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
What is Therapist Drift? Therapeutic drift is defined in many ways. Generally, it is when the therapist stops using therapeutic methods. However, it also includes the concept of fidelity. Therapist drift is discussed in this blog article too. In considering drift and fidelity the Cambridge dictionary definition of drift and
What is dissociation? Dissociation is a detachment from reality, it is a mental process where a person disconnects from their thoughts, feelings, memories or sense of identity. This is different to psychosis, which is a loss of reality or an experience of a delusional reality. You can find more in
Words matter because clarity in words is a part of clarity in thinking, and because some words carry great emotional and symbolic weight, and thus should be not used lightly.” —Jeffrie G. Murphy When is Trauma? Traumatic events are distressing, but not all distressing events should be thought of as
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