Practical management of PTSD

Course overview:

This course offers a structured stepped intervention to support people to manage the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Moving from initial interventions to help individuals process emotional responses, you’ll learn a set of practical interventions to manage key symptoms of PTSD through grounding, reducing intrusive memories and flashbacks, overcoming avoidance and effective management of nightmares.

Aim(s):

To equip practitioners with the core skills necessary to deliver a solution focused and strengths-based intervention to manage the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Objectives:

By the end of the course participants will have had opportunities to:

Describe how the brain processes trauma memories
Understand the difference between Acute Stress Disorder, PTSD and Complex PTSD
Support clients to safely process emotions related to trauma
Provide a comprehensive range of symptom management strategies

Maximum group size: 16

Online course - delivered over Zoom.

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Phil Harris

Phil Harris has worked in the drug misuse, mental health and homeless field for over 30 years as a practitioner, trainer and manager. He has managed a wide range of teams including family services, young people, dual diagnosis & personality disorders and substance misuse.

He is a visiting lecturer at a number of universities and was advisor to the US BICEP programme. He was also an advisor for the World Health Organisation in the Balkans region. He has designed treatment services across the UK for both addictions, young people and mental health, pioneering new approaches which have set new benchmarks for treatment outcomes.

He has written over 20 scholarly articles on effective practice and has published five books on substance misuse, treatment effectiveness, family and young people with complex needs.

What people say

"This training was really interesting and gave me a deeper understanding of PTSD beyond the 'general' explanations and symptoms. Perfect amount of breaks. I particularly liked Phil's slides where he drew on them while presenting as it made the training feel less like being spoken to. I felt Phil was really engaging and skilled at making the space feel safe to ask questions and explore as a group while still being online."

Course participant, November 2024

"I found the training interesting and I will be able to draw a lot from it in future when working with clients. Excellent delivery, Phil is a fountain of knowledge and very interesting. All the information was informative.”

Substance misuse Nurse (Pembrokeshire), May 2024

"I found the neurological explanations behind PTSD and strategies to manage it with clients very useful. Phil was able to pull consistent engagement and interest from the group. I enjoyed the breakout sessions and found them helpful."

Complex Needs Support Worker, Next Link, June 2023

"Really interesting techniques. Great insight into trauma. Phil was very engaging and knowledgeable. His way of explaining makes complex information easy to understand."

Support Worker, Self Help Housing Association Ltd, June 2022

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