Fran Waters

Frances S. Waters, DCSW, LMSW, LMFT, is an internationally recognized trainer, consultant, and clinician in the area of childhood trauma, abuse, and dissociation, and has presented extensively, including training programs in Europe, Africa, South American, North American and Oceania & Australia. She has specialized in the field of child abuse for 40 years.  

Ms. Waters is the past President of The International Society for the Study of Trauma & Dissociation (ISSTD) and has served on many committees with ISSD, including currently co-chair of ISSTD’s Child & Adolescent Committee, and Faculty Director of the Child Adolescent Psychotherapy Training Programs. She also serves on Editorial Board of the Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma, contributing guest editor for the Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, and on the national Advisory Board of the Leadership Council on Child Abuse and Interpersonal Violence.   

Ms. Waters is author of Healing the Fracture Child: Diagnosing and Treating Dissociative Youth (2016) and has published many chapters and articles on childhood trauma and dissociation. 

Ms. Waters is the executive producer of two training videos, The Traumatized Child: Understanding and Parenting the Traumatized Child, and Trauma & Dissociation in Children specifically geared toward child forensic evaluators and prosecutors. 

Ms. Waters received the 2008 Media Award from American Professional Society on Abuse of Children for her production of Trauma and Dissociation in Children, and ISSTD’s Presidential Award for her faculty directorship of ISSTD’s Psychotherapy Training Course on Child & Adolescent Trauma and Dissociation.  She is a fellow of ISSTD. She maintains a private practice in Marquette, MI.

Ms. Waters has used Event and Transpirational Havening Techniques with children, adolescents and adults with significant abuse and dissociation, posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety and depression. It has been a very effective tool that has kept the clients to stay within their window of tolerance when dealing with traumatic events.  It has also been extremely helpful in stabilization and ego strengthening with the use of Affirmational Havening. The time has been so short for them to receive relief.  They have been able to do self-havening to maintain their stability between sessions and continue to make progress.