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Home Trustees Articles & Information Organisations Dissociation Trauma Attachment Self Harm Sexual & Ritual Abuse Working Approaches Spiritual Dimension of Recovery Books Book Reviews Book List (by Author) PDF Book List (by Title) PDF Book List (by Year) PDF Training Links Membership Contact	ESTD - European Society for Trauma and Dissociation [back to top...] ISSTD - International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation [back to top...] FPP - First Person Plural A UK paper-based quarterly newsletter for dissociators and their allies. First Person Plural is a small, voluntary, national dissociator-led organisation for people who experience dissociative disorders and their allies. [back to top...] SIARI - Self-Injury & Related Issues Free information about self-injury & related issues (dissociation, eating disorders, childhood trauma and abuse, etc). Research based, with extensive input from self-injurers. A valuable online resource for self-injurers, their loved ones and friends, for those who work with self-injurers, and for anyone interested in the complex phenomenon of self-injury. Site owner Jan Sutton (Author of Healing the Hurt Within: Understand and relieve the suffering behind self- destructive behaviour). [back to top...] ACC - Association of Christian Counsellors The Association was founded in 1992 following discussions with representatives of a number of Christian counselling organisations in the United Kingdom. These discussions demonstrated that there was a need for a nationwide umbrella organisation which could undertake certain activities on behalf of its members. The vision may be summarised as follows: the provision of nationwide standards for Christian counselling and care the provision of a nationwide system for the accreditation of Christian counsellors broadly acceptable to Christian churches, counselling organisations and the wider community the provision of a nationwide system for the recognition of training in Christian counselling and pastoral care the provision of a body which represents Christian counsellors and develop relations with institutions such as the social services and health authorities, and with denominations and professional bodies the Association recognises that among Christians there is a great variety of approaches to counselling. Whereas it aims at high standards in practice and training it does not seek uniformity [back to top...] Willows Counselling Service Willows is a counselling service which is open to all adults, whether or not they practise the Christian faith. It is based in a small house in north Swindon where there are two counselling rooms. Willows has approximately 30 volunteer counsellors, 20 supervisors, 10 trainers, 4 part time staff (3 paid, 1 unpaid). Each counsellor will have completed a minimum of 500 hours training at ACC level 2 or above and some will also have other specialist training. [back to top...] NAPAC - The National Association for People Abused in Childhood NAPAC is a Registered Charity, which has been set up as a result of a key recommendation by the National Commission of Inquiry into the Prevention of Child Abuse, which reported in October 1996. Mission Statement Respond to the distress caused in adulthood by ill treatment and/or neglect in childhood Establish a national information line and postal service for people requiring advice and information about help available to overcome the continuing impact of childhood abuse in adulthood Provide support, training, information and resources to persons and organisations supporting people who have experienced ill treatment and/or neglect in childhood Raise public awareness of the continuing impact of childhood abuse in adulthood Effectively campaign to alleviate the impact of child abuse in adulthood NAPAC plans to achieve these aims by: The publication of helpful materials and information The provision of training to persons and organisations that are supporting adults who experienced ill treatment or neglect in childhood The establishment, maintenance and monitoring of a national register of counsellors and therapists who are committed to assisting adults who have experienced child abuse Organising seminars and conferences on relevant topics Promoting and liaising with relevant bodies on issues pertaining to childhood abuse and its continuing impact in adulthood [back to top...] Hearing Voices Network Formed in 1988, this is another Manchester based group which is a ‘network of people who hear voices, their relatives, carers and workers, who work towards gaining a better understanding of the experience of hearing voices and seeing visions, thus reducing ignorance and anxiety about these issues’. The Network seeks to elucidate more understanding of this condition which does not always require psychiatric care. Self-help and support groups have been formed to enable sufferers to discover strategies for managing and coping with their situations. The vision of HVN is to create an acceptance that hearing voices is a valid experience for which there are many explanations. It seeks to provide information and advice through training, publications, help-line and through newsletters. By raising the level of awareness of voice hearing, seeing visions, tactile sensations and other sensory experiences it is hoped that clients and others will be helped. For adults and children there is the opportunity to share experiences to understand and to learn from them and thereby to grow therapeutically. A very informative leaflet is available and a website at www.hearing-voices.org is in preparation. The hearing of voices may be one of the experiences of people with dissociative disorders, or with just plain ordinary ego-states that choose to make themselves heard internally in this way, so any normalisation of these experiences would be a very good thing. [back to top...] Ross Institute for Psychological Trauma Sponsor: Colin A. Ross, M.D. This site receives and award because of its useful information concerning the assessment of dissociation. Includes a review of the literature concerning the Dissociative Experiences Scale. Complete text and scoring information for Dissociative Disorders Interview Schedule, a structured interview by Dr. Ross that has been used in numerous research studies. [back to top...] Guidelines for treating DID in Adults Sponsor: International Society for the Study of Dissociation. Outline of recommended diagnosis and treatment procedures. These guidelines have been cited as a standard of care in several court cases. Treatment guidelines for DID. [back to top...] Sidran Traumatic Stress Foundation Sponsor: Sidran Traumatic Stress Foundation, a nonprofit foundation that publishes and supports treatment in dissociative disorders and other trauma. Describes Sidran’s training programme, for agencies, in stress and trauma. Articles and handouts for clients and their families concerning DID and PTSD. Bibliography of print publications concerning dissociation with abstracts. Links to trauma/DID-related sites. [back to top...] Trauma and Chaplaincy Sponsor: Father Joseph Mahoney. Father Mahoney’s opinions on spiritual issues and healing from trauma, written from a Catholic perspective. Could be useful food for thought by both clients and therapists. Selected bibliography of books on dissociation, with capsule evaluations. [back to top...] Recovered Memories of Sexual Abuse: Scientific Research and Scholarly Resources Sponsor: Jim Hopper, Ph.D. Extensive and scholarly summary of research findings on the accuracy of recovered memories, concluding that delayed recall of child abuse memories is not rare, and that traumatic and nontraumatic memories have some different characteristics. Links to other Web pages dealing with recovered memories. [back to top...] Significant Others Guide to DID [back to top...] Pottergate Centre for Trauma and Dissociation [back to top...] A History of the Study of DID [back to top...] Willows Pastoral Care News [back to top...] Willows Articles [back to top...] Mind Booklet on Understanding Dissociative Disorders [back to top...] Into the Light Into The Light offers support, information and resources around the issues of sexual abuse for those who have been abused and those who support them [back to top...] Christian Survivors Ministries A survivor-led website providing support, on-line forums and resources for survivors of all types of abuse. [back to top...] S:VOX A survivor-led national organisation for survivors and their supporters providing self-help weekends, local support groups and web-based resources. [back to top...] Samaritans [back to top...]
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ESTD - European Society for Trauma and Dissociation

