Month: June 2015
Speaker: Dr Keith Gaynor, Clinical Psychologist, St. John of God Hospital
Topic: The shattered mirror: post-traumatic stress disorder and depression
Summary: Dr Gaynor’s lecture explores in details:
What is post- traumatic stress disorder?
What are the core symptoms of PSTD?
Why does the anxiety response not go away?
The Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Model of treating PSTD
Trauma Memory and Trauma Narrative
Integrating alternative beliefs into the trauma narrative
Treating PSTD and Depression
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