Dr. Cathy Kezelman AM is a medical practitioner, mental health consumer advocate, President of Blue Knot Foundation National Centre of Excellence for Complex Trauma.

Cathy worked in medical practice for 20 years, mostly as a GP. Under her stewardship Blue Knot Foundation has grown from a peer support organisation to a national centre of excellence combining a prominent consumer voice with that of researchers, academics and clinicians advocating for socio-political trauma-informed change and informed responsiveness to complex trauma. She is a prominent voice in the media and at conferences, as well as author of a memoir chronicling her journey of recovery from child sexual abuse: Innocence Revisited- a tale in parts.

Blue Knot website  www.blueknot.org.au  The website offers up-to-date information about complex trauma, including fact sheets, videos and publications. 

Practice Guidelines for Clinical Treatment of Complex Trauma (2019) https://www.blueknot.org.au/Resources/Publications/Practice-Guidelines/Practice-Guidelines-2019

Guidelines to Differences between Therapy for Complex Trauma and Standard Counselling Approaches and Guidelines to Therapist Competencies for Working with Complex Trauma and Dissociation  https://www.blueknot.org.au/Resources/Publications/Practice-Guidelines/Complementary-Guidelines

Practice Guidelines for Identifying and Treating Trauma-Related Dissociation  https://www.blueknot.org.au/Resources/Publications/Practice-Guidelines/Dissociation-Guidelines

Guidelines for Clinical Supervisors of Therapists who Work with Complex Trauma and Dissociation  https://www.blueknot.org.au/Resources/Publications/Practice-Guidelines/Supervision-Guidelines

The Truth of Memory and the Memory of Truth https://www.blueknot.org.au/resources/publications/trauma-and-memory 

Talking about Trauma (series)  https://www.blueknot.org.au/Resources/Publications/Talking_about_Trauma

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