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ISSTD - International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation

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FPP - First Person Plural

A UK paper-based quarterly newsletter for dissociators and their allies.

First Person Plural is a small, voluntary, national dissociator-led organisation for people who experience dissociative disorders and their allies.

[back to top...]

SIARI - Self-Injury & Related Issues

Free information about self-injury & related issues (dissociation, eating disorders, childhood trauma and abuse, etc). Research based, with extensive input from self-injurers. A valuable online resource for self-injurers, their loved ones and friends, for those who work with self-injurers, and for anyone interested in the complex phenomenon of self-injury. Site owner Jan Sutton (Author of Healing the Hurt Within: Understand and relieve the suffering behind self- destructive behaviour).

[back to top...]

ACC - Association of Christian Counsellors

The Association was founded in 1992 following discussions with representatives of a number of Christian counselling organisations in the United Kingdom. These discussions demonstrated that there was a need for a nationwide umbrella organisation which could undertake certain activities on behalf of its members. The vision may be summarised as follows:

the provision of nationwide standards for Christian counselling and care
the provision of a nationwide system for the accreditation of Christian counsellors broadly acceptable to Christian churches, counselling organisations and the wider community
the provision of a nationwide system for the recognition of training in Christian counselling and pastoral care
the provision of a body which represents Christian counsellors and develop relations with institutions such as the social services and health authorities, and with denominations and professional bodies
the Association recognises that among Christians there is a great variety of approaches to counselling. Whereas it aims at high standards in practice and training it does not seek uniformity

[back to top...]

Willows Counselling Service

Willows is a counselling service which is open to all adults, whether or not they practise the Christian faith. It is based in a small house in north Swindon where there are two counselling rooms.

