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The European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies promotes the sharing of knowledge and experience about all aspects of psychotraumatology.
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We've got a brilliant and fascinating UKPTS Bites this week. FREE and ONLINE.
"Stalking: a psychological approach to a complex issue"
Dr Kirsty Butcher
Weds 12 November 2025
1200-1230pm
ukpts.org/events/bites...
"Stalking: a psychological approach to a complex issue"
Dr Kirsty Butcher
Weds 12 November 2025
1200-1230pm
ukpts.org/events/bites...
November 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
We've got a brilliant and fascinating UKPTS Bites this week. FREE and ONLINE.
"Stalking: a psychological approach to a complex issue"
Dr Kirsty Butcher
Weds 12 November 2025
1200-1230pm
ukpts.org/events/bites...
"Stalking: a psychological approach to a complex issue"
Dr Kirsty Butcher
Weds 12 November 2025
1200-1230pm
ukpts.org/events/bites...
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UKPTS 2026: "The Burden of Care: Trauma and Moral Injury in the UK Public Sector"
Only one week left to:
- submit your abstracts for consideration
- grab your early bird tickets
head to ukpts.org/conference2026 for all the details
Only one week left to:
- submit your abstracts for consideration
- grab your early bird tickets
head to ukpts.org/conference2026 for all the details
October 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
UKPTS 2026: "The Burden of Care: Trauma and Moral Injury in the UK Public Sector"
Only one week left to:
- submit your abstracts for consideration
- grab your early bird tickets
head to ukpts.org/conference2026 for all the details
Only one week left to:
- submit your abstracts for consideration
- grab your early bird tickets
head to ukpts.org/conference2026 for all the details
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Roll up, roll up! Hear from one of the architects of the ICD-11 Complex PTSD diagnosis - Prof Marylene Cloitre - online and for free!
'Complex PTSD: What's Next?'
Friday 17 October, 4-4.30pm
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... for sign up and more
#ComplexPTSD #PTSD #Trauma #psychscisky #psychology
'Complex PTSD: What's Next?'
Friday 17 October, 4-4.30pm
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... for sign up and more
#ComplexPTSD #PTSD #Trauma #psychscisky #psychology
October 16, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Roll up, roll up! Hear from one of the architects of the ICD-11 Complex PTSD diagnosis - Prof Marylene Cloitre - online and for free!
'Complex PTSD: What's Next?'
Friday 17 October, 4-4.30pm
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... for sign up and more
#ComplexPTSD #PTSD #Trauma #psychscisky #psychology
'Complex PTSD: What's Next?'
Friday 17 October, 4-4.30pm
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... for sign up and more
#ComplexPTSD #PTSD #Trauma #psychscisky #psychology
We're delighted to be co-hosting another fabulous session next week with @ukpts.bsky.social
We've got another brilliant and FREE online UKPTS Bites coming up, with one of the architects of ICD-11 CPTSD diagnosis!
"Complex PTSD: What's next?"
Prof. Marylene Cloitre
Friday 17 October 2025
4-4.30pm (UK)
More information: ukpts.org/events
#trauma #PTSD #CPTSD #psychology #psyscisky
"Complex PTSD: What's next?"
Prof. Marylene Cloitre
Friday 17 October 2025
4-4.30pm (UK)
More information: ukpts.org/events
#trauma #PTSD #CPTSD #psychology #psyscisky
October 8, 2025 at 11:50 AM
We're delighted to be co-hosting another fabulous session next week with @ukpts.bsky.social
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We're already getting excited for #UKPTS2026
🚨Get involved and submit your abstracts now!🚨
"The Burden of Care: #Trauma & #Moral Injury in the UK Public Sector"
26.01.2026
ukpts.org/conference2026
#conference #bluelight #healthcare #psyscisky #psychology #ethics
🚨Get involved and submit your abstracts now!🚨
"The Burden of Care: #Trauma & #Moral Injury in the UK Public Sector"
26.01.2026
ukpts.org/conference2026
#conference #bluelight #healthcare #psyscisky #psychology #ethics
September 16, 2025 at 1:04 PM
We're already getting excited for #UKPTS2026
🚨Get involved and submit your abstracts now!🚨
"The Burden of Care: #Trauma & #Moral Injury in the UK Public Sector"
26.01.2026
ukpts.org/conference2026
#conference #bluelight #healthcare #psyscisky #psychology #ethics
🚨Get involved and submit your abstracts now!🚨
"The Burden of Care: #Trauma & #Moral Injury in the UK Public Sector"
26.01.2026
ukpts.org/conference2026
#conference #bluelight #healthcare #psyscisky #psychology #ethics
All that's left is to thank the Georgian Society for Psychotrauma, Abbey Events, the Biltmore, #ESTSS2025 volunteers, supporters, speakers and delegates, those who followed along, and of course the wonderful people of Tbilisi and Georgia
გმადლობთ, see you in Portugal in 2027!
