PTSD

I have a guest blogger today, James Hicks, MSc, is the Clinical Director of NOSA CBT in Bristol and a BABCP-accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist. I do not offer Trauma Focused CBT so I thought it was a good opportunity to explain what TFCBT can offer from someone who does. Trauma-focused CBT for adults can support safe-place skills after trauma by helping people notice triggers, understand what those triggers mean in the present and reduce avoidance. This kind of struct

True to form, having not written a blog in ages here I am posting 2 in a month. I couldn’t let Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) awareness month pass by without a comment. The 27th June is international PTSD awareness day. I know we have awareness days for everything now...a quick Internet search tells me that the USA has a national ball point pen day, the UK has a national tea day....tea time alarm anyone? (for anyone who missed the joke What is the tea time alarm? The v