Intended Participants: Participants must receive approval from the faculty to attend. Licensed mental health professionals (psychiatrists, psychologists, clinical social workers, mental health counselors) who are personally treating clients with Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Dissociative Disorders and who have personally treated a significant number of such clients in a minimum of eight (8) years in clinical practice. In addition, the participants must have taken the ISSTD Advanced Topics in Complex Trauma and Dissociative Disorders course or its equivalent (to be assessed by the facilitator.)

For course topics, objectives, continuing education credits, and other information, click here.
For syllabus, click here. 

Course Dates/Location:  
Dates: Wednesdays Oct 13, Nov 17, Dec 8, 2021, Jan 12, Feb 9, Mar 9, April 13 and May 11, 2021
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET
Location: Online via Zoom

Course Textbooks:

• Howell, E. (2020) Trauma and Dissociation Informed Psychotherapy:  Relational Healing and the Therapeutic Connection. W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY.
• Quiros, L. (2021) Incorporating Diversity and Inclusion into Trauma-Informed Social Work:  Transformational Leadership.  Routledge, New York, NY.
• Gold, S. (2020) Contextual Trauma Therapy:  Overcoming Traumatization and Reaching Full Potential.  APA, Washington, DC.

Course Format: Eight, 2-hour sessions of combined literature discussion/lecture and discussion of cases presented by students

Faculty Member: Joan A. Turkus, M.D. (Contact: joan.turkus@verizon.net)
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Joan A. Turkus, MD maintains a consulting and clinical practice in psychiatry and traumatology in McLean, Virginia. She is the Medical Director, TraumaSci: Complex Trauma Disorders Program at Dominion/HCA Hospital in Falls Church, Virginia and Co-Founder/Past Medical Director of The Center: Posttraumatic Disorders Program at the Psychiatric Institute of Washington, DC.  

Dr. Turkus has years of experience in the trauma field and maintains a national profile with teaching and consultation. She is a graduate of Rutgers University with a degree in pharmacy and graduated from The George Washington University School of Medicine with honors. She is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a Fellow of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation, of which she is a Past President. She has been awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award, the Cornelia Wilbur Award for clinical contributions, and a Distinguished Achievement Award by the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation. She is a Diplomate of both the American Board of Psychiatry and the American Board of Forensic Psychiatry. 

She is trained in psychiatry, traumatology, clinical hypnosis and EMDR. She maintains a keen interest in neurobiology and psychopharmacology, particularly in their application to the complexity of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.

Information on Continuing Education approvals for the course is available here.