Most of us would assume that the more homework a client practices the greater the reduction in symptoms. The simple reverse of the university experience, the more homework I do the more my grades increase! Homework has historically been an essential component of many therapies for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Moral injury has entered into the vernacular of clients seeking assistance often after something that they have experienced as traumatic. There is also mention of moral problems under a code Z65.8 Moral, religious, or spiritual problem in the DSM5. However, it is not defined as a specific disorder. It is
Therapists aim to provide interventions that are effective, evidence-based, and aligned with their clients’ needs. And yet, even the most skilled clinicians can find themselves slowly moving away from the structured treatment plan they initially set out to deliver. This gradual shift is known as therapeutic drift, and while it
Intensive therapy for PTSD is a relatively recent innovation. Trials have been conducted across all the major trauma focussed therapies (find reference). This includes Prolonged Exposure (PE) (Dell et. al. 2021 & Dell et. al 2023), Eye Movement Desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) & Prolonged Exposure (PE) combined (Auren et. al
Often clients have multiple issues that they present to therapy with. Sometimes it can be difficult to understand how PTSD may be affecting other areas of life and if these other areas of life will change with therapy. In short it might be hard to imagine what recovery from PTSD
A 2024 systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of the efficacy of yoga for posttraumatic stress disorder was completed by Seyed Aria Nejadghaderi and colleagues, The research published in the journal Psychiatry Research examined the idea of yoga for PTSD. The Study Nejadghaderi and team initially found over
And you did, didn’t you…Trigger warnings aren’t really that helpful. What are trigger warnings? Trigger warnings, also known as content warnings, or content notes are alerts about upcoming content that may contain themes related to negative experiences or negative emotions. But are they really helpful? What happens when someone is
FGM/C a taboo subject, one for psychologists to be aware of. If you are a psychologist working with migrant and refugee populations FGM can be an issue. What is FGM FGM also called (FGM/C) the acronym stands for female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is a procedure that harms or alters the
The World Health Organisation reports (2016) that trauma is experienced by 70% of the global population and the international lifetime prevalence of PTSD is up to 5.6% among the trauma exposed. The data from these reports comes from World Mental Health Surveys, which are a series of general population studies
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), like many therapies for mental health disorders, has been developed and disseminated in western or first world countries. Will it work for people who are not from these backgrounds? This is an important question considering that at the end of 2019, more than 79 million people