Although a psychologist can best provide treatment for you,
it can also help to join a support group in addition to your clinical treatment.
And, for some people, a support group is a good place to begin getting help;
only after a while might you want to seek out professional
treatment.
Either way, I
have provided information about some trauma support groups below. Through
feedback, the list might grow.
Support for Healing
from Abortion
Project
Rachel is an outreach of the Catholic Church, but it is open to anyone
who is struggling after an abortion loss. It is able to help both women and
men, parents, grandparents, siblings, friends, and others whose lives have
been affected by an abortion loss.
The National Office of Post-Abortion
Reconciliation and Healing, Inc.
P.O. Box 07477
Milwaukee, WI 53207-0477
USA
National Referral Line:1-800-5WE-CARE
www.noparh.org
www.hopeafterabortion.com
Support for Aviation
Accident Survivors
Wings of
Light is a national nonprofit public charity that provides a Survivors
Support Network, a Family and Friends Support Network, and a Rescue/Response
Personnel Support Network. In addition, they provide an information source
and a professional referral source.
Wings of Light, Inc.
16845 N. 29th Ave., Suite 1-448
Phoenix, AZ 85023
USA
602-516-1115
The National
Air Disaster Alliance is an alliance of family groups that was formed
after different U.S. aviation disasters. Not a support group per se,
it may be able to offer assistance if a family member has been involved in
an aircraft disaster.
The National Air Disaster Alliance
and Foundation
2020 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Suite 315
Washington DC 20006-1846
USA
1-888-444-NADA
www.427adsl.org/nationai.htm
Support for Healing
from Child Abuse
Adult Survivors
of Child Abuse (ASCA) is an innovative psychologically based support
group recovery program. They offer workshops, peer-guided and professional-guided
support groups, and a guidebook, Survivor to Thriver.
The Morris Center
P.O. Box 14038
San Francisco, CA 94114-0038
USA
415-452-1939
http://www.ascasupport.org
Support for Healing
from Dissociation
Many Voices
is an “international self-help newsletter for DID clients and their
therapists” that offers “Words Of Hope for People Recovering From
Trauma & Dissociation.”
Many Voices
P.O. Box 2639
Cincinnati, OH 45201-2639
USA
513-751-8020
www.manyvoicespress.com
Here’s a direct link to their page of support resources:
Many
Voices Links
Support for Healing
from Medically Induced Trauma
Medically
Induced Trauma Support Services (MITSS), Inc. “is a non-profit
organization founded in June of 2002 whose mission is ‘To Support Healing
and Restore Hope’ to patients, families, and clinicians who have been
affected by an adverse medical event. Medically induced trauma is
an unexpected outcome that occurs during medical and/or surgical care that
affects the emotional well being of the patient, family member, or
clinician.”
Medically Induced Trauma Support
Services
830 Boylston Street, Suite 206
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
USA
Tel: 617-232-0090
Toll free: 1-888-36MITSS (1-888-366-4877)
www.mitss.org
Support for Healing
from Trauma
The Gift from
Within is “a non-profit organization dedicated to those who suffer
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), those at risk for PTSD, and those
who care for traumatized individuals.” It also provides a pen pal list
for survivors of trauma.
Gift from Within
Joyce Boaz
16 Cobb Hill Road
Camden, ME 04843
USA
207-236-8858 ph
207-236-2818 fax
www.giftfromwithin.org
Support for Coping
with War-related PTSD
“This is
a safe place for all the women who love a wounded veteran suffering from
PTSD. We come together in the aftermath of war to share information, support,
and friendship. May you find peace through understanding. May you never again
feel as if you are all alone.”
Aftermath of war coping with
ptsd too
http://groups.msn.com/AftermathofwarcopingwithPTSDtoo
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