Australian Institute of Suicide Research and Prevention, Griffith University |
The Institute promotes, conducts, and supports research on suicide prevention in Australia. The site provides information on the role and activities of the Institute and counselling information on preventing youth suicide and suicide in families.
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Befrienders International |
An important organisation offering depression and suicide support and information about feeling suicidal or depressed; worried about a suicidal friend; the warning signs of suicide; suicide helplines and an online directory of services by country. Suicide statistics, an online newsletter and further information on depression and self harm are also provided.
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beyondblue:the National Depression Initiative |
'beyondblue: the national depression initiative' has been established by the Commonwealth Government of Australia and the State of Victoria to make a contribution that has national and international significance in the field of depression.
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Centre for Grief Education |
The Centre for Grief Education is an independent, not for profit organisation and provides grief and bereavement education in Australia. The Centre is funded through the state palliative care program of the Victorian Department of Human Services. Its mission is to promote, through education, consultancy, counselling and research, optimum support for grieving people, in order to assist their recovery and prevent chronic illness and ill health.
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CounsellingResource.com |
CounsellingResource.com is inspired by the belief that open access to information about counselling and psychotherapy helps clients to make more informed choices and helps practitioners to develop the services they provide.
This site information on counselling and psychotherapy, different therapeutic approaches, history and research on effectiveness, print resources for both clients and practitioners, links to other web resources, longer book reviews and top book picks, practice management tools, and discussion & support forums.
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Emotionally Focused Therapy |
EFT is a short term (8-20 sessions), structured approach to couples therapy formulated in the early 80's by Sue Johnson and Les Greenberg. The strategies and techniques of EFT are also used with families.
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Here for Life |
Here for Life is a not-for-profit public benevolent institution focusing on education, awareness and research aimed at the prevention of youth suicide. The web site provides information about suicide prevention, counselling, special events and welcomes volunteers to be involved in community based projects, from fund raising to proactive community service projects.
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Human Nature |
This web site has the broad aim of bringing into communication the variety of approaches to the understanding of human nature which have a regrettable tendency to be less in touch with one another than they might.
We welcome writings and discussions on history, philosophy and social studies in the human sciences; Darwinian scholarship; evolutionary psychology, sociobiology and debates about them; cognitive psychology; neuropsychology, modularity; narrative approaches; hermeneutics; verstehen; biography and autobiography; behavioural genetics; psychoanalytic and psychodynamic approaches and so on.
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Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy |
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Korean Academy of Psychotherapists |
The philosophical goal of the Academy has been to assimilate Western psychoanalysis and psychotherapy on the basis of Eastern Tao (Zen Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism) and the Korean cultural roots, and to integrate and unify Western psychotherapy and the Tao, known as the ultimate form of psychotherapy.
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Lifeline: Make the Connection |
A suicide prevention project from Lifeline Australia with the message that people don't have to face crises surrounding suicide alone - help is available. The web site provides information about the Project; about Living Works suicide intervention training; what to do after a suicide - finding support - making sense of it all - putting the pieces together; and linking with supports and services on the Net and in the community.
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National Centre for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder |
The National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) was created within the Department of Veterans Affairs in 1989, in response to a Congressional mandate to address the needs of veterans with military-related PTSD. Its mission was, and remains: To advance the clinical care and social welfare of America's veterans through research, education, and training in the science, diagnosis, and treatment of PTSD and stress-related disorders. This website is provided as an educational resource concerning PTSD and other enduring consequences of traumatic stress.
Over a hundred fact sheets and a wealth of published articles, videos, and information for researchers and clinicians.
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NSW Institute of Psychiatry |
The NSW Institute of Psychiatry is a statutory body formed by an Act of Parliament in 1964. Directly responsible to the New South Wales Minister for Health, the institute is committed to initiating and encouraging research into all aspects of mental health, playing an active role in the training of mental health professionals and fostering the advancement of mental health education in New South Wales.
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Psychline |
Guide to Psychology and Social Science Journals on the Web
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Reach Out! Helping Prevent Youth Suicide in Australia |
A web site established to promote national healing with a specific brief on youth suicide prevention. Reach Out offers three specialist sites - Chill Out! for young people to get support and have their say; Family and Friends - for support and information about youth suicide prevention and for those affected by youth suicide; and, a Professional Forum where doctors, teachers, youth workers and counsellors can share ideas and get information about the best ways to assist young people.
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Social Science Information Gateway |
The Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG) aims to provide a trusted source of selected, high quality Internet information for researchers and practitioners in the social sciences, business and law. It is part of the UK Resource Discovery Network.
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Suicide Prevention Australia |
Suicide Prevention Australia is a non-profit, non-government organisation working as a public health advocate in suicide prevention. SPA is a broad-based organisation, which brings together diverse community interests across disciplines, youth and mental health sectors and the public affected by suicide.
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The Institute for the Study of Therapeutic Change |
News, research, reviews, and developments from the farthest reaches of solution-focussed therapy. Also much irreverence – check out their “Balony-watch”.
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The Journal of Psychotherapy Practice and Research |
The Journal of Psychotherapy Practice and Research is a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal published quarterly by the American Psychiatric Press, Inc. Its aim is to advance the professional understanding of human behavior and to enhance the psychotherapeutic treatment of mental disorders.
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Verbal and Emotional Abuse in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis |
The purpose of this website is to encourage the discussion of verbal and emotional abuse of clients in therapy by psychotherapists and psychoanalysts.
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Youth Suicide Prevention Kit |
The kit provides information about risk factors and warning signs for suicide, statistics on suicide among young people in Australia and youth suicide prevention activities.
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