Introduction
Trauma is highly prevalent among people who seek help for emotional and mental health difficulties. For some individuals, traumatic experiences may lead to the development of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), while for others trauma may shape distress in other ways. Within primary care and mental health services, clinicians are often required to make early decisions about risk, need, and treatment pathways based on brief assessments or triage contacts. This can make recognising the impact of trauma, and accurately identifying PTSD, particularly challenging.
The event will be equivalent to 2.3/4hrs of CPD.
Content
This webinar will outline what is meant by psychological trauma and explore the range of ways traumatic experiences can affect emotional, cognitive, and physiological functioning. It will consider PTSD as a possible presenting difficulty, alongside common differential presentations. Particular attention will be given to the challenges of assessing for trauma and PTSD within brief primary care or triage assessments. The session will introduce practical, trauma-informed approaches to asking about trauma safely and sensitively, recognising key indicators of PTSD, and making informed decisions about onward care and treatment. Clinical examples will be used throughout to support learning and application to everyday practice.
Learning Objectives
• To understand the impact of traumatic experiences
• To know the criteria for PTSD (and Complex PTSD)
• To be able to assess for whether trauma-focused interventions may be suitable
Training Modalities
Didactic content, Q&A, polls, reflective exercises
Key References
NHS Talking Therapies Manual V7
https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/nhs-talking-therapies-manual-v7.1-updated.pdf
Register at www.oxcadatresources.com for free access to PTSD training videos and other materials.
About the presenter
Nick is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist at Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SPFT)and University of Sussex, and a member of the Wellcome Anxiety Disorders Group at University of Oxford. Nick is a BABCP-accredited practitioner, supervisor and trainer.
Amy King-Pryce is Lead PWP at Health in Mind, the NHS Talking Therapies service for East Sussex.
Who should attend
This workshop is for psychological practitioners, particularly PWPs and other low intensity practitioners such as EMHPs who are likely to benefit from the event as some of the issues e.g., history of trauma vs presenting problem of PTSD or other, are relevant across the age range.
Low Intensity clinical contact hours survey - BABCP Low Intensity Special Interest Group
Please click below if you are interested in contributing to the survey.
The BACP Low Intensity SIG are interested in the impact of clinical contact hours on Low Intensity/Wellbeing Practitioner wellbeing. This questionnaire contains six multi-choice questions and a free text box for you to share your experiences. The answers to these questions will help the BABCP SIG plan how to meet CPD topics and other developments within the SIG. The SIG hope to produce a write up of the answers to this questionnaire to be shared with SIG members and to be used in training.
This FREE conference is for Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners working in Talking Therapies for Anxiety and Depression services and is brought to you by Bespoke Mental Health in collaboration with the NHS National PWP Leads Network.
This is a FREE conference for Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioners (or equivalent) working in NHS secondary care. This full day event includes a Keynote Address by Dr Adrian Whittington, National Clinical Lead for Psychological Professions at NHS England, a Panel Discussion, two Clinical Skills Classes, two Research Presentations and an optional 15-minute Q&A Session focusing on BABCP registration and accreditation.