Willows has approximately 30 volunteer counsellors, 20 supervisors, 10 trainers, 4 part time staff (3 paid, 1 unpaid). Each counsellor will have completed a minimum of 500 hours training at ACC level 2 or above and some will also have other specialist training.

[back to top...]

NAPAC - The National Association for People Abused in Childhood

NAPAC is a Registered Charity, which has been set up as a result of a key recommendation by the National Commission of Inquiry into the Prevention of Child Abuse, which reported in October 1996.

Mission Statement

Respond to the distress caused in adulthood by ill treatment and/or neglect in childhood
Establish a national information line and postal service for people requiring advice and information about help available to overcome the continuing impact of childhood abuse in adulthood
Provide support, training, information and resources to persons and organisations supporting people who have experienced ill treatment and/or neglect in childhood
Raise public awareness of the continuing impact of childhood abuse in adulthood
Effectively campaign to alleviate the impact of child abuse in adulthood

NAPAC plans to achieve these aims by:

The publication of helpful materials and information
The provision of training to persons and organisations that are supporting adults who experienced ill treatment or neglect in childhood
The establishment, maintenance and monitoring of a national register of counsellors and therapists who are committed to assisting adults who have experienced child abuse
Organising seminars and conferences on relevant topics
Promoting and liaising with relevant bodies on issues pertaining to childhood abuse and its continuing impact in adulthood

[back to top...]

Hearing Voices Network

Formed in 1988, this is another Manchester based group which is a ‘network of people who hear voices, their relatives, carers and workers, who work towards gaining a better understanding of the experience of hearing voices and seeing visions, thus reducing ignorance and anxiety about these issues’. The Network seeks to elucidate more understanding of this condition which does not always require psychiatric care. Self-help and support groups have been formed to enable sufferers to discover strategies for managing and coping with their situations.

The vision of HVN is to create an acceptance that hearing voices is a valid experience for which there are many explanations. It seeks to provide information and advice through training, publications, help-line and through newsletters. By raising the level of awareness of voice hearing, seeing visions, tactile sensations and other sensory experiences it is hoped that clients and others will be helped. For adults and children there is the opportunity to share experiences to understand and to learn from them and thereby to grow therapeutically. A very informative leaflet is available and a website at www.hearing-voices.org is in preparation.

The hearing of voices may be one of the experiences of people with dissociative disorders, or with just plain ordinary ego-states that choose to make themselves heard internally in this way, so any normalisation of these experiences would be a very good thing.

[back to top...]

Ross Institute for Psychological Trauma

Sponsor: Colin A. Ross, M.D.
This site receives and award because of its useful information concerning the assessment of dissociation.
Includes a review of the literature concerning the Dissociative Experiences Scale.
Complete text and scoring information for Dissociative Disorders Interview Schedule, a structured interview by Dr. Ross that has been used in numerous research studies.

[back to top...]

Guidelines for treating DID in Adults

Sponsor: International Society for the Study of Dissociation.
Outline of recommended diagnosis and treatment procedures. These guidelines have been cited as a standard of care in several court cases.
Treatment guidelines for DID.

[back to top...]

Sidran Traumatic Stress Foundation

Sponsor: Sidran Traumatic Stress Foundation, a nonprofit foundation that publishes and supports treatment in dissociative disorders and other trauma.
Describes Sidran’s training programme, for agencies, in stress and trauma.
Articles and handouts for clients and their families concerning DID and PTSD.
Bibliography of print publications concerning dissociation with abstracts.
Links to trauma/DID-related sites.

[back to top...]

Trauma and Chaplaincy

Sponsor: Father Joseph Mahoney.
Father Mahoney’s opinions on spiritual issues and healing from trauma, written from a Catholic perspective. Could be useful food for thought by both clients and therapists.
Selected bibliography of books on dissociation, with capsule evaluations.

[back to top...]

Recovered Memories of Sexual Abuse: Scientific Research and Scholarly Resources

Sponsor: Jim Hopper, Ph.D.
Extensive and scholarly summary of research findings on the accuracy of recovered memories, concluding that delayed recall of child abuse memories is not rare, and that traumatic and nontraumatic memories have some different characteristics.
Links to other Web pages dealing with recovered memories.

[back to top...]