earn credits, participants must attend the full session and complete a session evaluation for each session.

CE credits are available for purchase for an additional fee at the time of registration.

American Psychological Association (APA)

The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)

The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD), #1744, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers.  State and provincial regulatory boards the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. ISSTD maintains responsibility for this course.  ACE provider approval period: 08/20/2024 – 08/20/2027.

ISSTD Certificate Program
This course has been approved for up to 15 credits towards the ISSTD Certificate of Advanced Studies in Trauma & Dissociation. No certificate is awarded for this credit type.

Awarding of Certificate of Credit
Continuing education credits are available for an additional fee for this event. To obtain continuing education credits, participants who have purchased credits must be in attendance for each session in full and complete a session evaluation for each session attended and complete an overall evaluation. Participant attendance will be marked within two weeks of completion of the conference and participants will have until December 31, 2024 to claim their CE credits. Certificates of Credit are awarded immediately upon completion of the all requirements. An individual certificate will be generated for each individual session attended.

Financial Disclosures
All presenters, planners, editors, or staff report no relevant relationships to disclose: “I do not have at present, or within the last 12 months, nor anticipate having financial interest, arrangement or affiliation with any organizations that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict.