ISSTD Members’ Struggle With Boundaries
In our research into licensure complaints against members of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD) — the organization which acts as a hub for the Continue Reading
ISSTD Superstar Paul F. Dell Once Laid on Top of a Patient
In 1989, Virginia clinical psychologist Paul F. Dell laid on top of a physically-restrained female patient during an inpatient therapy session at Norfolk Psychiatric Center “in order to bring about Continue Reading
How Teal Swan’s Therapist Instigated A Satanic Panic
Teal Swan is a cult leader “spiritual guru” with some dangerous ideas about mental health. She claims to be part alien and to have extrasensory abilities which she uses to Continue Reading
Michael Salter’s Struggle to Rebrand the Satanic Panic: Part II
In Part I, I described Michael Salter’s frequent use of cryptic language in his work on “ritual abuse,” arguing that his efforts to avoid using the word “Satanic” are for Continue Reading
Michael Salter’s Struggle to Rebrand the Satanic Panic: Part I
By Evan Anderson Outside of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation’s (ISSTD) annual conference this past March, Lucien Greaves questioned Michael Salter — a self-styled criminologist Continue Reading
A Response to The Christian Journal
By Evan Anderson An article recently published by The Christian Journal on our protest of the 35th annual conference of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation Continue Reading
Dawn Perlmutter, PhD
Perlmutter is a conservative activist and self-appointed expert in ritual and occult crimes. She has written on the parallels that exist between Satanism and terrorism in a piece entitled “Skandalon Continue Reading
Jean Riseman
Former Secretary of the ISSTD Ritual Abuse/Mind-control Special Interest Group (RA/MC SIG). Riseman writes on her blog: “It seems that the leaders of the Illuminati meet every 28 years for Continue Reading
Kevin J. Connors
President-elect, ISSTD. Private practice marriage and family therapist, Long Beach, CA. On record claiming that secretive Satanic cults are brainwashing children by way of Ritual Abuse “for some kind of Continue Reading
Valerie Sinason
Valerie Sinason was instrumental in spreading Satanic Panic throughout the UK. She was the recipient of the ISSTD’s 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Continue Reading