Tools & apps for trauma

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Tools and apps to help you with trauma

Below you can find tools you can use to help you cope with trauma:

This Way Up

This Way Up offers free and paid self-paced online programs that can teach you new and effective ways to manage your mental health and wellbeing.

Cost

Free with prescription

Mental Health Online’s PTSD Program teaches you about post-traumatic stress disorder as well as skills and strategies you can use to manage it.

The Body Keeps the Score

The Body Keeps the Score is a book about what trauma is, how it impacts the body, effective treatment options, as well as short and long-term self-care strategies.

Other tools and apps

MindSpot PTSD Course - Clinically-proven treatment that helps adults aged 18 years and over to manage psychological and emotional symptoms resulting from experiencing a traumatic event.
Phoenix Australia - Offers a range of information, factsheets and other self-help resources for people affected by trauma and for those supporting individuals who have been impacted.
PTSD Coach app - This free app is designed for veterans who have or may have PTSD. It provides useful resources about PTSD, information about professional care, a self-assessment for PTSD, opportunities to find support, and tools that can help users manage the stresses of daily life with PTSD. It's available for both iOS and Android. The app was developed by the US Department of Veterans Affairs, so some support options might only be relevant to the people living in the US. Visit our Support Services page to find support and treatment options for trauma in Australia.

Long term help for trauma

Support services for trauma

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Talk to someone you trust

When you’re feeling out of your depth and overwhelmed, opening up to someone you trust can take some weight off your shoulders.

Blue Knot Foundation provides counselling and support for anyone affected by complex trauma and helps them to recover and build resilience.

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Counselling

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