Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Introducing the presenters

    • Course Description
  • 2

    What is Trauma Treatment?

    • Contemporary Trauma: What is it?

    • Types of Trauma Treatment

    • Desensitization models
  • 3

    History of Traumatic Events

    • Presenting Problem

    • Trauma is real

    • Client History

    • It's not ancient history

    • Negative Experiences

    • Cognition Distortions

    • Not a bad person
  • 4

    Automatic Thoughts that are connected to Traumatic Events

    • Isolate One Traumatic Event

    • Questions that lead to isolating traumatic events

    • Example of Negation Cognition Question

    • Example of Positive Cognition Goal Question
  • 5

    Identify the negative automatic beliefs

    • Assessment

    • Assessment of Current Positive Cognition--Baseline
  • 6

    Standardized Checklists

    • PCL-M (Trauma Assessment Checklist)

    • PCL-5
  • 7

    Scale the memory about the traumatic event.

    • Scaling

    • SUDS (Subjective Unit of Distress Scale)
  • 8

    Mindfulness

    • Preparation
  • 9

    Desensitization of the memory of the traumatic event.

    • Desensitization

    • Examples of Desensitization
  • 10

    Use positive affirmations as they relate to the traumatic events and associated automatic negative beliefs.

    • Installation

    • Examples of Positive Affirmations

    • You don't have t o keep it to yourself

    • Confidence is contagious; just start today
  • 11

    Body Scan about lingering effects

    • Body Scan

    • Example of Body Scan

    • Well, maybe not that accurate
  • 12

    Closure

    • Closure

    • Thinking it over

    • Example of Closure

    • It can be a marathon but we can do it!
  • 13

    Instructor Websites

    • Here are the websites of the presenters