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Resources for supporters

Information
    Information for survivors and to better understand childhood trauma, abuse and complex trauma.
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Fact Sheet for supporters
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Newsletters
    We publish a monthly newsletter Breaking Free with helpful news & information for adult survivors of childhood trauma & abuse, supporters and professionals.
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Video for supporters
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Books for supporters
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Books for Supporters

•      Babette Rothschild: 8 Keys to Safe Trauma Recovery: Take-Charge Strategies to Empower Your Healing (8 Keys to Mental Health)

 

•      Babette Rothschild: The Body Remembers: The Psychophysiology of Trauma and Trauma Treatment, 2000

 

•      Bessel van der Kolk: The Body Keeps the Score: Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma


•      Peter Levine: In an Unspoken Voice: How the body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness

 

•      Peter Levine: Healing Trauma, A Pioneer Program for Restoring the Wisdom of your Body

 

•      Judith Herman: Trauma and Recovery


When supporting sexual abuse survivors people have found the following books helpful:

 

•      Ellen Bass & Laura Davis: The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse (20th Anniversary edition)

•      Mike Lew: Victims No Longer: The Classic Guide for Men Recovering from Sexual Child Abuse


 

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Education and Training by admin
on Tuesday, 3 October 2017.
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on Tuesday, 3 October 2017.
Using research and practice evidence to inform complex trauma treatment, including child sexual abuse by admin
on Monday, 2 October 2017.
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on Tuesday, 8 August 2017.
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on Monday, 7 August 2017.

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“Blue Knot Foundation has a key role to play in the building of community capacity in care provision to those who have experienced childhood abuse and trauma in any environment.”

NIALL MULLIGAN Manager, Lifeline Northern Rivers

“I think Blue Knot Foundation is a fantastic support organisation for people who have experienced childhood trauma/abuse, for their families/close friends and for professionals who would like to learn how to more effectively work with these people.”

Psychologist Melbourne

“It's such a beautiful thing that you are doing. Helping people to get through this.”

ANONYMOUS

“It was only last September when I discovered the Blue Knot Foundation website and I will never forget the feeling of support and empathy that I received when I finally made the first phone call to Blue Knot Helpline, which was also the first time I had ever spoken about my abuse.”

STEVEN

"At last there is some sound education and empathetic support for individuals and partners impacted by such gross boundary violations.”

TAMARA

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Email: admin@blueknot.org.au
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