The Study Group has clinical meetings on the 3rd Friday of each month. Several times a year there may be presentations by scheduled speakers on topics of interest. At other times meetings are open clinical discussions with the topics determined by the needs of the members present. Topics might include transference and countertransference issues, contracting, goals and phases of treatment, crisis management, psychopharmacology, attachment issues, working with rage, establishing safety, diagnostic conundrums, co- consciousness and integration, recovered memory issues, and unique issues for those reporting cult abuse. Individuals must have completed professional training and have current licensure, certification, or registration in their professional discipline.
All participants promise to honor the confidentiality of and clinical material discussed.
Both organizations are non-profit and registered. For the purposes of Trauma Help, the acronym SEM ISSD shall be used to refer to the Study Group throughout the Web Site. Back to Top Mission Statement 1. To provide peer consultation for mental health professionals working with dissociative and other trauma-related disorders in adults and children. Trauma Help is seen as a means of helping in the continuing education of both professionals and the general public.