Resources

ISSC ( Integrated Services for Sensitive Claimants ) availability lists

 Integrated Services for Sensitive Claimants - https://isscprovideravailability.co.nz/for-clients/

ACC find a therapist list - https://www.findsupport.co.nz/find-a-therapist/

ANZACATA - Art Therapy - https://anzacata.org/FIND-A-THERAPIST

Common ACC forms

ACC 250 Reimbursement of Client Travel Expenses

ACC 249 Reimbursement of Prescription Costs

NZ Mental Health Services

New Zealand Mental Health Organisation - https://info.health.nz/services-support/mental-health-services/where-to-get-help/<br>

Aotearoa/New Zealand Mental Health Resource Groups

New Zealand Mental Health Organisation - https://mentalhealth.org.nz/groups 

Emerge Aotearoa - https://emergeaotearoa.org.nz/ Aotearoa/New Zealand wide

Hearts and Minds - https://heartsandminds.org.nz/ West Auckland area

Ember - Korowai Takitini - https://www.platform.org.nz/members/our-members/view/ember-korowai-takitini/ Aotearoa/New Zealand wide 

The Australia and New Zealand/Aotearoa Mental Health Association - https://anzmh.asn.au/</p>

Te Pou / Mental Health First Aid Aotearoa/New Zealand  - https://www.tepou.co.nz/initiatives/mental-health-first-aid-aotearoa-new-zealand

Changing Minds - https://www.changingminds.org.nz/

Te Whatu Ora Aotearoa - https://info.health.nz/services-support/mental-health-services/where-to-get-help/

Community and Public Health/Te Mana Ora - https://www.cph.co.nz/your-health/mental-illness/

Auckland District Health Board - https://www.adhb.health.nz/our-services/mental-health-and-addictions/

Depression.org.nz - https://www.depression.org.nz/staying-well/embracing-your-identity-and-community

Vibrant Mind, Online Trauma Informed Yoga - M: 0274440873E:  www.vibrantmindtherapy.com

Online help

Gloria Masters -  Handing the Shame Back

https://gloriamasters.com/#/ - https://www.handingtheshameback.org/ -  https://www.youtube.com/@handingtheshameback

Tim Fletcher -  is a world leading leading expert on trauma and healing from trauma wounds and has hundreds of videos discussing the all the different aspects of trauma and healing. Go to https://www.youtube.com/@TimFletcher

Richard Grannon - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1M89FFkO4BhSrFIrm7EH5w Fortess Mental Health Protection System

Suggested Reading

The Body Keeps the Score - Bessel Van der Kolk MD

The Power of Now - Eckhart Tolle

From Surviving to Thriving - Pete Walker ( Pete also has a lot of online resources )

Hyperventilation Syndrome - Dinah Bradley

Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors - Janina Fisher

When the Body Says No - Gabor Mate

Vegas Nerve, Beginners Guide - Amy Kingswood, also available on Audible

Here is the webpage for ISSC ( Integrated Services for Sensitive Claimants ) meanings of terminology.

https://www.acc.co.nz/im-injured/issc-glossary/

Some common abbreviations: 

BP - Bipolar Disorder

BPD - Borderline Personality Disorder

DID - Dissociative Identity Disorder

DBT - Dialectic Behavioural Therapy

DOI - Date of Injury

EMDR - treatment style also known as tapping (please research for more detail)

FA - Functional Assessment

GAD - Generalised Anxiety Disorder

IA - Independence Allowance

IMA - Initial Medical Assessment

IOA - Initial Occupational Assessment

LOPE - Loss of Potential Earnings

MDD - Major Depressive Disorder

MI - Mental Injury

MICPI - Mental Injury caused by Physical Injury

NLP - Neuro-Linguistic Programming

OIA - Official Information Act 

OSDD - Dissociative Disorder otherwise Specified

PA - Psychiatric Assessment

PIC - Permanent Impairment Compensation

PTSD - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (c is complex)

PWI - Patient Wellbeing Index

TBI - Traumatic Brain Injury

WC - Weekly Compensation

WHODAS - World Health Organization Disability Assessment Scale

WPI - Whole Person Impairment