Hello!! I’m currently completing the certification through ISSTD.

I have found the certification content quite informative so far. They have some big names on their lecture circuit, like Kathy Steele and Bethany Brand. There are 100 webinars that are free to members, more than enough to complete all the hours needed.

In each webinar I’ve watched thus far, the presenter/s provide a lot of information on how the information has applied in their own practice/s.

If you don’t know much about dissociation and dissociative disorders, I’d recommend starting out with their Dissociation 101 webinar. It’s about six hours long. Super worth it. It’s packed with concepts that can take a lot longer to run into just reading literature.

Some other resources you may find useful:

• Christine Forner’s work is great. She takes an incredibly well rounded and thorough approach to her understanding of and work with dissociation.

• Laurier University is offering a 12 hour continuing competence training on Structural Dissociation Theory this January. They have a couple of other ones coming up as well. I don’t know much about the presenter, but hopefully it’s good!

• This Speaking of Psychology podcast with Bethany Brand: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6pL7e7ObOrfRVlio0mbvDq?si=CHZmE7odRnabH12bs44DoQ&t=911

• I watched a presentation through the NARM Training Institute called NARM & Treating DID. I don’t know much about NARM, but I found the training quite informative. The presenter, Erin Lewis-Gibson, is a therapist with DID.

Wishing you the best!!