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After one week of collecting details from mental health professionals willing to donate time to support those affected by the tsunami, we’ve learned some important lessons.

When we recently asked the BACP for help in publicizing our call for volunteer mental health professionals, the organization responded almost immediately — first by placing a brief letter on their website and later by issuing a national press release.

Within less than one week of launching our effort to gather details of mental health professionals willing to provide support for those affected by the tsunami in southern Asia, we have been contacted by counsellors, therapists, psychiatrists, psychologists and others in 10 countries volunteering a total of well over 2000 hours of time.

CounsellingResource.com is coordinating an international effort to collect details of professionals willing to volunteer free mental health support to those affected by the southern Asia tsunami, including those living in affected countries, those who have lost loved ones in the natural disaster, and aid workers bringing assistance to affected countries.

Our discussion and support forum opens a dedicated section for those whose lives have been affected by the 2004 earthquake and tsunami which struck in southern Asia. If you are involved in the relief effort, if you have lost friends or relatives in the tragedy, or if you are just trying to come to grips with the sheer cost of the tsunami in terms of human life and suffering, please join us.