PTSD can result from a range of traumatic incidents including war, abuse, assault, and accidents, and effective therapists must not only offer clients empathy and support, but also help them manage fearful flashbacks, process distressing memories, and reduce daily anxiety. In this video, expert clinicians Drs. Timothy Bruce and Arthur Jongsma provide needed insight into the features of post-traumatic stress disorder and an overview of its empirically supported treatments. With thorough clinical definitions, case vignettes, and thoughtful commentary, Bruce and Jongsma give practitioners a solid game plan for successful treatment.
Beginning with a survey of the DSM criteria for PTSD, Bruce and Jongsma present comprehensive descriptions of the traumatic stressors, intrusive recollections, trigger avoidance, hyperarousal, and functional impairment that can characterize a client’s experience. The two clinicians anchor their formulations with a six-step treatment planning process for PTSD, geared toward building a plan consistent with its empirically supported treatments (ESTs). A brief history of the EST movement provides further context.
Bruce and Jongsma also offer informative, practical commentary, taking you through the various stages of evidence-based case formulation alongside related clinical demonstrations. In a series of case vignettes featuring a female client working through a traumatic, life-threatening event, you’ll watch her therapist demonstrate skillful interventions (including psychoeducation, cognitive restructuring, exposure therapy, and guided self-dialogue) based on the approaches of stress inoculation training, prolonged exposure, and cognitive processing therapy. Behavioral definitions, short-term objectives, and long-term goals are covered too, making for a well-rounded set of tools you can start using immediately to support clients while meeting increasingly stringent professional standards.
If you want to build clinical confidence with post-traumatic stress disorder or evidence-based treatment plans aligned with the latest empirically supported methods, add this video to your library today.
This video is part of the 12-video series, Evidence-Based Treatment Planning. Titles in this series include:
- Evidence-Based Treatment Planning for Anger Control Problems
- Evidence-Based Treatment Planning for Bipolar Disorder
- Evidence-Based Treatment Planning for Depression
- Evidence-Based Treatment Planning for Eating Disorders and Obesity
- Evidence-Based Treatment Planning for Panic Disorder
- Evidence-Based Treatment Planning for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Evidence-Based Treatment Planning for Social Anxiety Disorder
- Evidence-Based Treatment Planning for Disruptive Child and Adolescent Behavior
- Evidence-Based Treatment Planning for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Evidence-Based Treatment Planning for Substance Use Disorders
- Evidence-Based Psychotherapy Treatment Planning
- Evidence-Based Treatment Planning for Generalized Anxiety Disorder
