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

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!

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

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.

#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)

Our final #ESTSS2025 keynote is from the brilliant Professor Jana D Javakhishvili: "Navigating Traumatic Stress: Seeking a Framework to Embrace Intrapsychic, Interpersonal, and Sociopolitical Dimensions"

#ESTSS2025 highlight | invited panel The DART Center for Journalism and Trauma - moral injury, occupational health, DART in Ukraine - Klas Backholm - Elana Newman - Gavin Rees

Next up at #ESTSS2025: -Symposia: traumatic grief; refugees; PTSD in women; LGBTQ+ & discrimination; -Papers: youth treatment; post-traumatic nightmare; maternal trauma; work in Kenya...Syria...Ukraine

A reminder we've got our final #ESTSS2025 keynote from Professor Jana D Javakhishvili at 1445/1045(GMT): "Navigating Traumatic Stress: Seeking a Framework to Embrace Intrapsychic, Interpersonal, and Sociopolitical Dimensions"

It's #ESTSS2024 Day 3 Session 2 and there's too much to summarise! -Symposia: racial discrimination; collective trauma; Georgian initiatives -Papers/Flashtalks: help-seeking; post-traumatic growth; CPTS & emotion regulation; work in Kenya...Norway...Latin America...Croatia...

Whilst we're all having some refreshments, a huge thanks to our hard working #ESTSS2025 photographer darosulakauri.com. Do spend some time checking out her amazing work (and her great TEDTalk).

#ESTSS2025 highlight | Symposium The treatment and recovery of torture survivors who have been resettled. Check out the Intern’l Society for Health and Human Rights www.ishhr.com for more work in this area and beyond - Valeria Markova - Rolf Vårdal - Huseyin Emlik

#ESTSS2025, day 3 session 1 includes: Symposia: trauma and the perinatal period; prolonged grief; interventions for conflict displaced; torture & resettlement; scalable interventions Papers: hyperbaric therapy; canine-assisted therapy; PTSD, autonomic symptoms and COVID ...and more...

კიდევ ერთხელ გამარჯობა მეგობრებო, hello again friends! It's Day 3 of #ESTSS2023 and of course we have another fabulous line up... again! Grab a coffee (or whatever may be time appropriate), follow along, and get in touch. It's always great to hear from you - laptop battery permitting!

That's all from us today folks! #ESTSS2025 delegates are off to enjoy the formal Conference Dinner, but that's not for social media consumption...for now. See you tomorrow for our final day...and it promises to be another cracker!

It's today's final #ESTSS2025 session: -Symposia: refugee and war-affected children; cognitions across the lifespan; supporting m.h. workers; life after loss -Papers: music therapy; alcohol interventions; attachment figures

It's our penultimate session for #ESTSS2025 today, featuring: - Symposia: culturally informed interventions; continual trauma and adolescents; complex child trauma - Papers: intergenerational trauma; prolonged grief; perinatal health - Masterclass : CPTSD and substance misuse and more...

Welcome back! Today's brilliant #ESTSS2025 keynote is from Dr Isaac Galatzer-Levy: "Generative Psychometrics: Psychological Measurement in the AI era"

We'll be back at 1315/0915GMT for today's #ESTSS2025 keynote: 'From Heterogeneity to Personalization: Computational Methods, AI, and the Future of Scalable, Personalized Digital Interventions' - Dr Isaac Galatzer-Levy See you then!

#ESTSS2025 Highlight | symposium Pathogenesis to psychopathology ‘Self regulation and traumatic experiences in adolescents’ - Emely Reyentanz

And we're on to #ESTSS2025 Day 2, session 2 featuring: Symposia: PTSD pathogenesis; interventions for refugees; social support and communication; children and adolescents; intensive treatment Masterclass: Child Empowered EMDR

#ESTSS2025 Highlight | Flashtalk Idioms of distress in assessing PTSD in Cambodia - Hoang Lee

#ESTSS2025 Highlight | Flashtalk Secret-keeping behaviours, attitudes and abilities - Ruth Van der Hallen

#ESTSS2025 Highlight | Flashtalk Dissociation and emotional dysregulation in CPTSD and PTSD - Jordan Teysseyre

დილა მშვიდობისა and good morning. Are we all ready for #ESTSS2025 Day 2? Of course we are. We've got another day of masterclasses, symposia, flash talks, a brilliant keynote and of course the fabulous Conference Dinner this evening. Are you sitting comfortably? Then let's begin...

A small selection of images from #ESTSS2025 Day 1 from the fabulous darosulakauri.com

That's almost it for Day 1 of #ESTSS2025. Our attendees are now off to catch up with colleagues, their breath, and some evening sun at our conference reception. Thank you for joining us if you've been following along and we shall see you tomorrow!

