All of Me (43 page)
Authors: Kim Noble
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN)
NCCTS, University of California, Los Angeles, 11150 W. Olympic Boulevard, Suite 650, Los Angeles, CA 90064
Tel: (310) 235 2633
Canadian Psychological Association
Traumatic Stress Section (CPA TSS), Douglas Mental Health University Institute, 6875 Boulevard LaSalle, Perry, Montreal, Quebec H4H 1R3
Tel: +1 514 761 6131 ext 2375
Email:
[email protected]
United Kingdom
Mind
The leading mental health charity for England and Wales.
15-19 Broadway, Stratford, London E15 4BQ
Tel: 0208 519 2122
The Survivors Trust
A national organisation for over 120 specialist voluntary sector agencies providing a range of counselling, therapeutic and support services for survivors of rape and sexual abuse.
Unit 2, Eastlands Court Business Centre, St Peter’s Road, Rugby CV21 3QP
Tel: 01788 550554
Clinic for Dissociative Studies
The clinic provides specialist expertise in the care and treatment of people with dissociative disorders.
Tel: 0207 794 1655
Email:
[email protected]
Mosac
Offers practical and emotional support to non-abusing parents, carers and families of sexually abused children.
141 Greenwich High Road, London SE10 8JA
National free helpline: 0800 980 1958
Tel: 0208 293 9990
Email:
[email protected]
CIS’ters (Childhood Incest Survivors)
PO Box 119, Eastleigh, Hampshire SO50 9ZF
Tel: 02380 338080
Email:
[email protected]
The National Association for People Abused in Childhood (NAPAC)
NAPAC, PO Box 63632, London SW9 1BF
Free support line: 0800 085 3330
First Person Plural
A national survivor-led charity working exclusively for and on behalf of people affected by DID.
PO Box 2537, Wolverhampton WV4 4ZL
Email:
[email protected]
PODS (Partners of Dissociative Survivors)
PODS raises awareness and provides education and information for people who suffer from a dissociative disorder.
PO Box 633, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE29 9GJ
Tel: 01480 878409
Email:
[email protected]
TAG (Trauma and Abuse Group)
TAG provides support, information and training for counsellors, therapists, professional workers, carers and anyone involved in working with individuals who have suffered trauma and abuse.
The Willows Centre, 11 Prospect Place, Swindon SN1 3LQ
RAINS (Ritual Abuse Information Network & Support)
PO Box 458, Godalming, Surrey GU7 2YT
Tel: 01483 898600
Izzy’s Promise
A charity based in Dundee offering free and confidential support to sufferers of ritual and organised abuse.
1 Victoria Road, Dundee DD1 1EL
Tel: 01382 206222
Email:
[email protected]
See also the
Ritual Abuse Network:
www.rans.org.uk
The Oxford Stress and Trauma Centre
47 High Street, Witney, Oxford OX28 6JA
Tel: 01993 77 99 94
Edinburgh Traumatic Stress Centre (Rivers Centre for Traumatic Stress)
Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Morningside, Edinburgh EH10 5HF
Tel: 0131 537 6874
Europe
ESTD (European Society for Trauma and Dissociation)
1ste Hogeweg 16-a, 3701 HK Zeist, The Netherlands
Tel: 0031 30 6977841
Email:
[email protected]
Australia
The Australasian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ASTSS)
ASTSS, PO Box 6227, Halifax Street, 5000 Adelaide, Australia
Tel: 41 173 936 013
Lifeline Australia
Provides services in suicide prevention, crisis support and mental health support.
PO Box 173, Deakin ACT 2600
Tel: 13 11 14
SANE Australia
A national charity working for a better life for people affected by mental illness.
PO Box 226, South Melbourne, Victoria 3205
Helpline: 1800 18 SANE (7263)
Email:
[email protected]
South Africa
The Trauma Centre for Survivors of Violence and Torture
Cowley House, 126 Chapel Street, Woodstock 7925, Cape Town, South Africa
Tel: (021) 465 7373
International and other territories
ISSTD (International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation)
8400 Westpark Drive, Second Floor, McLean VA 22102
Email:
[email protected]
Argentine Society for Psychotrauma
Campichuelo 215 (C1405BOA), Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Asian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Limited
Room 402, Chuang’s Tower, 30-32 Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong
Email:
[email protected]
Japanese Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (JSTSS)
Hyogo Institute for Traumatic Stress, 132 Wakihamakaigan-dori, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Japan, 651-0073
Tel: +81-78-200-3010
Email:
[email protected]
The Artwork in
All of Me
Preliminary pages
‘Frieze People By Night’ by Bonny
Canvas size: 80cm x 30cm
‘Frieze People By Night’ features Bonny’s customary stick figures. To me they look like two groups squaring up to each other but it could also be an al fresco moonlit party in the shadow of city skyscrapers.
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‘Pratt’ by Ria Pratt
Canvas size: 102cm x 76cm
The producers from
Oprah
asked if the personalities could paint some self-portraits for the show. I left a note in the art room and eight personalities responded. Ria is the child personality who calls herself ‘Pratt’ and who seems to still be suffering the effects of her abuse. This painting of a child on a table includes mirror writing: ‘help’ and ‘Pratt was here’ are written in backwards lettering on the walls. The painting also features the familiar teddy bear that appears in many of her paintings.
‘Ken’ by Ken
Canvas size: 50cm x 40cm
Ken was the most recent personality to take up painting. His first attempt in 2008 was a painting of a train. When it didn’t turn out as he hoped, he slapped the painting against the wall. Peeling it off, he realised he liked the texture and the way the colours mixed, so to this day that is how he paints – much to my annoyance because the plaster is coming off the wall! So whenever he goes in the art room he puts paint on canvas, splats it on the wall, then spins it round and adds detail afterwards. You can see the swirls in this self-portrait, and where Ken has added the features later. Ken ties his hair back in a ponytail. I can’t see that it’s my face at all.
‘The Art of Starvation’ by Judy
Canvas size: 92cm x 72cm
The skinny girl in the room sees a fatter girl in the mirror but it’s not a self-portrait. Judy has told Dr Laine that the subject is a girl she met in hospital who suffers from anorexia. Judy refuses to accept she’s a sufferer too, but she always paints on the largest canvases to reflect her size. She usually applies thick paint with a pallet knife.
‘Lost in Play’ by Ken
Canvas size: 62cm x 46cm
After slapping the painting on the wall, Ken turns his canvas round and then highlights whatever shapes he discerns. In this one he saw a girl with a red balloon and so that’s what he painted.
‘Thinking Man’ by Abi
Canvas size: 102cm x 77cm
This is a lonely figure from Abi. As I said on
Oprah,
if they’re the men she’s spending time with then I won’t complain!
‘The Naming’ by Dawn
Canvas size: 102cm x 77cm
Dawn uses a sponge to apply the paint and often likes to add a verse or poem. In this painting there are three sections containing a poem called ‘It is the Time of Naming’.
‘Reaching Out’ by Bonny
Canvas size: 101cm x 50cm
Bonny always used to paint stick figures or robotic shapes but one day she told Aimee she was worried people thought she couldn’t draw ‘real’ people. So this was her attempt. It’s inspired by our fight with Social Services, in particular how our baby was taken at birth and handed to foster parents. The woman – who is Bonny – is reaching out but her baby is just out of range. So near, and yet so far. I know the woman is her because the people at Pepperton UK, where we first exhibited, said the hand is definitely mine. Apparently it’s very distinctive.