Nick Pierorazio
nickapierorazio.bsky.social
Nick Pierorazio
@nickapierorazio.bsky.social
Clinical Psychology PhD student at UMass Boston. Trauma, dissociation, LGBTQ+ mental health, and psychotherapy researcher. 🏳️‍🌈 He/They
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New paper alert ⭐️! We make the case that truly trauma-informed assessment must also be dissociation-informed, providing process-related guidance.

We outline why dissociation matters in assessment and how to attend to contextual processes to be dissociation-informed.

psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...
July 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
New paper alert ⭐️! We make the case that truly trauma-informed assessment must also be dissociation-informed, providing process-related guidance.

We outline why dissociation matters in assessment and how to attend to contextual processes to be dissociation-informed.

psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...
July 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Trump admin pulled Princeton's grants, citing their NOAA-funded research "suggests that the Earth will have a significant fluctuation in its water availability as a result of global warming. Using federal funds to perpetuate these narratives does not align with the priorities of this Administration"
April 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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“They were careless people…they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness…and let other people clean up the mess they had made…” -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (April 10, 1925).
April 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Update! ⭐️
This past weekend, I attended the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation’s Annual Conference! I was awarded two awards: the Outstanding Student Award and Pierre Janet Writing Award. I feel so honored!

I was also able to do two presentations at the conference 😊!
March 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Becoming and fostering #allies and #accomplices through authentic relationships: Choosing justice over comfort

With Karen Suyemoto, Alissa Hochman, & Roxanne Donovan

My brilliant colleagues and I first wrote about this in 2020. It seems worth revisiting.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
BECOMING AND FOSTERING ALLIES AND ACCOMPLICES THROUGH AUTHENTIC RELATIONSHIPS: CHOOSING JUSTICE OVER COMFORT
This reflective case study explores the ongoing process of developing and fostering allies and accomplices across privilege, considering how individual and systemic levels interact within interpers...
www.tandfonline.com
February 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Happy to share our new paper on the inhibition of memory retrieval in dissociative amnesia, with @dcdace.bsky.social, Hirokazu Kikuchi, Nobuhito Abe &, Jun Kawaguchi, Mike Kopelman & @memorycontrol.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1017/S003...
Prefrontally mediated inhibition of memory systems in dissociative amnesia | Psychological Medicine | Cambridge Core
Prefrontally mediated inhibition of memory systems in dissociative amnesia
doi.org
January 8, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Slowly but surely making my return to this platform, and I’m going to start by announcing a new publication! In this thematic analysis, we explored therapists’ experiences of working with clients with DID. Check it out!

Open access here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
January 13, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Slowly but surely making my return to this platform, and I’m going to start by announcing a new publication! In this thematic analysis, we explored therapists’ experiences of working with clients with DID. Check it out!

Open access here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
January 13, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Forgot to share our latest publication (which I’m thrilled about) here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

We aimed to understand helpful and meaningful aspects of the TOP DD Network program, a program to treat complex dissociative disorders. Check it out!
(PDF) Helpful and meaningful aspects of a psychoeducational programme to treat complex dissociative disorders: a qualitative approach
PDF | Purpose: Complex dissociative disorders (CDDs) are prevalent among psychotherapy clients, and research suggests carefully paced treatment for CDDs... | Find, read and cite all the research you n...
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March 24, 2024 at 3:09 PM
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due to personal reasons i need to lay down for 7 years
November 17, 2023 at 11:12 PM
Always forgetting that fall semesters seem to require so much stamina!
November 12, 2023 at 6:33 PM
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Hi bsky! 😃

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️We are recruiting for a (compensated) study about healing from heterosexism and transphobia through expressive writing!

We’re recruiting LGBTQ+ folks in the US. Please share if you can— thank you! Access the study here: lgbtqmentalhealth.com/grow
October 11, 2023 at 9:25 PM
Hi bsky! 😃

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️We are recruiting for a (compensated) study about healing from heterosexism and transphobia through expressive writing!

We’re recruiting LGBTQ+ folks in the US. Please share if you can— thank you! Access the study here: lgbtqmentalhealth.com/grow
October 11, 2023 at 9:25 PM
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The purpose of the first draft is to exist
September 30, 2023 at 11:25 PM
Just submitted a paper to a journal with a small mistake I caught after submission… sigh
September 30, 2023 at 5:34 AM
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Yes I know them, we went to Twitter together.
September 21, 2023 at 1:27 PM
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Hi #psychscisky #clinicalpsych! Follow @nickapierorazio.bsky.social, one of our wonderful U Mass Boston doctoral students!
September 29, 2023 at 11:27 AM
Sending a big thank you to @lizroemer.bsky.social for helping me make the move from the other place! 😁
September 29, 2023 at 11:27 AM