trauma and stress-related disorders inc. PTSD

 Leading the way in Mental Health Training and Education

Leading the way in Mental Health Training and Education

9.2 % of Canadians will suffer from PTSD in their lifetimes. Patients who have experienced trauma are more likely to develop an array of mental health issues. Attendees will gain a new or strengthened understanding of how various modalities play a role in maintaining, improving and helping to build resilience and adaptability to trauma. 

https://oaccpp.ca/conference-2019/

Learn 

- CBT for PTSD

- Tools for the Assessment of PTSD

Education and Training for Mental Health Professionals

It is not too late to register for this great workshop lead by Vivien Lee, Ph.D., C.Psych.

Workshop Description

This workshop is designed for experienced front-line workers who provide short-term counselling contact with vulnerable populations in community-based settings. Traumatic experiences that are frozen, stuck and unprocessed have the potential to exacerbate and generalize stress reactions. We will learn what causes certain memories to become traumatic. We will review the neurobiology of stress on memory systems and cognitive distortions that sear trauma responses in the nervous system. 

There is still time to register for this 5-day Advanced Training Program - Hurry registration closes soon!

First-line psychotherapeutic treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can be effective, but these typically require a large time commitment from clients and often involve homework outside of therapy sessions. Recently, a group of American researchers compared a newer, trauma-focused treatment approach, called written exposure therapy (WET), to a conventional PTSD treatment called cognitive processing therapy (CPT). WET can be completed in less than half the time as CPT and does not require homework to be completed between sessions.