Find A Therapist
For Names of Individual Therapists, Contact the Help Desk at the Sidran Institute.
The Help Desk provides general information about trauma, treatment resources and therapists in the caller's location, reading recommendations and individualized self-advocacy encouragement for individuals seeking treatment for abuse, PTSD, dissociative disorders, and related issues.
The Sidran Help Desk is a unique trauma resource help line whose purpose is primarily educational and supportive. It is NOT a crisis or hot line.
The Help Desk is staffed by trained and experienced volunteers and supervised by a clinical trauma specialist.
The Help Desk answers calls, emails, and letters from survivors, family members, friends, professionals, and students from around the world. Callers are encouraged to inquire about therapists with specific backgrounds (for example, a caller who prefers to work with a therapist of the Jewish faith should mention this).
To contact the Help Desk:
Email:
Call:
Write:
410-825-8888, ext. 203
Help Desk
Sidran Institute
200 E. Joppa Road, Suite 207
Baltimore, MD 21286
For more details, see our interview on the Sidran Help Desk 
A Letter from a Survivor . . .
To the Sidran Institute:
I would like to offer my deepest thanks to the Sidran Help Line for its support and guidance in 2002. During this time, I was acutely ill with what is now termed Complex PTSD and had nowhere to turn. In a phrase, Sidran helped SAVE MY LIFE with unconditional listening, believing and advice that convinced me to get into recovery.
I shall never forget the kindness and courage Sidran's staff exercised in assisting me with finding my way out of a four-decade long nightmare. This year is my fourth year of recovery as a triple-trauma survivor and I have now have a life worth living again. In 2002, I never would have believed such a life was possible had it not been for Sidran's skilled efforts and gentle advice about the vital first steps towards finding a life that is surely worth living today.
Finally, while it may seem cost-inefficient to have a national help line and para-clinical resources to assist survivors in the pre-recovery stage, nothing could be further from the truth. Therefore I wish to encourage as a matter of public policy that such para-clinical efforts continue and be cross-supported by appropriate agencies.
Again, my deepest thanks to Sidran for helping me to end an unimaginable nightmare and for all of your important efforts to help those who still suffer.
Yours in peace and hope,
Randall B.
Vancouver, WA