This website provides information, education, and help to those adversely affected by or interested in cultic and other high-control groups and relationships.

The International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA) is a global network of people concerned about psychological manipulation and abuse in cultic and other high-control environments.

Their ‘How can we help you?’ page has cult-specific resources for survivors, their loved ones, and professionals; as well as a long list of pertinent ‘Cults 101’ resources.

This website contains a comprehensive collection of information about ACEs.

ACEs can have a tremendous impact on future violence victimization and perpetration, and lifelong health and opportunity. The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention works to understand ACEs and prevent them.

This website provides information about psychological trauma. It also provides tools to teach others about trauma, including discussions about current controversies related to trauma.

Childhood experiences, both positive and negative, have a tremendous impact on future violence victimization and perpetration, and lifelong health and opportunity. As such, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are an important public health issue. Learn how everyone can help prevent ACEs by using strategies to create safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments for all children.

A journal paper about myths associated with Dissociative Identity Disorder.

Guidelines for trauma-informed services and trauma-specific care for Indigenous Australian children.

The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study is one of the largest investigations of childhood abuse and neglect and household challenges and later-life health and well-being. ACEs can have a tremendous impact on future violence victimization and perpetration, and lifelong health and opportunity. CDC works to understand ACEs and prevent them. The details and results of the study can be found here.

Australian guidelines for the treatment of mental health trauma in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

Breaking Free is a monthly newsletter with articles, stories, resources and news for adult survivors, those who support them and community members.

Members of the general public are becoming more aware of the prevalence of trauma and how it can affect people. However, many people feel poorly equipped to have everyday conversations with people they know or suspect have actually experienced trauma.

Talking about trauma: guide to everyday conversations for the general public provides a simple guide, in plain English, to support these critical conversations. Whether you are starting the conversation yourself (because you suspect a person is experiencing/has experienced trauma) or you are responding to a person telling you about their trauma. The following information, evidence and tips will help you manage the challenges and minimise the risks.

These fact sheets for the general public have been designed to support safe conversations with different people in your life. They include fact sheets for having safe conversations with a friend, family member or colleague who you suspect or know has experiences of trauma. Another fact sheet provides information and tools for having trauma-informed conversations. An additional fact sheet provides guidelines for supporting a person who is disclosing child sexual abuse as an adult.

Ask Izzy can help you to find the services you need, now and nearby. It is free and anonymous, and you can search over 360,000 services to find housing, meals, healthcare, counselling, legal advice, addiction treatment and a whole lot more.If you're on the Telstra mobile network, you can access Ask Izzy even if you don't have credit.

This report from Blue Knot Foundation and Pegasus Economics delineates the substantial costs of not providing the right support and services for adult survivors of childhood trauma and abuse. It highlights a strategy for addressing the structural budget deficit by addressing the public health issue of childhood trauma and abuse.

Blue Knot has developed a set of fact sheets which we hope will help you understand more about the different categories of trauma.

If you have experiences of complex trauma, childhood trauma, child abuse or intergenerational trauma, or are supporting someone who has, these fact sheets will be relevant to you.

Blue Knot developed this series of fact sheets to increase understanding about memory and tackle some of the common myths. They are informed by the latest research and are designed to improve understanding around memory including the relationship between trauma and memory, body memories, delayed recall of memory and the role of dissociation. If you have experiences of complex trauma and your memory has been affected, or if you are supporting someone who has, we hope this section will help you understand what has happened better.

The Complex Trauma Resources website was developed for "people who don't fit into neat little boxes and everyone who cares about them", by people whose professional backgrounds in the trauma field have been informed by their lived experiences. It offers a comprehensive repository of information and resources on complex trauma, that is comprehensible to members of the public and professionals alike.

A very thorough glossary of the different types of therapy. You can click on a therapy type and get the definition/description, when it is used, what to expect, how it works, what to look for in a therapist who offers the therapy type, and references.

Find your nearest health service using the National Health Services Directory (NHSD)

Use this online tool to see what payments and services you may be eligible for.

Information about Refugees and Refugee Trauma, including basic definitions, a description of refugee core stressors, and recommendations related to screening, assessment, and intervention. Information and resources are available for multiple audiences including mental health professionals, healthcare providers, school personnel, policy makers, and more.