An Audio/Visual Training Course

Course One :  (Over 50 "slides" and audio links in "Quicktime", and numerous handouts in PDF.)

This course offers an overview of the field of human responses to trauma. Following a sequenced learning format the viewer will learn of the nature of psychological trauma and its multidimensional impact on human functioning. A review of the history of our understanding and treatment of trauma survivours will be provided including the ways in which professional and public attitudes have evolved over the past hundred years. A strong emphasis on the physiological responses to trauma will be given, along with the ways that these responses set the stage for complex psychological and behavioural "symptoms". A detailed look at the diagnosis of PTSD will be undertaken with a critical look at the ways that it may have both advanced and limited our understanding of the wide range of post trauma responses. Topics that are also addressed include: gender differences in trauma response, mutigenerational trauma, cultural issues, trauma and addictions, traumatic memories, and effective interventions by front-line responders as well as counsellors and therapists.

For further information, see: http://www.orcainstitute.com/Trauma.htm

Comments: Although I'm not familiar with the course or instructor, I do know that the Orca Institute has a good reputation and history & I find the topics covered in the course very thought provoking, for anyone interested, it could be well worthwhile. ~ Rene M