ASSOCIATIONS AND SOCIETIES:
These sites have excellent links pages. A good starting point for any search.
ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION:
The Black Dog Institute
This is an Australian educational, research, clinical and community-oriented facility dedicated to improving understanding, diagnosis and treatment of mood disorders.
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Anxieties.com
A self-help site for sufferers of anxiety attacks, ocd, panic attacks, fear of flying, phobias and anxieties.
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clinical-depression.co.uk
This site will give you up-to-date and useful information on depression. |
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Friends For Life
Friends For Life is an Australian school based programme that helps children and teenagers cope with feelings of fear, worry, and depression by building resilience and self-esteem and teaching cognitive and emotional skills in a simple, well-structured format. |
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US Obsessive Compulsive Foundation
The Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation (OCF) is an international not-for-profit organization. The mission of the OCF is to educate the public and professional communities about OCD and related disorders; to provide assistance to individuals with OCD and related disorders, their family and friends; and to support research into the causes and effective treatments of OCD and related disorders. |
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GENDER IDENTITY:
Psychology of Gender Identity Disorder and Transgenderism
The Personal experiences of a transsexual psychologist and a scientific critique of the psychopathology of gender identity disorder. |
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Anne Vitale, Psychologist
This web site addresses issues regarding gender dysphoria, crossdressing, transsexualism, transgenderism, Gender Identity Disorder, hormones, sex reassignment surgery (SRS), the HBIGDA Standards of Care (SOC) and gender variant issues in general. Female-to-Male (FTM) and Male-to-Female (MTF) issues are covered |
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Mermaids
UK family support group for children and teenagers with gender and identity issues.
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HEALTH INFORMATION:
MEDICATIONS:
PARENTING PLANS:
PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA:
John Briere
This website lists John Briere's books, published articles, and psychological tests, and describes the LAC+USC Psychological Trauma Clinic. |
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EMDR Institute
Provides detailed information on the origins, efficacy and application of EMDR to treat psychological trauma
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US Department of Veteran Affairs: National Centre for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
Contains Fact Sheets and Videos to answer your questions on trauma, PTSD and related issues. |
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The Israel Centre for the treatment of Psychotrauma (ICTP)
ICTP has been active since 1989 to contend with the growing phenomenon of psychotrauma in Israel, where an estimated 9% of Israelis suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), three times the level of that in the US and other western countries. ICTP, together with UJA Federation of New York, initiator of the Israel Trauma Coalition, is today a world-recognized innovator in researching and treating the widespread effects of trauma. |
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SEXUAL ASSAULT:
The Next Step Counseling and Training.
A primary focus of the work at The Next Step is adult male recovery from the effects of sexual child abuse and other trauma. Contains extensive resources. |
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THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES:
Centre for Emotionally Focused Therapy
EFT is a short term, structured approach to couples therapy formulated in the early 80's by Sue Johnson and Les Greenberg. |
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Authentic Happiness
Dr Martin Seligman is the founder of Positive Psychology, a new branch of psychology which focuses on the empirical study of such things as positive emotions, strengths-based character, and healthy institutions. His research has demonstrated that it is possible to be happier — to feel more satisfied, to be more engaged with life, find more meaning, have higher hopes, and probably even laugh and smile more, regardless of one’s circumstances. Positive psychology interventions can also lastingly decrease depression symptoms. |
The Gottman Institute
Co-founded by Drs. John and Julie Schwartz Gottman, has two major functions. The Institute helps couples directly, and it provides state-of-the-art training to mental health professionals and other health care providers. The Gottman Institute applies leading-edge research on marriage in a practical, down-to-earth therapy and trains therapists committed to helping couples. No other approach to couples education and therapy has relied on such intensive, detailed, and long-term scientific study of why marriages succeed or fail. |
Contextual Psychology
An online learning and research community and the official website of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS). |
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
This is a unique empirically based psychological intervention that uses acceptance and mindfulness strategies, together with commitment and behavior change strategies, to increase psychological flexibility. Psychological flexibility means contacting the present moment fully as a conscious human being, and based on what the situation affords, changing or persisting in behavior in the service of chosen values. |
Narrative Approaches
Narrative approaches to counselling and community work centre people as the experts in their own lives and views problems as separate from people. Narrative approaches assume that people have many skills, competencies, beliefs, values, commitments and abilities that will assist them to reduce the influence of problems in their lives. The word ‘narrative’ refers to the emphasis that is placed upon the stories of people’s lives and the differences that can be made through particular tellings and retellings of these stories. |
The Dulwich Centre
This is an independent centre in Adelaide, Australia involved in: narrative therapy, community work, training, and publishing, supporting practitioners in different parts of the world, and co-hosting international conferences. This site acts as gateway to information about narrative therapy, community work and psychosocial support. It includes articles to read, books and journals to purchase, training events and conferences to attend. |
The institute for the study of therapeutic change and partners for change
On this website Scott Miller and Barry Duncan present the latest research on "what works" in therapy. Their findings are translated into principles for clinical practice. |
DISCLAIMER:
The sites, individuals, and organizations listed here are for the reader's convenience only. A listing here does not necessarily constitute an endorsement by the practitioner’s of AucklandPsychology. |
