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What Every Trauma-Informed and EMDR Therapist Needs to Know About Assessing and Treating Dissociation: Essentials of the SCID-D Interview
🗓 Date: 9th June
⏰ Time: 7PM CEST
📍 Free Online Event
Systematic assessment of dissociation is essential for the effective treatment of clients with histories of abuse, trauma, and attachment wounds. Understanding the extent and nature of dissociative symptoms before initiating treatment—including EMDR, somatic therapies, Internal Family Systems, or hypnosis—is crucial to reducing the risk of patient decompensation and identifying the presence of “parts of self.”
While several models of dissociation have been proposed, the SCID-D (Structured Clinical Interview for Dissociative Symptoms and Disorders) uniquely operationalizes the Five-Component Model developed by Dr. Marlene Steinberg to ensure a rigorous, systematic assessment that yields the clinical clarity essential to guide and optimize treatment. Grounded in over four decades of international research and published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing (1985, 2023), this model—proven reliable and valid across diverse cultures—categorizes the spectrum of dissociation into five universal adaptive survival mechanisms: amnesia, depersonalization, derealization, identity confusion, and identity alteration.
By embedding this framework directly into a semi-structured interview, Dr. Steinberg created a testable bridge between dissociative theory and practical clinical application that remains the international gold standard.
Effectively treating complex post-traumatic stress requires specialized approaches to uncover a client’s previously concealed internal world of dissociative identity fragmentation. In the hands of an empathic clinician, the SCID-D is more than a diagnostic tool; it is a cost-effective pathway to clinical clarity that enhances the therapeutic alliance and provides a roadmap for healing.
Please join us as we examine the essentials of the SCID-D Interview and the Five-Component Model, and discover how this framework can enhance your clinical expertise and improve outcomes for your most complex clients.
Presenters
Marlene Steinberg, M.D., is a leading expert in the diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic
stress and dissociative symptoms and disorders. She developed the SCID-D: Semi-Structured
Clinical Interview for Dissociative Symptoms and Disorders, recognized as the international gold
standard in the field (American Psychiatric Association Publishing, 2023). While on the faculty
at Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Steinberg was awarded extensive grants from the National
Institute of Mental Health—the first large-scale federal funding ever dedicated to a researcher in
the field of dissociation.
Having presented workshops worldwide, she is also the author of The SCID-D Interview–
Dissociation Assessment in Therapy, Forensics and Research, The Interviewer’s Guide to the
SCID-D, The Handbook for the Assessment of Dissociation, and the popular book for the general
public, The Stranger in the Mirror: Dissociation—The Hidden Epidemic. Recognized in “Best
Doctors in America” for nineteen years, Dr. Steinberg currently practices in Naples, Florida.
Jill Hosey, MSW RSW LICSW, is a Registered Social Worker and Licensed Independent Social Worker with over 16 years of experience specializing in trauma, attachment, and dissociative disorders. She maintains a private practice in Toronto, Ontario, as well as Rhode Island and Massachusetts, serving children, youth, and adults impacted by complex trauma, developmental trauma, and interpersonal violence. Jill’s clinical orientation is grounded in a psychodynamic, phase-oriented, and integrative approach that centers relational safety, mind–body connection, client strengths, and individualized pathways to healing for survivors of acute and chronic trauma.
Jill is an EMDRIA Approved Consultant, certified in Clinical Hypnosis, and extensively trained in EMDR Therapy, Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR), Ego State Therapy, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, and Polyvagal Theory. She is trained in the Adult Attachment Interview – Dynamic Maturational Model (AAI-DMM) and serves as a provider and Trainer-in-Training of the SCID-D Interview. She is a faculty member and Fellow of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD), where she contributes to curriculum development, training initiatives, and the advancement of clinical standards in the field. She is an Alumni member of Unyte’s Clinical Advisory Board.
Jill is the co-editor and contributing author of the Handbook for Complex Trauma and Dissociation in Children: Theory, Research, and Clinical Applications and lead author of the SSP & EMDR therapy Combined Delivery Guidelines. Her presentations have been featured at ISSTD Annual Conferences, ISSTD webinars, interdisciplinary clinical dialogues, and global training platforms.
Pamela Hall, Psy.D has over three decades of experience and has lectured extensively on post-
traumatic conditions. She has trained professionals nationally and internationally in assessing
and treating complex PTSD and dissociative disorders using the SCID-D. Dr. Hall was integral
to the ten-year Yale SCID-D field trials with Dr. Marlene Steinberg. She holds dual leadership
roles at Pathways Community Counseling Center in NJ, serving as both Clinical and Executive
Director. Dr. Hall also maintains a private practice in Norwich, CT.
The webinar is intended only for professionally occupied with diagnosis, treatment, research or teaching in the field of trauma, dissociation and disorders related to chronic traumatization.