Working with PTSD

Streaming video - 2013

Using this 3 video training set both new and experienced therapists will gain a number of useful and practical skills in working with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)...In the first video, expert in the field Dr Fiona Kennedy explores in conversation with Consultant Clinical Psychologist Paul Grantham, the essential aspects of assessment and treatment of PTSD, along with pros and cons of different approaches to working with clients who suffer this challenging condition. She gives practitioners working in the field many insightful and thoughtful suggestions on how to identify PTSD and explain the disorder to clients, as well as practical advice on therapeutic work, concentrating on CBT approaches to treatment, specifically reliving and ...cognitive restructuring. Fiona and Paul cover all aspect of the practicalities related to this approach from its introduction to the client to the timing of sessions, their length, frequency and follow-ups...The second and third videos contain live consultations conducted by Dr Kennedy with a real client, filmed over the client’s shoulder to protect their confidentiality...Christina is a young woman who was involved in a road accident 6 years prior the consultation...Dr Kennedy introduces the concept of PTSD to the client in the first session, and masterfully conducts a reliving exercise in the second one. The session finishes with use of cognitive restructuring in order to address certain negative automatic thoughts and assumption the client presents with. more