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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.

Hygge Schielke

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.