Kevin J. Connors, MS is a licensed Marriage & Family Therapist in private practice in Long Beach, California and a frequent national and international presenter on complex trauma and dissociative disorders. He is co-author of TREATING COMPLEX TRAUMA AND DISSOCIATION: A Practical Guide to Navigating Therapeutic Challenges. Kevin is a Fellow of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD) and currently the President-Elect and Chair of their Conference Committee. He also serves as Chair of the Institute on Violence, Abuse, & Trauma’s International Conference Planning Committee’s Adult Survivors of Childhood Maltreatment Track and is Board Member of the National Partnership to End Interpersonal Violence. Kevin is currently exploring the role of shame and powerlessness in clients with complex trauma and dissociative disorders as well as in investigating the prevalence of dissociation among both victims and perpetrators of intimate partner violence.

Lynette Danylchuk, PhD, past President of The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD), has also been the Director of ISSTD’s Professional Training Program, and Co-chair of ISSTD’s Center for Advanced Studies in Trauma and Dissociation Certificate Program, the gold standard in trauma training for complex PTSD and dissociation. Lynette has worked in the trauma field since mid-80’s, focused mainly on people with complex trauma and dissociative diagnoses. She continues to do consultation and teaching where she sees a need, including a local graduate school, juvenile hall, or the county trauma-informed services conference. Lynette has given keynote speeches and workshops internationally.