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 New England Society for the Treatment of Trauma and Dissociation

 

 
Committees
All committees welcome new members. If you are interested in volunteering to serve on a committee, please contact Michele Hart at info@nesttd-online.org or one of the of Committee Chairs, below.

Nominating Committee
Lana Epstein, LICSW

The Nominating Committee has the responsibility for identifying and considering available candidates for the Board of Directors. The Committee presents a slate of candidates to the Society for the annual elections, oversees the voting process, and announces the results.

Community Education and
Outreach Committee
Candace Saunders, LICSW, 617-959-1050

NESTTD’s Community Education and Outreach (CEO) Committee was created with an investment in bringing knowledge about the prevalence of dissociation among chronic trauma survivors to professionals in agencies, clinical settings, and human services and medical institutions.

The committee has developed an introductory two-hour training program - An Introductory Training in the The Treatment of Dissociation in Clients with Complex PTSD and Dissociative Disorders- which is available to be given to professionals at their agencies. The training is given by one of several NESTTD clinicians, who have notable expertise in treating, teaching, and publishing about dissociative experiences in those with histories of chronic loss and trauma. Instructors have successfully presented the introductory dissociation workshop in a number of mental health and health agencies, hospitals, and social service centers in Greater Boston.

CEO committee members meet monthly to discuss potential updates for the training curriculum, strategies for marketing information about the trainings to agencies, agency evaluations of the training, and ideas for extending NESTTD’s community education opportunities.

Agency professionals interested in information about offering the Introductory Training in the Treatment of Dissociation in Clients with Complex PTSD and Dissociative Disorders in their agency should contact NESTTD at info@nesttd-online.org . Ideas for ways in which NESTTD’s community outreach and education committee can be responsive to the needs of its members is always welcome.

The chairperson of the committee is Candace Saunders. Committee members include Susan Aeschbach, Laurie Brown, Suzanne Hoffman, and Joanne Twombly.


Finance Committee
Ken Sipe, LICSW, 781-710-8873

The Finance Committee is responsible for the development of financial policies for NESTTD. We develop the annual budget and make recommendations. We also audit the financial records.  We would welcome new committee members.

Membership Committee
Jessica Reed, LICSW, 781-559-3434

The Membership Committee actively seeks and encourages membership applications from qualified persons in the field of psychotherapy who are interested in the study and treatment of trauma and dissociation. This committee is driven by a mission to infuse NESTTD’s identity with a networking and community building potential. It implements ways to welcome and include new members at quarterly meetings, assesses and meets the networking and collegial needs of existing members, manages the on-line discussion group and forums, creates opportunities for professional networking during and outside of the quarterly meetings, updates and maintains the Membership list and the Therapy Referral list of the NESTTD web site, and conducts periodic surveys to assess members’ needs and priorities.


Publicity Committee
Lorna McKenzie-Pollock, LICSW, 617-734-5042 and Meri Fox, LICSW

The Publicity Committee is vital to the organization.  We are responsible for ensuing that information about NESTTD events is disseminated as widely as possible to individuals and agencies.  To do this we compile and maintain a list of agencies, and identify a contact person in each one.  We also identify educational institutions with training programs in psychological trauma and encourage graduate students to join NESTTD.  We would welcome your involvement on our committee.


Program Committee
Rina Dubin, EdD, 781-449-0099 and Wendy Forbush, LICSW, 508-998-2700

The Program Committee is responsible for choosing the topics and speakers for the four quarterly NESTTD programs and coordinating with the speakers on their presentations.

To make informed decisions, the committee members solicit input from NESTTD colleagues and membership surveys, and share knowledge from journals, trainings, ISSTD conferences, and clinical experience. It is not necessary to have a lot of experience to be a valued participant in this committee. Since the committee has enough “old-timers” we eagerly welcome those who are newer to the field.  The Program Committee has the ability to find a niche for those who want to learn along with more experienced colleagues.  We meet about six times a year and conduct most of our business via email.

 
 

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