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Professional Psychology in NZ Links
- www.psychology.org.nz The NZ Psychological Society (NZPsS) – our professional organisation.
NZPsS has a “find a psychologist” section (called PsychDirect) allowing you to search for a psychologist by location and issue at: - http://nzpss.advsol.com.au/source/psych_search/nzpsssearchmain.cfm
They are also the source of the Code of Ethics which all Psychologists have to practice by, which you can view at: http://www.psychology.org.nz/about/Code_of_Ethics_2002.html - www.nzccp.co.nz The NZ College of Clinical Psychologists has good information about choosing a psychologist, the difference between psychologists and psychiatrists and things like that.
Relationship & Sexuality Links
- http://crucible4points.com The home of Dr David Schnarch & Dr Ruth Morehouse, our favourite relationship therapists. Has quizzes, guides, interactive forums and more.
- www.gottman.com Website of another leading relationship expert including a couple of interesting quizzes at: http://www.gottman.com/marriage/relationship_quiz/
- Family Court of New Zealand Information relating to family court system and services in New Zealand.
- Youthline Directory of services and resources for youth in need.
- Family Planning Association of New Zealand Provides sexual and reproductive health information, clinical services, education, training and research.
- Sexfiles NZ sourced sexual health and information.
Self Help Links
Disclaimer: We don’t necessarily endorse what’s on these sites – there is a lot of rubbish on the internet and you have to use your own discretion. However to the best of our knowledge these sites are reputable places to start if you want to inform yourself. But if you have a serious problem, seek professional help.
- www.psychcentral.com Dr Grohol's Mental Health Page: a big American site (or portal) with links to all kinds of mental health and self-help information. Written with some humour and humanity.
- www.selfhelpmagazine.com Another big American site in more of a magazine format – lots of cached articles.
- www.psywww.com PsychNet is mainly a site for students of psychology but it also has a very good page of links to free self-help sites, organised by problem, at:http://www.psywww.com/resource/selfhelp.htm
- http://www.psychnet-uk.com/index.html Psychnet UK is a similar big “portal” site, but British based. It has a huge list of on-line support groups at http://www.psychnet-uk.com/chat_rooms/mental_health_chatrooms.htm
www.stressdoc.com An American therapist who likes to use humour in discussing problems. Lots of light-hearted essays on all sorts of topics - Youthline
Directory of services and resources for youth in need. - Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand
Promotes mental health and wellbeing in New Zealand.
http://www.everybody.co.nz/index.html NZ sourced health info on a wide range of topics including a stress test at: http://www.everybody.co.nz/quiz_stress.html and a list of health support groups - http://www.brain-injury-nz.org/ The primary organisation in NZ helping people with brain injuries and their families
General Psychology Links
- www.psychologytoday.com Psychology is a big field and this magazine has been popularising it for decades. Lots of fun reading if you are interested in what makes people tick.
- http://www.psychology.org/links The Encyclopedia of Psychology – a good general resource site about psychology which has a great list of funny psychology-related sites at: http://www.psychology.org/links/Resources/Humor/
- www.thymos.com/mind.html An amazing collection of book reviews on anything to do with the mind – pretty academic but interesting if you are that way inclined.
- http://www.homestead.com/flowstate/page1.html Dr Mezmer’s world of bad psychology. One person’s critical but humorous look at some of the popular ideas in modern psychology
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