News and  Resources

*  Ritual Dates for 2013 can be found at http://ra-info.org/for-and-by-survivors/ritual-dates-and-symbols. Dates observed by Satanic, Neo-Nazi, polytheist, and Thelemic groups are included. There is also a section on triggering symbols and objects.

* Several bibliographies have been updated, including: Africa-Centered Religions, Art and Music Therapy, blogs, Borderline Personality Disorder, Children's Issues, Christian Books and Websites on Ritual Abuse, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Eating Disorders, Healing: Self-Help Books and Workbooks, Human Trafficking, Journaling, Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse, Mind Control: History and Analysis, Post Traumatic Stress, Ritual Abuse Survivor Accounts: Biographies and Poetry Books, Self-Injury, Sexual Abuse by Clergy, Sexual Addiction, Theses and Dissertations, and Torture.

* The complete FAQ has been translated into both French and German.

*Pedopolis is a French website devoted to news about pedophilia. It has many articles about ritual abuse, translations of major English articles, and videos in different languages. There is also a newsletter and a members' section. www.pedopolis.com

* An English organization, "First Person Plural" offers a DVD, "A Logical Way of Being," as an introduction to dissociation for survivors, their supporters, and therapists. Survivors and therapists take turns discussing:
1. Introduction of Dissociation
2.Dissociative Disorders
3. Dissociative Identity Disorder
4.  Living with DID
5. Supportive Responses
6.  The Role of Therapy
It is available with subtitles in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Turkish, and English. Available at http://www.firstpersonplural.org.uk/dvd and Amazon

* RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) lists over 1,100 local rape crisis centers across the US. It also has a hotline 800.656.HOPE and programs to prevent sexual assault and help victims.   www.rainn.org/

* An international inventory of hotlines, shelters, refuges, crisis centers and women’s organizations, searchable by country, plus an index of domestic violence resources in over 80 languages. http://www.hotpeachpages.net

* The entire contents of the journal Dissociation (540 issues) are on the web in pdf format. Go to https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/search Enter “Dissociation” in the search box at the upper right.

Upcoming Events

Call for Presentations, Papers, and Posters

* IVAT: The Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma. Deadline: July 31. Submit online at http://www.ivatcenters.org/2013ICcallforSubmission_Insert-Poster.asp

* An Infinite Mind: "Healing Together." Guidelines and proposal submission form are at
http://www.aninfinitemind.com/healing-together.html?utm_source=An+Infinite+Mind&utm_campaign=de42abe1f5-Newsletter_June_136_9_2013&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_2a2fa1fb73-de42abe1f5-43922333

Webinars

* Survivorship
Information: http://www.survivorship.org/webinars.html

1. July 13 , 12:00 Pacific Time
"What a Service Dog is and How Service Dogs can Help People with PTSD."
Presenter: Lisa Ann Gray

2. August 24 12:00 Pacific Time
"A Webinar on Brainspotting"
Presenter: Randy Weled, MFT

* NICABM: National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine. 2013 Trauma Therapy Webinar Series. Presenters include Peter Levine, Bessel van der Kolk, Pat Ogden, Stephen Porges, Francine Shapiro, and Ruth Lanius. Every Wednesday 5:00 PM or 6:30 PM EST. Information: http://www.nicabm.com/

* ISSTD: International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation offers downloads of twelve Webinars by Richard P. Kluft, Pat Ogden, Kathy Steele, Janina Fisher, Richard J. Lowenstein, Bethany Brand, and Catherine Fine.
Information: http://www.isst-d.org/default.asp?contentID=58

Conferences and Workshops

* Alliance Graduate School. "Restoring the Shattered Self: The Treatment of Complex Trauma."
Presenter: Heather Davediuk Gingrich
Information: Tel: 411-4357
June 15, Quezon City (metro Manila), Philippines.

*   PODS Workshop/Training Day  “Trauma and the Body: Somatisation and Dissociation.”
June 22,  Preston, Lancashire, England.
Information:  www.pods-online.org.uk/workshop-22jun2013
June 29, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire?, England.
Information: www.pods-online.org.uk/workshop-29jun2013
July 13, Crawley, West Sussex?, England.
Information:  www.pods-online.org.uk/workshop-13jul2013
October 12, Chesterfield, Derbyshire?I, England.
Information: www.pods-online.org.uk/workshop-12oct2013

* St. Paul’s Milagiriya. "Restoring the Shattered Self: The Treatment of Complex Trauma."
Presenter: Heather Davediuk Gingrich
Information: Tel: 011 5524257
Email: registrar@cts.lk
Website: http://www.cts.lk
June 24 - 27, Colombo, Sri Lanka

* Colombo Theological Seminary. "Counseling for Trauma and Abuse."
Presenter: Heather Davediuk Gingrich
Information: Tel: 411-4357
June 27, Colombo, Sri Lanka

*   European Society for Trauma and Dissociation, UK Network “Practical Training for People in Practice." (Training and Networking Event.)
Presenters: Remy Aquarone, Orit Epstein, First Person Plural, Mike Lloyd, Renee Marks, Sue Richardson, Valerie Sinason, Nel Walker, Rachel Wingfield Schwartz, and Joe Schwartz.
June 29, York, England
Information: sandra@sandrabuck.co.uk

*  Cape Cod Institute “Frontiers of Trauma Treatment.”
Presenter: Bessel van der Kolk
July 8 - 12,  Eastham, MA.
Information: http://www.cape.org/2013/bessel_vanderkolk.html

*  MaleSurvivor Weekends of Recovery.
July 12 – 14, New Haven,  CT.
August 16 – 18,  Alta, UT.
September 20 – 22,  Alta, UT.
October 18 – 20,  Peebles, OH.
Information: http://www.malesurvivor.org/weekends-of-recovery.html?utm_source=Seqouia+Announcement&utm_campaign=SequoiaBlast2013&utm_medium=email

