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Written Exposure Therapy (WET) for PTSD: A Brief Evidence-Based Treatment for Reduced Dropouts and Improved Outcomes in Fewer Sessions

5 sessions or less. That might be all you have to make a difference in the lives of many clients.

Between the anguish of verbalizing the details of their traumas, and lengthy treatments that can take months or years to conclude, nearly a third drop out of therapy prematurely. You need a more rapid and tolerable treatment option!

Written Exposure Therapy (WET) is an evidence-based brief PTSD treatment approach that produces clinically significant reductions in PTSD symptoms in as few as five treatment sessions by having clients write about the trauma. It’s efficient, effective, associated with low treatment dropout rates, and has been found to be equally effective as more time intensive therapies – all without requiring clients to verbalize the details of their traumas again and again.

This one-day seminar is led by Dr. Denise Sloan and Dr. Brian Marx, developers of the Written Exposure Therapy protocol and authors of Written Exposure Therapy for PTSD: A Brief Treatment Approach for Mental Health Professionals published by the American Psychological Association.

Watch them as in just one day, they provide you with the training and tools you need to start using WET in your practice immediately! Purchase now and get:

Detailed clinical guidance for conducting each session
User friendly scripts you can follow to ensure proper implementation
How to deliver the treatment via telehealth
Strategies for dealing with psychiatric co-morbidity
Examples of trauma narratives and how to provide feedback
Solutions for clients who don’t follow directions and other treatment challenges

Don’t miss this chance to put your PTSD treatment on the fast track!

Program Information

Objectives

Investigate the clinical implications of barriers to employing first-line PTSD treatment approaches.
Assess clients to identify traumatic events and current PTSD symptom severity.
Assess clients for the appropriateness of using written exposure therapy for PTSD treatment.
Evaluate the research, efficacy data and research limitations for written exposure therapy.
Analyze how WET compares to other evidence-based practices for PTSD treatment.
Determine when modifications to the scripted approach of WET are needed.

Outline

Written Exposure Therapy:
Development and Empirical Support

Necessary and sufficient components for PTSD treatment
How WET was developed
Examination of the treatment dose needed for successful PTSD treatment outcome
Research - efficacy and effectiveness data supporting WET
Research limitations
Who are good candidates for WET and who are not

PTSD Assessment

Review of PTSD diagnostic criteria, including definition of trauma event
Description of prevalence of PTSD
Deciding on measures to assess for PTSD
Monitor symptom severity during course of treatment

The Delivery of WET:
Session-by-Session Instructions and Scripts
Session 1

Psychoeducation
Treatment rationale
Instructions on how to conduct the first writing exercise
Check-in and concluding the session

Sessions 2-5

Feedback on previous sessions writings
Instructions for current session
Check-in
Conclusion
When modifications are needed

The Trauma Narrative:
Examples and How to Provide Client Feedback on Narratives

How to provide feedback when clients do not include emotions in their narrative
What to do when clients avoid writing about the most distressing part of the event
How to provide positive and constructive feedback to move the client forward

How to Deliver WET via Telehealth

The use of videoconferencing
Getting materials to and from clients when using telehealth
Solutions to common issues that arise

How to Handle Common Challenges:
Clinical Insights, Tips and Role Play Exercises to Help You Implement WET

How to manage when clients do not follow writing instructions
What to do when clients have an increase in PTSD symptoms
Managing situations in which clients stop writing or refuse to start writing
Managing comorbid issues, such as substance abuse and suicidal ideation
Assessing whether additional treatment is needed

Target Audience

Counselors
Social Workers
Psychologists
Marriage and Family Therapists
Physicians
Addiction Counselors
Psychiatrists
Nurses
Other Mental Health Professionals

Copyright : 05/21/2021

Trauma-Related Dissociation and Dissociative Disorders: Assessment and Treatment Strategies for Some of the Most Misunderstood Disorders in the DSM

You work with trauma to make a difference.

But developmental trauma and disorganized attachment have profoundly negative effects on those who experience them -- and the signs and symptoms of dissociation can be difficult to recognize, even for clinicians.

And many people with trauma-related dissociation and dissociative disorders actively work to hide their struggles; stigma and shame driving their secrecy and barring them from sharing the full extent of their distress with you. Frightened and confused, many become “revolving door” patients, in and out of the mental health system when the root of their problems can’t be identified.

They are in desperate need of your help.

This recording will prepare you to effectively meet the clinical challenges involved in identifying and treating individuals across the dissociative spectrum.

Key Benefits:

Specialized methods for assessing clients with severe trauma who may be dissociating.
Maximize attunement with dissociated clients while maintaining therapeutic boundaries.
Step-by-step processes that effectively create and sustain an atmosphere of trust and safety.
Detailed guidance on therapeutic interventions to calm and ground dissociative clients.
Skills to help you prevent and manage suicidal crises.
Treatment techniques from Trauma Focused CBT, EMDR and somatic approaches.

Don’t miss out on this chance to add valuable skills and tools to your trauma practice and ensure those seeking your help don’t become “revolving door” patients.

Program Information

Objectives

Demonstrate how the relationship between developmental trauma and dissociation can inform clinical assessment and diagnosis of dissociative disorders.
Articulate how the clinician can reduce the possibility of countertransference by regulating their reactions in-session.
Design treatment plans that ground dissociative clients with relaxation techniques and mindfulness.
Analyze the clinical implications of suicidal alters and connect this information to techniques that can help prevent and manage suicidal crises in severely dissociated clients.
Develop strategies for integrating support systems into the lives of clients with Dissociative Identity Disorder, and communicate how this approach can improve treatment outcomes.
Formulate treatment plans for trauma that are individualized to clients with dissociative disorders

Outline

Developmental Trauma, Symptomology and Risk Factors

The role of early traumatic stress and insecure attachment
Types of Dissociative Disorders and symptomology
Dissociative Amnesia, Depersonalization Disorder,
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Populations at risk for dissociative issues
The controversy – misconceptions and false memories

Clinical Assessment Tools for Trauma and Dissociative Disorders

Adult Attachment Interview
Adverse Childhood Experiences Questionnaire
Dissociative Experiences Scale
Identifying co-occurring disorders
Avoiding false negatives and false positives in diagnosing DID

Problems and Solutions in the Treatment of People with Dissociative Disorders

Maximize attunement with clients who are dissociating
Getting client buy in
How to establish trust and cooperation
Manage issues that can interfere in therapy
Compassion fatigue
Modulating your own reactions
The dangers of vicarious trauma
Identify and address implicit biases
Maintain therapeutic limits and boundaries
Engagement of alternate identities in DID

Therapeutic Techniques that Develop Stability and Safety for Dissociating Clients

Calming practices to ground the dissociative client
Conscious breathing
Relaxation techniques
Mindfulness
Working with clients facing continued abuse
Techniques to manage suicidal crises – account for the suicidal alter
Don’t let “crises of the week” keep you from reaching treatment goals
Build support systems with WRAP plans (Wellness Recovery Action Plan)

Specific Trauma Work for Dissociative Disorder Treatment Plans

Differences in working with DID clients
The role of resourcing in trauma
Calm clients and create personal safety with TF-CBT
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Somatic approaches – connect memory to the body

Limitations of the Research and Potential Treatment Risks

Feasibility of randomized prospective double-blind placebo-controlled studies
Ethical, financial, and logistical constraints
Trauma, disorganized attachment and research data
Potential risks in treating trauma and Dissociative disorders

Target Audience

Counselors
Social Workers
Psychologists
Case Managers
Therapists
Marriage & Family Therapists
Addiction Counselors
Mental Health Professionals
Crisis Intervention Specialists
Nurses