It's now a chance for our 120+ international #ESTSS2025 #academicposter authors to shine and the range of topics is huge!

#ESTSS2025 Highlight | symposium Examining the links between trauma, PTSD and chronic pain

Our next #ESTSS2025 session includes: - Symposia: improving access for children/adolescents; interventions in Ukraine; family interventions in war; treating CPTSD; the International Trauma Interview; trauma and pain - Invited Panel: @gtrauma.bsky.social‬ on global collaboration

Welcome back! We're thrilled that our first #ESTSS2025 keynote is from Prof Jonathan Bisson: "The development, evaluation and dissemination of guided digital interventions to treat people affected by traumatic events"

We'll be back at 1400/1000GMT for our first #ESTSS2025 keynote: 'The development, evaluation and dissemination of guided digital interventions to treat people affected by traumatic events' - Prof Jonathan Bisson (@ProfJonBisson, @ResearchWales @cardiffuni) See you then!

#ESTSS2025 Highlight | Paper session Development of a stepped care intervention model for management of post traumatic stress in Belgian police officers - evidence-based, proactive, co-produced (EJPT, 2024) -Nils Rentmeesters

#ESTSS2025 Highlight | paper session What’s the state of moral injury research and treatment development… and what’s next? - Victoria Williamson

#ESTSS2025 Highlight | Flashtalk Navigating and responding post-7 October attacks to support and prepare social work students in an academic setting - Shikma Nizan-Biran

#ESTSS2025 session 2 includes: - Symposia & mixed topics: novel interventions; Narrive Exposure Th'py; refugees; psychedelics; global perspectives and cultural adaptations; moral injury; social work; Cognitive Processing Th'py; resettlement; children with/out autism and trauma

#ESTSS2025 Highlight | Flashtalk The possibility of creating an ethical framework for counselling trauma survivors in immigration detention - a harmful and traumatising environment in itself. -Bernadette McGrath

#ESTSS2025 Highlight | Flashtalk Frequency and vividness of counterfactual “what if” thoughts associated with post traumatic stress reactions after sexual assault… so may need to be directly addressed in interventions to promote recovery -Ines Blix

#ESTSS2025 Highlight | Flashtalk Sleep and CMDs in trauma exposed Colombian sample - “sleep problems a strong bridge between PTSD & CMDs networks…showing a target for intervention” - Martin Robinson

#ESTSS2025 Highlight | Flashtalk “Shame was a sig mediator between PTSD symptoms and perceived social support in arabic-speaking female survivors of sexual trauma” - Freya Specht

Our 1st packed #ESTSS2025 session includes: - Symposia: scalable interventions; CRSV in under researched pops; risk & recovery in high-risk pops; ESTSS ADJUST COVID study - Flashtalks: novel interv'tn; shame; sleep; military trauma; immigration detention; dance & music therapies

#ESTSS2025 honours the recipients of the 2025 biennial ESTSS awards: Prof Ask Elklit @sdu.dk, Prof Rolf Kleber @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social, Dr Victoria Williamson @vwilliamson.bsky.social @uniofbath.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social, & PSYTREC @adjongh.bsky.social et al buff.ly/kHqh2Au

#ESTSS2025 honours the winners of @ejpt.bsky.social‬ Best Paper Award. "DNA methylation changes in association with trauma-focused psychotherapy efficacy in treatment-resistant depression..." doi.org/g8kxtg ...and top reviewer Brian Albanese!

#ESTSS2025 delegates are welcomed to Tbilisi and wished peace and prosperity through stunning Georgian polyphonic singing.

ESTSS President Dominic Murphy takes the stage and reflects on the truly international audience and impact of #ESTSS2025. "These are troubling times, but I draw strength from the ESTSS family...with a shared purpose..and a growing community".

And we're off... Conference co-chair Jana D Javakhishvili welcomes delegates to Tbilisi and the 18th biennial conference of the ESTSS. "Having the conference here is a professional milestone, but a heartfelt personal joy" to welcome 480+ colleagues from 40+ countries

დილა მშვიდობისა, good morning, გამარჯობა & hello! It's Day 1 of the 18th biennial conference of the ESTSS. Delegates from 40+ countries come together for 3 days "Exploring New Approaches for Healing and Recovery in Times of Global Uncertainty and Extreme Stress" #ESTSS2025

For those not partaking in the #ESTSS2025 pre-conference seminars and workshops, we hope you're getting a chance to sample the wonders of Tbilisi and beyond. The copious amounts of public art a particular favourite of ours....