The TOP DD Network Study Research Team
Network RCT Principal Investigator: Bethany Brand, Ph.D., from Towson University in Baltimore, Maryland. Co-Principal Investigator: Hygge Schielke, Ph.D., from Homewood Health Centre in Guelph, Ontario. Senior Research Consultants: Frank Putnam, M.D. (University of North Carolina and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center); Richard Loewenstein, M.D. (University of Maryland Medical School). North American Research Consultants: Ruth Lanius, M.D., Ph.D. and Paul Frewen, Ph.D. (University of Western Ontario); Amie Myrick, L.C.P.C. (Family & Children’s Services of Central Maryland); Clare Pain MD, MSc., FRCPC and Catherine Classen, Ph.D. (University of Toronto); Kathy Steele, M.N., C.S., Metropolitan Counseling Services. European Research Consultants: Suzette Boon, Ph.D., private practice, the Netherlands; Ellen Jepsen, M.D., Ph.D., Research Institute at Modum Bad Psychiatric Center, Norway.Hygge Schielke, Ph.D.
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Hygge Schielke, Ph.D. is the Trauma Services Development Lead for Homewood Health Centre and the Centre’s Traumatic Stress Injury & Concurrent Program in Guelph, Ontario. Dr. Schielke specializes in the assessment and treatment of trauma-related disorders, and their work is informed by a post-doctoral fellowship at The Trauma Disorders Program at Sheppard Pratt Health System and involvement with the California Department of State Hospitals’ Trauma-Informed Care Project.
Dr. Schielke's research is focused on the treatment of trauma-related disorders, psychotherapy process, and the relational components of psychotherapy.
Dr. Schielke is the Co-Principal Investigator for the Treatment of Patients with Dissociative Disorders (TOP DD) Network Randomized Controlled Trial, which offers access to research-informed, web-based education about healing-focused skills that help patients with ongoing dissociation (the dissociative disorders, the dissociative subtype of PTSD) get and feel safer.