The South East Regional Committee

Present :

\" Supporting Clients who present with PTSD\"

Presenter Bio: Dr. Fergus Heffernan is a renowned psychologist and psychotherapist who specializes in stress and anxiety disorders .He has worked in many of the most troubles parts of the world delivering programmes of stress management and training as well as Critical Incident stress debriefing to soldiers working in highly stressful battle-ground operations. Fergus holds an  MA in Psychology, and a PhD in Neuro Psychology and an MSc Counselling Psychology and Family Therapies and is a  member of various associations of Family Therapists, IOC, IIPT. He is also a visiting lecturer at Trinity College, Dublin, as well as a visiting professor at Columbia University, New York and Boston University.

Workshop Outline: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is classified as an anxiety disorder and usually develops as a result of a terribly frightening, life-threatening, or otherwise highly unsafe experience. PTSD sufferers re-experience the traumatic event or events in some way, tend to avoid places, people, or other things that remind them of the event (avoidance), and are exquisitely sensitive to normal life experiences (hyperarousal). This workshop will give participants a clear understanding of the condition, along with strategies on how to support someone who presents with it.   

Training Level: Intermediate and Advanced. Not suitable for beginners.

CPD certificates will be emailed to participants after attendance at the Workshop.