To prepare for this assignment:
Review Chapter 7 in your course text, Crisis Intervention Strategies, and think about the potential scope of impact a crisis may have on people suffering from PTSD.
Review Chapters 10 in your course text, Crisis Intervention Strategies,and think about how special populations and/or substance abuse might require additional attention when PTSD is involved.
Review the types of responses to trauma, including but not limited to responses to PTSD.
Review this weeks media, During a Crisis-Counselor Interventions and Strategies, paying particular attention to Dr. Bergers presentation on differences between military and civilian trauma reactions.
Review the article, Responsive Therapy and Motivational Interviewing: Postmodernist Paradigms, and consider the benefits of motivational interviewing.
Review the article, Best Practices for Counselors Who Treat Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and think about ways these best practices could fit into the implementation of CBT and IPT.
Review the article, The Treatment and Prevention of Depression: Implications for Counseling and Counselor Training, and consider how you might teach this information to make it useful for counselor educators and in crisis training.
Review the article, Psychosocial and Moral Development of PTSD-Diagnosed Combat Veterans, and think about whether this information transfers to civilian populations too.
Review the literature to support CBT and IPT techniques for use with survivors of crises suffering from such illnesses as PTSD, depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, and substance abuse.
The assignment: (4-6 pages)
Briefly describe two CBT and two IPT evidenced-based practice strategies that may be applied to working with crisis survivors.
Then explain how these strategies might be changed if the crisis survivor was diagnosed with PTSD prior to the current trauma.
Finally, provide a brief analysis of how your intervention strategies for persons with PTSD might differ if you were working with military personnel rather than civilians. Give specific examples.
Support your Assignment with specific references to all resources used in its preparation. You are required to provide a reference list and to appropriately cite, APA style, all references used within your assignment.
