EMDR-Europe workshops for the ESTSS General Certificate in Psychotraumatology
The ESTSS will be running two workshops that will qualify for the ESTSS General Certificate in Psychotraumatology at the EMDR-Europe conference in London on 13 June and 15 June 2008.
Early Intervention following Traumatic Events (Friday 13 June - half day workshop) - facilitated by Brigitte Lueger-Schuster and Miranda Olff
On successful completion of the workshop, participants will be able to:
- Describe the commonly used approaches to early intervention following traumatic events and the rationale behind them including blanket intervention, targeted interventions and the timing of them.
- Describe specific interventions including critical incident stress debriefing, psychological debriefing, psychological first aid, critical incident stress management, trauma risk management, supportive counselling and trauma focused cognitive behavioural therapy.
- Discuss the current evidence base for the effectiveness of early interventions following traumatic events.
Introduction to Traumatic Stress Studies (Sunday 15 June - all day workshop) - facilitated by Berthold Gersons, Raija-Leena Punamaki and Jonathan Bisson
On successful completion of the workshop, participants will be able to:
- Describe the range of normal reactions following traumatic events and their natural course.
- Describe problematic reactions following traumatic events including PTSD and other common disorders according to the DSMIV and ICD-10.
- Explain the principles of the theoretical basis of PTSD from neurobiological, psychological and social standpoints.
- Describe the basic epidemiology of traumatic stress disorders
- Explain the principles of an evidence based approach to the prevention and treatment of post traumatic disorders
- Describe an accurate overview of the current evidence base for the prevention and treatment of PTSD.
To book a place for one or both of these workshops please register via the EMDR Europe conference webpages.