Overview

This two-day self-paced online program can be commenced anytime on demand (with bonus access time) or on 1 July 2025 and completed in your own time over three months. Your program fee also provides you access to a scheduled highly interactive livestream of the same program within 12 months. The self-paced online program is not simply a recording of a past live event, it is an education package specifically designed and produced to be worked through online, presented throughout by Dr Leah Giarratano, incorporating lectures, real cases, learning quizzes and structured practical exercises.

You will be required to commit 15 hours of your time to complete the program with printed copies of your materials mailed to you beforehand.

This program is also offered live online and your fee includes access to both modes (i.e., self-paced and highly interactive livestream).

An optional 6 additional hours (consisting of two PTSD case studies) is also available for an additional fee to help you formulate trauma cases and apply the Day 1-2 skills to real cases. Therefore, Day 1-2 can attract 15 or 21 Active CPD hours. Watch Leah Giarratano present an overview of: Treating PTSD: Day 1-2 

Learning Outcomes

Day one topics include:

• What is PTSD? (diagnosis, epidemiology, comorbidity, spectrum of the disorder)
• Treatment maps and planning strategies    
• Psychoeducation and motivation tips    
• Analysing and targeting dysfunctional behaviours (e.g., substance abuse, self-harm)    
• Arousal reduction strategies (including breathing retraining, grounding and distraction tasks)    
• An introduction to anger management  
• Self care for clinicians

 

Day Two topics include:

• Invivo exposure therapy (reducing avoidance behaviours)    
• The fundamentals of exposure therapy for traumatic memories (prolonged imaginal exposure)    
• Cognitive challenging of negative self-statements related to the traumatic event    
• Contraindications and complex case issues
• Treating traumatic nightmares

 

This program attracts 15 Active CPD hours when you complete the Day 1-2 quiz

Please refer to our website for our 2025 flyer containing the Day 1-2 learning objectives

Presenter(s)

Dr Leah Giarratano

About the presenter(s)

Leah Giarratano is a doctoral level clinical psychologist who has developed expertise in the assessment and treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). She has been presenting training programs in Australia since 1996 and in New Zealand since 2000. Leah is the author of eight books covering the assessment and treatment of psychological trauma and in the application of CBT. Her text 'Clinical Skills for Managing PTSD: Proven Practical Techniques for Treating Posttraumatic Stress Disorder' was revised in 2018, ISBN 9781920902001 Leah's new 2025 text 'Clinical Skills for Managing Trauma Across Cultures: Risk, Response, and Treatment Strategies', ISBN 9781920902117 is now available. For further details, please visit www.talominbooks.com

Notes

Please allow one week within Australia for the delivery of your Day 1-2 printed materials

Website/s

https://talominbooks.com