გმადლობთ, see you in Portugal in 2027!
June 15, 2025 at 12:04 PM
All that's left is to thank the Georgian Society for Psychotrauma, Abbey Events, the Biltmore, #ESTSS2025 volunteers, supporters, speakers and delegates, those who followed along, and of course the wonderful people of Tbilisi and Georgia
გმადლობთ, see you in Portugal in 2027!
გმადლობთ, see you in Portugal in 2027!
The 19th Biennial Conference of the European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies will be
"Talking about Trauma: Threats, Procedures and Challenges"
Hosted by Observatório do Trauma & @ucoimbra.bsky.social
3-6 June 2027
Coimbra, Portugal
www.estss2027.com
#ESTSS2025 #ESTSS2027
"Talking about Trauma: Threats, Procedures and Challenges"
Hosted by Observatório do Trauma & @ucoimbra.bsky.social
3-6 June 2027
Coimbra, Portugal
www.estss2027.com
#ESTSS2025 #ESTSS2027
June 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The 19th Biennial Conference of the European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies will be
"Talking about Trauma: Threats, Procedures and Challenges"
Hosted by Observatório do Trauma & @ucoimbra.bsky.social
3-6 June 2027
Coimbra, Portugal
www.estss2027.com
#ESTSS2025 #ESTSS2027
"Talking about Trauma: Threats, Procedures and Challenges"
Hosted by Observatório do Trauma & @ucoimbra.bsky.social
3-6 June 2027
Coimbra, Portugal
www.estss2027.com
#ESTSS2025 #ESTSS2027
"One of my hopes with #ESTSS2025 is that we would leave as ambassadors for Georgia, and we've come together a family." Dominic offers thanks to all present "for making #ESTSS2025 come alive".
He pays special tribute to co-chairs Jana D Javakhishvili and Lela Tsiskarishvili
He pays special tribute to co-chairs Jana D Javakhishvili and Lela Tsiskarishvili
June 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"One of my hopes with #ESTSS2025 is that we would leave as ambassadors for Georgia, and we've come together a family." Dominic offers thanks to all present "for making #ESTSS2025 come alive".
He pays special tribute to co-chairs Jana D Javakhishvili and Lela Tsiskarishvili
He pays special tribute to co-chairs Jana D Javakhishvili and Lela Tsiskarishvili
ESTSS President Dominic Murphy reflects on the #ESTSS2025 keynotes: the power of implementation; dealing in truth; and the importance of the past.
June 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
ESTSS President Dominic Murphy reflects on the #ESTSS2025 keynotes: the power of implementation; dealing in truth; and the importance of the past.
The winner of the #ESTSS2025 Academic Poster competition is:
-Jeanet Karchoud (Amsterdam UMC).
Commended:
-Cornelia Mǎirean & Alexandra Cobzeanu (Alexandru Ioan Cuza University).
-Lisa Steenkamp (Sinai Centrum).
Congratulations to all authors and co-authors.
-Jeanet Karchoud (Amsterdam UMC).
Commended:
-Cornelia Mǎirean & Alexandra Cobzeanu (Alexandru Ioan Cuza University).
-Lisa Steenkamp (Sinai Centrum).
Congratulations to all authors and co-authors.
June 15, 2025 at 11:53 AM
The winner of the #ESTSS2025 Academic Poster competition is:
-Jeanet Karchoud (Amsterdam UMC).
Commended:
-Cornelia Mǎirean & Alexandra Cobzeanu (Alexandru Ioan Cuza University).
