Dr. Suzette Boon
Complex dissociative disorders and functioning in daily family life
Suzette A. Boon PhD, 1949, is a clinical psychologist, and psychotherapist specialized in the treatment of chronic traumatization and dissociative disorders. She translated and validated the Dutch version of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Dissociative Disorders (SCID-D) and received a PhD for her thesis “Multiple Personality Disorder in the Netherlands” in 1993. She has published several books, book chapters and many articles both on diagnosis as well as treatment of dissociative disorders. She has developed a skills training manual for patients with a complex dissociative disorder. The English version of this manual Coping with Trauma-Related Dissociation with Kathy Steele, MN, CS and Onno van der Hart PhD has been published in March 2011 (Norton publishers). She has developed a new semi structured interview for complex dissociative disorders and trauma related symptoms: the “Trauma and Dissociation Symptoms Interview (TADS-I)”. A validation study has been started.
She is co-author of the recently published book “Treating Trauma-Related Dissociation, A Practical, Integrative Approach” (Steele, Boon & Van der Hart, 2017) that won the Pierre Janet writing award of ISSTD in 2017.
She is currently working as trainer and supervisor in different European countries. She is also working in private practice.
She is co-founder of the European Society for Trauma and Dissociation (ESTD) and was the first president of this Society.
The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD) granted her the David Caul Memorial Award in 1993, the Morton Prince Award in 1994 and the President’s Award of distinction and the status of fellow in 1995 for her contributions to diagnosis, treatment, research and education in the field of dissociative disorders. In 2009 She received the Life Time Achievement Award and in 2011 the Pierre Janet Writing Award for the book Coping with trauma-related Dissociation a skills training for patients and their therapists. In 2017 she received the Pierre Janet Writing Award as second author of the book Treating Trauma-related Dissociation. A practical integrative approach.
Complex dissociative disorders are challenging, chronic trauma-related disorders. Treatment requires an intensive individual outpatient psychotherapy. Although some patients live quite isolated and do not have enough contact with meaningful others, many patients who cope with complex dissociative disorders live in families, have partners and children.
This presentation focusses on the inside and outside systems of patients with complex dissociative disorders, how they interact, and how they can be helped to keep functioning in daily life. What support does a patient need as a mother/ father or partner. And what support does a partner of a patient or the children need in daily life.
26-05-21
20:30-22:00