Links

our favorites:

www.counsellingforsocialchange.org.uk - Counselling for Social Change, providing counselling for people working to make a difference

healingtrauma.pscap.org - a US-based site, by activist for activists

outofaction.net - the German trauma support group (in german)

COP15 First Aid - medical and emotional support for protesters at the Climate Summit 2009 in Copenhagen

dissentnetzwerk.org/node/697 - Deutsche G8-Mobiliserung - Texte zu Trauma und Aktivismus

www.traumatic-stress.freeserve.co.uk- a page from the charity ASSIST offering a free help line, an info package, counselling etc.

www.healingmagic.org/walterzeichner/aftercare/index.html - a database for sympathetic therapists and healers for trauma, mostly in the USA

www.trauma-pages.com - David Baldwin's Trauma Information Pages, large resources on Trauma issues

the-t-team.blogspot.com - a collective of activists in Tel Aviv, historical Palestine, who've come together to support activists going through intense emotional (and post-traumatic) experiences as a result of their work.

others:

www.traumaandnonviolence.com - Trauma and Nonviolent Social Change, free download of Steven Wineman's book: POWER UNDER

www.panic-attacks.co.uk - the name says it all.

www.mind.org.uk - in England and Wales working for a better life for everyone experiencing mental distress

www.bcma.co.uk - The British Complementary Medicine Association

www.actionmedics.org.uk - street medics for the UK and G8 in particular

www.redcross.org - the Red Cross!

www.dissent.org.uk - Dissent: a network of resistance - Against the G8

www.daysofdissent.org.uk - excellent review of previous mobilisations

www.shutthemdown.org - Book of reflections on the G8 summit in Scotland, also online

www.traumaweb.org - Site based in Israel with information in english, arabic, hebrew and russian

>>> Article on Activist Trauma Support

www.aubonnebridge.net - a campaign to get justice for people injured after being attacked by the Swiss police at G8 summit. - It was this incident that inspired some to start doing work in the area.

Counselling Directory - support network of UK counsellors and psychotherapists, with information on their training and experience, areas of counselling, fees and contact details.