What Causes Dissociation? Research by Dr. Mary-Anne Kate

Dr. Mary Anne Kate is a researcher specializing in interpersonal trauma, attachment, and post-traumatic disorders. She talks with Lisa about her research paper published in 2021, titled: Childhood Sexual, Emotional, and Physical Abuse as Predictors of Dissociation in Adulthood.

Hear how Dr. Kate identified predictors of dissociation in adults, and demonstrated that women who disclosed being sexual abused had a 106-fold risk of clinical levels of dissociation.

For her vast amount of work, Dr. Kate was awarded the Chancellor's Doctoral Research Medal from University of New England, and the David Caul Award from the ISSTD for her PhD on childhood maltreatment, parent-child dynamics, and dissociation. In 2021, Dr. Kate won the Morton Prince award for Scientific Research.

She’s currently the Lecturer Practitioner for the Master of Professional Psychology program at Southern Cross University and holds an adjunct research position at the University of New England

Links to items discussed in this episode:

Dr. Kate’s publications and MID-60 resources are available via ResearchGate:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mary-Anne-Kate

Dr. Kate’s free MID Training: Webinar: Dissociation and dissociative disorders
https://novopsych.com.au/news/dissociation-and-dissociative-disorders/

ISSTD Public Resources:
https://www.isst-d.org/public-resources-home/ 

For full transcript: https://howwecanheal.com/podcast/

This episode was produced by Bright Sighted Podcasting.