PO Box 633

HUNTINGDON

PE29 9GJ

01480 878409

07746 799221

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PODS provides support and education primarily to partners or family members of people who suffer from a Dissociative Disorder, in particular Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). PODS also works to raise awareness of dissociation and provides training and information workshops to anyone who lives or works with dissociation, eg counsellors, pastoral supporters and clergy, health professionals, and education and social care staff.

PODS provides:

• information and awareness workshops to inform and educate about the reality of living with and recovering from dissociation, trauma and sexual abuse
• open meetings as opportunities for partners and supporters to meet together and provide mutual support
• a weekly telephone helpline
• ongoing e-mail support
• resources such as an e-newsletter, Information Booklets and Emergency DID Information cards
• signposting to other helpful organisations

PODS works in collaboration with other major national organisations and is run by a trained counsellor with first-hand experience.

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The next workshop / meeting will take place on:

Saturday 9 October 2010

Time: 9.30 am - 5.30 pm

Venue: Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28

Cost: £40.00 per person or £60.00 for a couple

This workshop is suitable both for people suffering from a Dissociative Disorder and their partners, family members or other supporters (including counsellors). The main part of the day will be an information-based workshop looking at Understanding DID, What It’s Like Being DID, and Coping with and Recovering from Dissociative Disorders.

This will then be followed at 3.30 pm by an open meeting which is the opportunity for people to meet together, support one another and share their experiences. This part of the day is entirely optional.  It is also free to attend if you do not wish to come to the information workshop.

For further information please go to our events page or click here for a booking form.

For a comprehensive list of books relating to dissociation, please visit our bookstore.

DID Emergency Info Cards

Produced by PODS, these are wallet-handy, double-sided cards with ‘How to Help’ on one side and ‘Information on DID for Health Professionals’ on the other. These are designed to help especially in emergency situations eg admission to A&E, but can be helpful in a variety of contexts.

These cards are free to anyone who would like any!  Please go to our resources page to order.

Donations are welcome.

Interact is the Journal of the Trauma and Abuse Group (TAG), an organisation studying and supporting work concerning trauma, abuse and dissociation.

The March 2010 edition of Interact is currently for sale - please go to our resources page for further information.

Membership of TAG is £15.00 per year - for further information go to www.tag-uk.net.

PODS Information Booklets

These A5 booklets contain a wealth of information about DID, dissociative disorders and trauma and provide a list of links to helpful organisations, a ‘recommended reading’ booklist, partner stories and a list of Frequently Asked Questions.

They are £3.50 inc P&P and can be ordered by going to our resources page.

MIND Booklet - “Understanding Dissociative Disorders”

We also carry a stock of the MIND booklet “Understanding Dissociative Disorders”, written by Kathryn Livingston in consultation with First Person Plural.

They are £2.00 inc P&P and can be ordered by going to our resources page.

We rely on donations to fund our work, which includes maintaining this website, producing resources such as the DID Emergency Info cards and the PODS Information Booklets, manning the telephone helpline, responding to information requests, and running Open Meetings.

Please go to our about us page for details of how to support us financially.

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• Introduction to Dissociation and Dissociative Identity Disorder
• My Experience as a Partner of a Dissociative Survivor
• Understanding the Dissociative Disorders
• What is a Dissociative Disorder?
• Dissociation FAQs
• Understanding Dissociative Disorders (MIND leaflet)
• What is it like to be me? - I am DID

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We provide a comprehensive list of organisations working in the field of trauma and dissociation, for example:

• First Person Plural
• Trauma and Abuse Group (TAG)
• European Society for Trauma and Dissociation (ESTD)
• Pottergate Centre
• Clinic for Dissociative Studies
• Ritual Abuse Information Network and Support (RAINS)
• Izzy’s Promise
• Sidran Institute
• International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD)

For details please go to our links page.

NEWSLETTER: PODS sends out an e-newsletter regularly.  Please subscribe to receive it.

EVENT: Mike Fisher and Dr Ruth Cureton are running a weekend conference at Harnhill in Gloucestershire from 17-19 September 2010 entitled “Conference for those Supporting SRA Survivors”.  For further details please go to our events page.

EVENT: Carolyn Spring, who has DID, is part of a team of three people leading a training day on Saturday 11 December 2010 in Hemel Hempstead called “Dissociation, Trauma and Time-Travelling ... or Living and Working with Dissociative Identity Disorder”.  This will be a fascinating and informative day suitable for people with DID, partners and friends or family, as well as therapists and other professionals.  Go to our events page for more information or click here for a flyer.