*  Cape Cod Institute “Internal Family Systems Workshop”
Presenter: Richard Schwartz
July 15-19, Eastham, MA.
Information: http://www.cape.org/2013/richard_schwartz.html

*  SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests) Annual Conference.
July 26 – 28, Washington DC.
Information: http://www.snapnetwork.org/2013_annual_conference

*  S.M.A.R.T.’s Ritual Abuse and Extreme Abuse Clinician’s Conference
August 9, Windsor Locks, CT?.
Information: http://ritualabuse.us/smart-conference/ritual-abuse-and-extreme-abuse-clinicians-conference-2013

*   S.M.A.R.T.’s 16th Annual Ritual Abuse, Secretive Organizations and Mind Control Conference
August 10–11, Windsor Locks, CT.
Information: http://ritualabuse.us/smart-conference/

* IVAT: The Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma: 18th International Conference and Summit on Violence, Abuse and Trauma
Affiliated Trainings: September  6 - 7, San Diego, CA.
Conference: September 8 - 11, San Diego, CA.
Information:  http://www.ivatcenters.org/18thIC_Conference_Info.html#OV

*  R.A.I.N.S. “Healing the Unimaginable: Treating Ritual Abuse and Mind Control.”
Presenter: Alison Miller
September 6 - 8, Swanwick, Derbyshire, England
Information: rains@rains-home.org.uk

*Bowlby Institute “Critical Issues in Treating Ritual Abuse and Mind Control.”
Presenter: Alison Miller
September 9, London, England
Information:  http://www.thebowlbycentre.org.uk

*   Restoration in Christ Ministries. "Restoring  Shattered Lives Seminar."
Presenter: Diane W. Hawkins, M.A.
September 11 - 13, Spokane, Washington
Information: http://www.rcm-usa.org

*  Manor Hall Centre for Trauma “Healing the Unimaginable: Treating Ritual Abuse and Mind Control.”
Presenter: Alison Miller
September 14 - 15, Deanston near Doune,? Stirlingshire, Scotland
Information: http://centrefortrauma.com/news/40-training-event-14-15-sept-2013

*  First Person Plural “Understanding Dissociation and Complex Dissociative Disorders.”
Presenters:  Melanie Goodwin and Kathryn Livingston
October 5, Swindon, Wiltshire, England
Information: fpp-chair@hotmail.co.uk

*  PODS Workshop/Training Day “Working with Relational Trauma – Attachment and Healthy Relationships.”
October 26, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands
November 9, Preston, Lancashire
Information: http://www.pods-online.org.uk/events.html

*  The Pottergate Centre  “Affect Regulation, The Use and Abuse of Self. Working with Complex Trauma and Dissociation.”
Presenter: Remy Aquarone
November 7- 8 and 21-22, Norwich, England
Information: http://www.dissociation.co.uk/training.asp

*  ISSTD 30th Annual  Conference “Navigating Development of the Therapist: Integration of Knowledge, Experience, and Research in Complex Trauma and Dissociation.”
Pre-conference: November 14 – 15, Baltimore, MD?.
Conference: November 16 – 18, Baltimore, MD.
Information: http://www.isst-d.org/

* First Person Plural "Supporting Adult Survivors of Childhood Trauma Who Have Dissociative Identity Disorder."
November 16, Swindon, Wiltshire, England.
Information: http://www.firstpersonplural.org

* The Bowlby Centre "From Pierre Janet's Psychologial Automatism to Structural Dissociation."
November 30, London, England
Presenter: Onno van der Hart
Information: http://www.thebowlbycentre.org.uk/eventslist.html

*   PODS Workshop for people with DID, their partners and supporters, and professionals. “Living with Dissociation.”
December 7, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England
Information: http://www.pods-online.org.uk/events.html

* IVAT: 11th Annual Hawaii Conference: "Preventing, Assessing and Treating Child, Adolescent, and Adult Trauma."
March 11 - 13, 2014, Honolulu HI
Information: http://www.ivatcenters.org/18thIC_Conference_Info.html#OV

*  European Society for Trauma and Dissociation “Trauma, Dissociation and Attachment in the 21st Century: Where are We Heading?”
Keynote Speakers: Etzel Cardeña, Eve Carlson, Susan Hart, Giovanni Liotti, Ellert Nijenhuis, and Andrew Moskowitz
March 27-29, 2014, Copenhagen, Denmark
Information: http://www.estd2014.org/
Preconferences: 1. Suzette Boon and Kathy Steele “Phase one treatment of complex dissociative disorders: Overcoming ‘impossible impasses.”
2. Jim Knipe “The EMDR Toolbox: Specific procedures to treat: Complex PTSD and other dissociative conditions.”
3. Pat Ogden “The essential role of nonverbal communication in the treatment of trauma and dissociation: A Sensorimotor Psychotherapy perspective.”
4. Su Baker and John O’Neil “Transference and Countertransference revisited: The interplay of trauma and attachment in the process of therapy with dissociative disorders.”
5. Sandra Wieland “Dissociation-focused assessment and treatment of traumatized children.”

* Trauma and Abuse Group (TAG) National Conference
Presenters: Janina Fisher, Suzette Boon, Mike Lloyd, Ruth Cureton
April 4-6, 2014, Swanwick, Derbyshire, England
Information: www.tag-uk.net

* IVAT: 19th Annual International Conference and Summit on Violence, Abuse and Trauma.
September 7 - 10, 2014, San Diego, CA.
Information: http://www.ivatcenters.org/18thIC_Conference_Info.html#OV

updated 6/8/2013