-Lisa Steenkamp (Sinai Centrum).
Congratulations to all authors and co-authors.
-Jeanet Karchoud (Amsterdam UMC).
Commended:
-Cornelia Mǎirean & Alexandra Cobzeanu (Alexandru Ioan Cuza University).
-Lisa Steenkamp (Sinai Centrum).
Congratulations to all authors and co-authors.
She shares three truths observed over #ESTSS2025:
- both trauma *and* resilience have so many faces
- silence protects nobody
- we have a shared responsibility to treat, witness and integrate
" please take these with you; we should be hopeful...unified...and good luck"
- both trauma *and* resilience have so many faces
- silence protects nobody
- we have a shared responsibility to treat, witness and integrate
" please take these with you; we should be hopeful...unified...and good luck"
June 15, 2025 at 11:52 AM
She shares three truths observed over #ESTSS2025:
- both trauma *and* resilience have so many faces
- silence protects nobody
- we have a shared responsibility to treat, witness and integrate
" please take these with you; we should be hopeful...unified...and good luck"
- both trauma *and* resilience have so many faces
- silence protects nobody
- we have a shared responsibility to treat, witness and integrate
" please take these with you; we should be hopeful...unified...and good luck"
he thanks all delegates, organisers, speakers, volunteers, and sponsors for their presence. She pays tribute to the plurality of voices heard over the past 3 days especially "those who need our help and with whom we stand and share".
June 15, 2025 at 11:52 AM
he thanks all delegates, organisers, speakers, volunteers, and sponsors for their presence. She pays tribute to the plurality of voices heard over the past 3 days especially "those who need our help and with whom we stand and share".
#ESTSS2025 welcomes to the stage Professor Nino Makhashvili (Georgian Society of Psychotrauma).
June 15, 2025 at 11:47 AM
#ESTSS2025 welcomes to the stage Professor Nino Makhashvili (Georgian Society of Psychotrauma).
Don't go anywhere, as we are straight into the Closing Ceremony of #ESTSS2025. Stay tuned to find out who has won the Academic Paper prizes and (very importantly) where we will all be meeting up in 2027*....
(*and if your correspondent will need to invest in yet another plug adaptor)
(*and if your correspondent will need to invest in yet another plug adaptor)
June 15, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Don't go anywhere, as we are straight into the Closing Ceremony of #ESTSS2025. Stay tuned to find out who has won the Academic Paper prizes and (very importantly) where we will all be meeting up in 2027*....
(*and if your correspondent will need to invest in yet another plug adaptor)
(*and if your correspondent will need to invest in yet another plug adaptor)
Further information on Prof Jana D Javakhishvili's profile and research can be found at:
faculty.iliauni.edu.ge/arts/darejan...
www.researchgate.net/profile/Dare...
orcid.org/0000-0003-01...
faculty.iliauni.edu.ge/arts/darejan...
www.researchgate.net/profile/Dare...
orcid.org/0000-0003-01...
June 15, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Further information on Prof Jana D Javakhishvili's profile and research can be found at:
faculty.iliauni.edu.ge/arts/darejan...
www.researchgate.net/profile/Dare...
orcid.org/0000-0003-01...
faculty.iliauni.edu.ge/arts/darejan...
www.researchgate.net/profile/Dare...
orcid.org/0000-0003-01...
"We cannot ignore what is happening, we need to put our heads together... to work out how to study societal trauma. We need to do more!" she says. And perhaps our role extends beyond treatment, into witnessing, innovating and importantly globally collaborating.
June 15, 2025 at 11:42 AM
"We cannot ignore what is happening, we need to put our heads together... to work out how to study societal trauma. We need to do more!" she says. And perhaps our role extends beyond treatment, into witnessing, innovating and importantly globally collaborating.
She concedes that she does have more questions than answers:
is this limited to m.h. problems only?
should we be reactive or proactive?
can we contribute to prevention of unhealthy developments at the societal level?
is this limited to m.h. problems only?
should we be reactive or proactive?
can we contribute to prevention of unhealthy developments at the societal level?
