Welcometo Ivory Garden
Ivory Garden strives to provide resources, education, and support for survivors of childhood trauma and their supporters—family, friends, mental health professionals, educators, and others.
We aim to offer safe, respectful international forums and chat rooms for sharing experiences and reliable resources. Through educational materials and learning opportunities, our purpose is to support survivors’ understanding and healing and raise public and professional awareness of childhood trauma and its effects.
Founded by Patricia Goodwin, MA (Felicity Lee)
Ivory Garden began in November 2006 and became a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in 2011. Survivors have been at the heart of our community from the beginning.
Our conferences
Learning together, face to face
Seattle 2014–2017
Anchorage 2018
Our conferences brought survivors, families, and professionals together to learn about trauma and dissociation. Planned and run by volunteers, they were made possible by speakers who generously gave their time.
We no longer host conferences, but the talks, music, and memories remain part of Ivory Garden’s story.
“I connected with both experts/therapists and survivors, people who I feel I’ll know for years to come… What an excellent group of professionals you brought together.”
2016 conference attendee
Our forum · Our everyday community
Twenty years of shared experience
From everyday conversation to weekly live coping groups and get-togethers, the IGDID Forum is where our community meets today.
Over the years, more than 4,000 people have shared in the life of the forum: Easter parties, late-night karaoke, Christmas card exchanges, learning, crafting, and lasting friendships.
Get to know the forum →Discourse · Our own private server
A place to be yourself
Our free forum welcomes people aged 13 and older living with DID, PTSD, and dissociation. Members’ privacy matters, and every application is read personally. See the application page for the information collected when you apply.
Life in the forum
What we offer
Places to write, learn, make things, and spend time with friends.
Your own journal
A space for journaling, poetry, and your thoughts. Each member can have a journal and moderate it themselves: only you can start threads, and you choose whether to allow replies.
Weekly coping groups
Meet, learn, and share in our weekly live groups, with a Zoom-style format. All members are welcome.
About our groups →
Community chat
Drop in, meet your friends, and enjoy a conversation through text, audio, or video. All members are welcome.
Little alters’ private area
A private place for little alters or parts of systems to meet their friends, play games, introduce themselves, and chat.
Teen alters’ private room
A private place for teen alters or parts of systems to share music, play games, vent, and hang out with friends.
Creative works & crafts
Share art, poetry, stories, music, and other things you create. Enjoy what your friends are making, too.
“The best online support group (forum) I’ve ever had the privilege to belong to is Ivory Garden Dissociative Identity Disorder Support Forum. I have belonged since 2012 and have received an enormous amount of support.”