Post-Traumatic Stress

Stephen Regel is Principal Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist and Co-director of the Centre for Trauma, Resilience and Growth, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust & Special Lecturer in the School of Sociology and Social Policy, Nottingham University. He is a visiting therapist/consultant at the Family Trauma Centre in Belfast NHS Trust, Northern Ireland and a regular contributor to the MA in Disaster Management at the University of Copenhagen. He has over 25 years experience working with victims of trauma, dividing his time between clinical, teaching and research activities. He is a consultant to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Reference Centre for Psychosocial Support and a member of the British Red Cross Psychosocial Support Team. He regularly provides training and consultancy on post trauma support for a number of UK police forces and other agencies, including the International Committee of the Red Cross. Stephen Joseph is Professor of Psychology, Health and Social Care in the School of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Nottingham, and an Honorary Consultant Psychologist in Psychotherapy in Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. Prior to this Stephen worked at the University of Warwick on the clinical psychology training programme. Stephen completed his PhD in 1991 at the Institute of Psychiatry on the topic of trauma in survivors of disaster. Trauma remains the focus of his research and clinical interests, with his recent work specialising in growth following adversity.

Preface and Acknowledgements ; 1. Common responses to traumatic events ; 2. Concepts and theories of post-traumatic stress ; 3. Assessment and formulation ; 4. Intervention strategies: Prevention ; 5. Intervention strategies: Treatment ; 6. Medically related trauma ; 7. Cultural responses to trauma ; 8. Growth following adversity ; Appendix 1 ; Appendix 2 ; Useful websites ; Some useful reading