Explaining PTSD: Lessons for Mental Health Professional
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Frank Ochberg, MD, Angelea Panos, PhD
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Explaining PTSD: Lessons for Mental Health Professional

Learn how to psychoeducate clients and their loved ones and caretakers about PTSD as well as the basic building blocks of PTSD treatment.   Video length: 24m
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In this video, experts Dr. Frank Ochberg and Dr. Angie Panos give new and experienced therapists insightful and thoughtful suggestions on how to explain PTSD to clients, an essential  first step in treating it. They elucidate the next stages and basic building blocks of PTSD treatment, as well as techniques for educating the significant others and caregivers of clients about the disorder. Their seasoned advice, presented in an accessible and supportive manner, will be appreciated by all therapists.

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Frank Ochberg, MD
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Frank Ochberg, MD

Frank Ochberg, MD has been a leading authority on the treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder since the 1960s and helped define PTSD for its inclusion in the DSM. He has received many awards for his work, most recently the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. He founded Gift From Within and is a professor of psychiatry at Michigan State University.

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Angelea Panos, PhD
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Angelea Panos, PhD

Dr. Angelea Panos, holds a Ph.D in Clinical Psychology. She is a licensed marriage and family therapist and clinical social worker, and has more than twenty years of experience in traumatic stress treatment dealing with war refugees, domestic violence, victims of rape, and child abuse.

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