Support groups and organisations

If you are seeking support relating to grief e.g. support organisations and resources such as books, please use the Finding Support page or use links which are presented at the bottom of each topic page.


I can’t get bver It. A Handbook for Trauma Survivors

Author: Matsakis A.

Publisher: New Harbinger Publications Inc., 1992

Contact: Vietnam Veterans Counselling Service, 99 Frome St., Adelaide Ph:08 8290 0300 or 1800 011 046



Post-traumatic stress disorder – recognition and management (Audio/Video)

Contact: Rural Health Education Centre National Centre for PTSD, Locked Bag 1, West Heidelberg Vic. 3081



A clinical handbook/ Practical therapist manual – for assessing and treating adults with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Author: Meichenbaum D.

Publisher: Institute Press, Ontario, Canada. 1994

Contact: Vietnam Veterans Counselling Service, 99 Frome St., Adelaide Ph:08 8290 0300 or 1800 011 046



Compassion fatigue. Coping with secondary traumatic stress disorder in those who treat the traumatized

Author: Figley CR.

Publisher: Brunner/Mazel, Inc., New York, USA. The Psychosocial Stress Series.



Coping with Trauma – The victim and the helper

Author: Watts R, de L Horne DJ.

Publisher: Australian Academic Press, Brisbane, Australia. 1994

Contact: Vietnam Veterans Counselling Service, 99 Frome St., Adelaide Ph:08 8290 0300 or 1800 011 046

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Death and trauma: the traumatology of grieving

Author: Figley CR, Bride BE et al. (eds)

Publisher: Taylor and Francis. Washington DC, USA. (1997) ISBN:1560325259.



Individual and community responses to trauma and disaster: the structure of human chaos

Author: Ursano RJ, McCaughey BG et al.(eds)

Publisher: Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, UK. ISBN: 0521416337. 1994



International Handbook of Traumatic Stress Syndromes

Author: Wilson JP, Raphael B

Publisher: Plenum Press, New York, USA.

Contact: Vietnam Veterans Counselling Service, 99 Frome St., Adelaide Ph:08 8290 0300 or 1800 011 046



Post-traumatic stress disorder: acute and long-term responses to trauma and disaster

Author: Fullerton CS, Ursano RJ et al. (eds)

Publisher: American Psychiatric Press. Washington DC, USA. Progress in psychiatry series, No. 51 ISBN:0880487518. 1997



Post-traumatic therapy and victims of violence

Author: Ochberg F.

Publisher: Brunner/Mazel, Inc., New York, USA. The Psychosocial Stress Series.

Contact: Vietnam Veterans Counselling Service, 99 Frome St., Adelaide Ph:08 8290 0300 or 1800 011 046



Psychological trauma and the adult survivor: Theory, therapy and transformation

Information on books, pamphlets or other media

Author: McCann IL, Pearlman LA

Publisher: Brunner/Mazel, Inc., New York, USA. The Psychosocial Stress Series.

Contact: Vietnam Veterans Counselling Service, 99 Frome St., Adelaide Ph:08 8290 0300 or 1800 011 046



Trauma and its wake: Vol 1: The study and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Author: Figley CR.

Publisher: Brunner/Mazel, Inc., New York, USA. The Psychosocial Stress Series.

Contact: Vietnam Veterans Counselling Service, 99 Frome St., Adelaide Ph:08 8290 0300 or 1800 011 046



Trauma and its wake: Vol 2: Traumatic stress theory, research and intervention.

Author: Figley CR.

Publisher: Brunner/Mazel, Inc., New York, USA. The Psychosocial Stress Series.

Contact: Vietnam Veterans Counselling Service, 99 Frome St., Adelaide Ph:08 8290 0300 or 1800 011 046



Trauma, transformation, and healing: an integrated approach to theory, research, and post-traumatic therapy

Author: Wilson JP.

Publisher: Brunner/Mazel, Inc., New York, USA. The Psychosocial Stress Series.

Contact: Vietnam Veterans Counselling Service, 99 Frome St., Adelaide Ph:08 8290 0300 or 1800 011 046



Traumatic Stress – The effects of overwhelming experience on mind, body and society

Author: van der Kolk BA, McFarlane AC, Weisaeth L.

Publisher: The Guilford Press, New York, USA. 1996

Contact: Vietnam Veterans Counselling Service, 99 Frome St., Adelaide Ph:08 8290 0300 or 1800 011 046



Treating stress in families

Author: Figley CR.

Publisher: Brunner/Mazel, Inc., New York, USA. The Psychosocial Stress Series

Contact: Vietnam Veterans Counselling Service, 99 Frome St., Adelaide Ph:08 8290 0300 or 1800 011 046



When disaster strikes: A Handbook for the Caring Professions -how individuals and communities cope with catastrophe

Author: Raphael B

Publisher: Basic Books. New York, USA. ISBN: 0-465-09168-7. 1986