PTSD Master Class Workshop (Dec 02 - 03 2021)

PTSD Master Class Workshop is organized by PTSD Trauma Workshops and will be held from Dec 02 - 03 2021. This workshop has been approved for a maximum of 12 Hour CPD.

Description:
Ther small group workshops are safe, interactive spaces to support people like you to do the work that matters; giving direct access to expert skills and live consultation. Delegates will get the chance to observe therapy in action and work with real clinical case material. Join us - fiercely non-pathologising and relationally driven. Practically based and action orientated. For clinicians who are not just theory-savvy but more skilled, confident & therefore more in demand.

In The PTSD Master Class, their focus is on strategies to help our clients break the Cycle of Traumatic Memory using effective, evidence-based strategies for managing intrusive imagery, somatic re-experiencing and post-traumatic flashbacks. 

This Intermediate level workshop will offer you a firm foundation for working with PTSD using Trauma-Focused CBT, underpinned by a relational philosophy. This will include Enhanced Reliving, Trigger Discrimination for managing flashbacks and intrusive somatic (body) memories and client centred values work on Reclaiming of Life.

DAY 1:
How to Help Clients Disrupt the Traumatic Memory-Threat Cycle
Updates in neuroscience (analogies to help us and our clients understand what is happening in the brain)
The role of memory processes in the maintenance of PTSD
• How to Help Clients Process Traumatic Memories Safely - Without Becoming Re-traumatised
• Using Enhanced Reliving Cognitive Behavioural Therapy underpinned by a Relational Philosophy
• Understand the Ehlers & Clark model using clinical case studies
• What We Get Wrong When Treating Trauma & How to Get it Right!
? Successfully avoiding the common pitfalls in trauma therapy
? Recent shifts in our understanding of trauma that should effect our practice
? How to keep our formulation simple, 

DAY 2:
Putting the Skills from Day One in to Practice: Live Observation 
Delegates will get the chance to observe Trauma-Focused therapy in action (with a professional actor playing our very credible client attending therapy). We discuss the moment–to–moment decisions about the direction therapy should take - unpacking the therapeutic process with real-time demonstration & practice of skills. Plus, other diverse clinical material will be used to illustrate different presentations, real-world challenges & therapy pitfalls. 
• Enhanced Reliving demonstration and practice
• Avoiding the common missteps in Enhanced Reliving
• Trigger discrimination & strategies to bring clients out of dissociation (flashbacks)
• How to help our clients build threat resilience 
• How to help our clients reclaim their life following trauma
• Immersive and hands-on live demonstration
• Actionable advice to improve skills & confidence