Counselling Techniques and Theory Essay
Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy on Children and Adolescents with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
By Sean
Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a disorder that plagues thousands of children and adolescents all around the world. It is a problem that can have any number of causes and is a very serious issue that people with the disorder have to deal with on a daily basis. Because of its wide prevalence throughout the world it has been a disorder that has been analysed and researched my times over, especially when it comes to treatment. Many different treatment methods have been tried and it often takes treatments over long periods of time to have any lasting affect and even then because of the nature of the disorder relapses may occur. One such treatment for this disorder is Cognitive behavioural therapy which has been known to have positive effects on clients with (PTSD). Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can be defined as the development of characteristic symptoms following exposure to an extreme traumatic event (Gillies, Taylor, Gray, O'Brien, & D'Abrew, 2013). When a person encounters an extreme traumatic event that impacts the person in a physical or psychological manner that person has a chance of becoming traumatized by that event. Characteristic symptoms can develop following exposure to an extreme traumatic event, when these symptoms are developed in a person is when the person has PTSD. It is the development of symptoms following exposure to an extreme traumatic event. There are many symptoms of PTSD that may be present in a client these include re-experiencing the trauma, avoidance of stimuli associated with the trauma, and increased arousal (Gillies, Taylor, Gray, O'Brien, & D'Abrew, 2013). Re-experiencing the trauma is when a person relives the traumatic event in a mental or physical way which leads to the avoidance of any stimuli associated with the trauma. Vincent, Jenkins, Clohessy,
By Sean
Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a disorder that plagues thousands of children and adolescents all around the world. It is a problem that can have any number of causes and is a very serious issue that people with the disorder have to deal with on a daily basis. Because of its wide prevalence throughout the world it has been a disorder that has been analysed and researched my times over, especially when it comes to treatment. Many different treatment methods have been tried and it often takes treatments over long periods of time to have any lasting affect and even then because of the nature of the disorder relapses may occur. One such treatment for this disorder is Cognitive behavioural therapy which has been known to have positive effects on clients with (PTSD). Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can be defined as the development of characteristic symptoms following exposure to an extreme traumatic event (Gillies, Taylor, Gray, O'Brien, & D'Abrew, 2013). When a person encounters an extreme traumatic event that impacts the person in a physical or psychological manner that person has a chance of becoming traumatized by that event. Characteristic symptoms can develop following exposure to an extreme traumatic event, when these symptoms are developed in a person is when the person has PTSD. It is the development of symptoms following exposure to an extreme traumatic event. There are many symptoms of PTSD that may be present in a client these include re-experiencing the trauma, avoidance of stimuli associated with the trauma, and increased arousal (Gillies, Taylor, Gray, O'Brien, & D'Abrew, 2013). Re-experiencing the trauma is when a person relives the traumatic event in a mental or physical way which leads to the avoidance of any stimuli associated with the trauma. Vincent, Jenkins, Clohessy,