Can you still treat someone with PTSD while they are drinking heavily? A common question from clinicians. Stefanie Lo Sovo and colleagues (2022) examined treating PTSD with CPT in heavy drinking military personnel. They examined the drinking and PTSD treatment outcomes for 127 service members participating in a clinical trial
Sex and Trauma Some trauma sufferers experience sexual arousal during a trauma. This can include: Many trauma survivors question these responses, sometimes concluding that it meant something about them, such as “I must have wanted it.” However physiological sexual response and desire for sex is not always connected. The technical
Artificial intelligence (AI) is in the news, and there is a lot of discussion. Some people are concerned about what it will mean. With headlines like “Meet ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence chat bot that could take your job”. How worried does a trauma therapist need to be? We thought we
Do you ever remember being a child and being taken to an ice-cream shop with 66 flavours? Inevitably with so much choice you just walk out with the one you know, vanilla or chocolate. Monitoring your clients progress during trauma therapy is a great way to ensure good overall outcomes.
Can I treat adolescents using CPT? This question has previously been approached with a specific form of CPT developed for adolescents D-CPT. In 2021 Stefanie LoSavio, and colleagues examined treatment of adolescents versus adults receiving cognitive processing therapy. Who – Sample Demographics LoSavio’s team examined adolescents aged 14–17 years. The
As any clinician would know Personality Disorder also means complexity and many cavets can apply during therapy. So too complexity applies to the research on comorbid PD and PTSD. Before discussing the review of the impact of comorbid personality disorders on psychotherapy for PTSD by Aishah Snoek and team (2021)
Therapists are always looking for the best treatment for their clients. The question of how do Prolonged Exposure and Cognitive Processing Therapy compare for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was examined by a large team lead by Paula Schnurr from the National Center for PTSD (2022). The trial
Avoidance describes any action designed to prevent an uncomfortable situation or emotion from occurring. Avoidance is a primary symptom of PTSD. In many psychological models of PTSD it is believed to be a primary driver of the development and maintenance of PTSD. Avoidance can be complicated to identify. Many clients
Cognitive Processing Therapy or CPT for PTSD is an effective evidence based therapy that like many therapies has been delivered in a weekly or twice weekly format. Now there is evidence that it can be delivered more intensively. 2018 Craig Bryan and colleagues (2018) examined Military Servicemembers and Veterans with
What is the therapeutic alliance Sijercic and colleagues 2021 reported that several definitions of therapeutic alliance exist. They also outlined that most researchers agree the alliance consists of three components that were defined by Bordin, (1979): (a) an affective bond between the client and therapist, (b) mutually agreed-upon goals between
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