Overview

Phoenix Australia has developed a suite of four CPD Approved integrated courses designed to support practitioners to extend their knowledge and skills in the treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD):

1. Understanding PTSD, 

2. Assessment, Formulation, and Treatment Planning for PTSD,

3. Understanding Trauma-Focussed Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and

4. Implementing Trauma-Focussed Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. 

About the series

This eLearning self-paced series enables psychologists to extend existing knowledge and skill in the use of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to the effective treatment of clients with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

Trauma-focussed Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT) is an evidence-based approach to the treatment of children, adolescents, and adults experiencing clinically relevant post-traumatic stress symptoms. 

It helps individuals come to terms with trauma through exposure to, and emotional processing of, memories of the event.

The approach incorporates involvement of significant others, engagement and stabilisation strategies, psychoeducation, imaginal and in-vivo exposure therapy, and trauma-focussed cognitive therapy, with each component of treatment adapted to the age and developmental stage of the client.

Refer to 'Related activities' below for details and to enrol into the other activities within this series.

Understanding Trauma-Focussed Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

This is the third activity in the series and it provides psychologists with a thorough understanding of each of the common components of this evidence-based treatment. It also uses strategies to adapt components of treatment to the age and developmental stage of the individual.

Level of learning

Foundational. This activity is targeted to those new to the topic.

Target audience

Practitioners who work with individuals who have PTSD: psychologists, psychology students, and allied health professionals. 

This may be the early-career practitioner seeking to gain a better understanding of the topic, through to the more experienced practitioner who is seeking to refresh their existing knowledge. Learners are encouraged to self-assess their knowledge levels and select the course/s best suited to their learning needs.

Duration of access

6 months access to content from the date of confirmed enrolment.

CPD Approved

This activity has been assessed against the APS Standards for CPD activities and approved for its education quality. Learn more about the APS CPD Approval process.

Related activities

Understanding PTSD, eLearning activity, 1 CPD hour

Assessment, Formulation and Treatment Planning in PTSD, eLearning activity, 5 CPD hours

Implementing Trauma-Focussed CBT, eLearning activity, 8 CPD hours

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• describe the core-components of Trauma-Focussed-Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT),

• identify strategies to adapt the core components of TF-CBT to the age and developmental stage of a nominated case, and

• develop a treatment plan incorporating components of TF-CBT best suited to the needs of their nominated case.

Notes

The content of this training includes discussion of various types of trauma. This may be unsettling for people who have experienced trauma. Look after yourself. This means taking time out for a breather if you need to, or if you continue to feel unsettled, seek supervision or support.
Options for seeking support include contacting:
- Your organisation's Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Your regular General Practitioner or psychologist
Phone or web-based mental health support, such as:
- Lifeline on 13 11 14
- Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636
- MensLine Australia on 1300 78 99 78
- Open Arms Veterans and families counselling on 1800 011046
- Suicide Call Back Service on 1300 659 467
- 1800 RESPECT for family violence or
- Sexual assault counselling 1800 737 732

Website/s

https://www.phoenixaustralia.org/