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Trauma Competency: An Active Ingredients Approach to Treating Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Author(s) -
Gentry J. Eric,
Baranowsky Anna B.,
Rhoton Robert
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/jcad.12142
Subject(s) - psychoeducation , cognitive restructuring , psychotherapist , relaxation (psychology) , psychology , posttraumatic stress , cognition , clinical psychology , medicine , psychiatry , social psychology , intervention (counseling)
Meta‐analytic studies have extracted 4 common elements among effective posttraumatic stress disorder treatments: cognitive restructuring and psychoeducation, a deliberate and continually improving therapeutic relationship, relaxation and self‐regulation, and exposure via narrative of traumatic experiences. The authors present a clinical treatment structure catalyzing these active ingredients into discrete therapeutic tasks that counselors can focus on to maximize treatment effectiveness. The 4 tasks represent an attempt to identify critical competencies and baseline standards for the field of trauma counseling.