Family Support and Education for PTSD
Family Support and Education for PTSD
This is a 6-week psycho-educational group specifically designed for family members and loved ones of clients who are currently engaging in individual trauma treatment.
This is a 6-week psycho-educational group specifically designed for family members and loved ones of clients who are currently engaging in individual trauma treatment.
Week 1: What is PTSD?
Week 1: What is PTSD?
● How we define trauma in this context
● How we define trauma in this context
● Brain changes in trauma
● Brain changes in trauma
● How therapy rewires the brain
● How therapy rewires the brain
● What is CPT or CBCT
● What is CPT or CBCT
Week 2: Understanding common PTSD symptoms
Week 2: Understanding common PTSD symptoms
● Sleep
● Sleep
● Rumination
● Rumination
● Anger/Irritability
● Anger/Irritability
Week 3: What can I expect from my loved one in treatment?
Week 3: What can I expect from my loved one in treatment?
● Often things get better before they get worse
● Often things get better before they get worse
Week 4: How relationships organize around PTSD
Week 4: How relationships organize around PTSD
● Understanding the difference between support and accommodation.
● Understanding the difference between support and accommodation.
● PTSD can become a focal point of the relationship and inadvertently support the client’s avoidance.
● PTSD can become a focal point of the relationship and inadvertently support the client’s avoidance.
Week 5: How can I be helpful?
Week 5: How can I be helpful?
Week 6: How are you caring for yourself?
Week 6: How are you caring for yourself?