SUZETTE BOON, PHD

Suzette A. Boon, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist. She has more than thirty years of experience working in mental health institutions. She is a trainer and supervisor for the Dutch Society for Family Therapy and the Dutch Society for Hypnosis. Since the late eighties, she has specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of complex dissociative disorders. She has worked as a researcher at the Free University of Amsterdam (Psychiatric Department). 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 on both the diagnosis and treatment of dissociative disorders. Suzette works in a private practice, mainly as a trainer and supervisor. She has been giving workshops all over Europe and the USA on topics related to complex trauma and dissociation.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Suzette Boon-Langelaan maintains a private practice and receives royalties as a published author. She receives a speaking honorarium from Psychotherapy Networkers and PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.

Non-financial: Suzette Boon-Langelaan is a member of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation, the European Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation, the Dutch society for psychologists, the Dutch Society for Family and Couple Therapy, the Dutch Society for Clinical hypnosis, the Dutch Society for Psychotherapy, and the Dutch Society for Psychotrauma.