Post Traumatic (PTSD) and Acute Stress Problems

Understand, Treat, and Transform Trauma: Mastering PTSD and Acute Stress Disorders

Discover a comprehensive approach to recognizing and treating the four primary symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Acute Stress Disorder.

Explore the Core Symptoms:

• Intrusive Re-Experiencing: Learn why survivors relive traumatic events through distressing memories, vivid nightmares, and intrusive thoughts—and how to help them regain a sense of safety.

• Avoidance Behaviors: Understand the powerful strategies people use to steer clear of trauma reminders—sights, sounds, smells, and other triggers that reopen old wounds.

• Emotional Numbing & Detachment: Identify signs of disconnection, including dissociation, memory gaps, feelings of unreality, and detachment from loved ones and daily life.

• Heightened Arousal & Anxiety: Recognize symptoms like hypervigilance, exaggerated startle responses, guilt over survival, and chronic sleep disturbances.

Identify Risk Factors and Prevalence:
Gain insight into why some populations—including Indigenous Peoples, Hispanics, African Americans, and women—face higher risks for PTSD and acute stress disorders. We’ll also examine the latest statistics on how many people are affected each year.

Explore Proven Treatments:
Discover a range of evidence-based interventions to help clients reduce nightmares, intrusive memories, avoidance, emotional numbness, and chronic tension. You’ll watch real therapy demonstrations, learn how exposure treatments and medication can support recovery, and see how clients can reclaim their lives.

Consolidate Your Learning:
Access a clear review of key concepts and test your understanding with built-in assessments, so you can feel confident applying what you’ve learned.