June 15, 2025 at 11:42 AM
She concedes that she does have more questions than answers:
is this limited to m.h. problems only?
should we be reactive or proactive?
can we contribute to prevention of unhealthy developments at the societal level?
is this limited to m.h. problems only?
should we be reactive or proactive?
can we contribute to prevention of unhealthy developments at the societal level?
"The measurement of outcomes shows this works," she says. Noting the lasting positive impact via standardised measures, "it's promising".
"It is possible to help those trapped in a conflict zone"
"It is possible to help those trapped in a conflict zone"
June 15, 2025 at 11:42 AM
"The measurement of outcomes shows this works," she says. Noting the lasting positive impact via standardised measures, "it's promising".
"It is possible to help those trapped in a conflict zone"
"It is possible to help those trapped in a conflict zone"
in brief, the platform provides a consistent chain of secure digital mental health interventions, including: self-screening, psychoeducation and self-help, transdiagnostic psychological counselling modular interventions, and advanced trauma-focused interventions
June 15, 2025 at 11:42 AM
in brief, the platform provides a consistent chain of secure digital mental health interventions, including: self-screening, psychoeducation and self-help, transdiagnostic psychological counselling modular interventions, and advanced trauma-focused interventions
For more information on the work:
Javakhishvili, J., et al. (2023). Providing immediate digital mental health interventions and psychotrauma support during political crises. The Lancet Psychiatry, 10(9), 727–732. doi.org/10.1016/S221...
Javakhishvili, J., et al. (2023). Providing immediate digital mental health interventions and psychotrauma support during political crises. The Lancet Psychiatry, 10(9), 727–732. doi.org/10.1016/S221...
June 15, 2025 at 11:33 AM
For more information on the work:
Javakhishvili, J., et al. (2023). Providing immediate digital mental health interventions and psychotrauma support during political crises. The Lancet Psychiatry, 10(9), 727–732. doi.org/10.1016/S221...
Javakhishvili, J., et al. (2023). Providing immediate digital mental health interventions and psychotrauma support during political crises. The Lancet Psychiatry, 10(9), 727–732. doi.org/10.1016/S221...
So how can care be provided during ongoing threat - intervening during war and prolonged conflicts?, she asks. She cites ongoing international collaborative work in Belarus: samopomo.ch samopomi.ch
June 15, 2025 at 11:33 AM
So how can care be provided during ongoing threat - intervening during war and prolonged conflicts?, she asks. She cites ongoing international collaborative work in Belarus: samopomo.ch samopomi.ch
Societal trauma operates not only at a higher level, but at the personal - with implications for individual health, functioning and also may includes questions and considerations around radicalisation and violence.
June 15, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Societal trauma operates not only at a higher level, but at the personal - with implications for individual health, functioning and also may includes questions and considerations around radicalisation and violence.
To do so requires acknowledgement, science, art and cultural rituals, justice, compensation, services, rehabilitation and recovery at a personal, state, governmental and societal level.
June 15, 2025 at 11:20 AM
To do so requires acknowledgement, science, art and cultural rituals, justice, compensation, services, rehabilitation and recovery at a personal, state, governmental and societal level.
She goes on to draw from Georgia's own history: "since we became independent in 1991, we have never had the luxury of dealing with our past; no reflection".
Drawing on Klein and Herman, she explores that to process trauma requires mourning, & there is no closure without justice
Drawing on Klein and Herman, she explores that to process trauma requires mourning, & there is no closure without justice
June 15, 2025 at 11:20 AM
She goes on to draw from Georgia's own history: "since we became independent in 1991, we have never had the luxury of dealing with our past; no reflection".
Drawing on Klein and Herman, she explores that to process trauma requires mourning, & there is no closure without justice
Drawing on Klein and Herman, she explores that to process trauma requires mourning, & there is no closure without justice
Jana cites the Stumbling Stones or Stolpersteine project in Germany as a way of 'authentic mourning' and addressing societal dimensions of trauma experience and transmission:
www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/...
www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/...
'Stumbling stones': a different vision of Holocaust remembrance
A German artist has now laid more than 70,000 Stolpersteine stones in cities around the world – but not everyone approves
www.theguardian.com
June 15, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Jana cites the Stumbling Stones or Stolpersteine project in Germany as a way of 'authentic mourning' and addressing societal dimensions of trauma experience and transmission:
www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/...
www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/...