Why You’ll Love this Course:
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) for PTSD is a first-line evidence-based treatment for PTSD, with decades of research support. Most of all, it’s an incredibly flexible, elegant and dynamic therapy that is fitting for the most complex presentations of PTSD. This course provides clinicians with an introduction to CPT for PTSD: the empirical support, the theory underlying it and a session-by-session guide.
Course Description:
Traumas can change the way people think about themselves, other people and the world. Individuals often believe that they are at fault or to blame for the trauma, or that they should have been able to prevent it somehow. Traumas can also shift how people think about a number of themes, including safety, trust, power/control, esteem and intimacy.
In CPT, clients learn skills to better examine their beliefs about the traumas, and to better evaluate their thinking about themselves, others and the world in more balanced ways. CPT also encourages clients to process their natural emotions about the traumas.
CPT treats PTSD resulting from a variety of traumatic events including child abuse, rape and sexual assault, physical assault, combat, natural disasters, accidents and sudden or violent deaths/losses. It is also effective for treating PTSD resulting from race-based, sexuality-based or gender identity-based traumas. CPT can effectively treat PTSD in complex clients with a wide-range of psychological comorbidities, medical comorbidities and psychosocial stressors.
In this course, you will learn the foundations of this powerful treatment. You will become familiar with the structure and content of CPT, including a clear session-by-session guide. You will become familiar with the different formats of CPT (CPT vs CPT+A) and will learn about important ingredients of CPT- detecting assimilation and utilizing Socratic Dialogue- as well as the importance of client practice assignment completion.
Who is this for:
This workshop is intended for licensed mental health providers who are working with clients with PTSD.
Instructional Level:
Beginner to Intermediate
Recommended Course Prerequisites:
Included:
Role play
Skill demonstrations
Handouts:
Identifying Stuck Points
CPT for PTSD Additional Resources
Educational Objectives:
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
List two factors associated with non-recovery of traumas.
Identify two different types of “stuck points”.
Apply the use of four different types of Socratic questions in CPT.
Common Clinical FAQs Answered:
What is Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD?
Is Cognitive Processing Therapy an evidence-based treatment for PTSD?
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Stephanie Sacks, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist
Co-founder
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Stephanie Sacks, Ph.D. is a co-founder and the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of MindScience Collective. She is a licensed clinical psychologist (FL PY10014, DC PSY1001172) who is passionate about teaching, training, clinical work, entrepreneurship and the dissemination of evidence-based information to the masses.
In her private practice, Dr. Sacks specializes in the provision of evidence-based cognitive behavioral treatment for Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorders, OCD-Spectrum Disorders and Anxiety Disorders, with particular expertise providing care to clinically complex clients. She has a sub-specialty working with journalists who are exposed to occupational trauma and has received training from the Global Center for Journalism and Trauma.
She is a National Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Trainer and Clinical Consultant. She is also an invited lecturer and clinical consultant for many organizations, including the National Center for PTSD. Dr. Sacks is the creator of the Trauma Therapist Training Course, an interactive cohort-based learning experience that enhances therapists’ competence and confidence for working with trauma-affected clients.
She is an Adjunct Professor at Nova Southeastern University and a voluntary Clinical Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern California. She has proudly served as clinical and research supervisor at a number of academic and medical institutions. Dr. Sacks has authored numerous peer-reviewed research articles and contributed to a book entitled Cognitive Processing Therapy for Complex Cases.
Disclosure:
Dr. Sacks is a co-founder of MindScience Collective and will receive financial benefit from all course sales. She receives income as a Trainer and Consultant for Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD. Dr. Sacks also receives compensation as a lecturer for the National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (NCPTSD).
Dr. Sacks is also the instructor of: “PTSD or Not? Differential Diagnosis Following Trauma Exposure”, “PTSD: A Case Formulation Approach”, “Socratic Dialogue: Practical Tools to Improve Treatment Outcomes and Strengthen the Therapeutic Relationship”, “Essential Relational Microskills for Treating Trauma Survivors,” and “A Comprehensive Guide to PTSD Treatments: What Works and What Doesn’t” which are offered on this platform.