Treatment of PTSD 2500-EN-PS-EAc-32
Seminarium (SEM) Semestr letni 2023/24

Essay type, written exam with open-ended questions on the final day of

the course (70% of the final grade) and a written assignment during the

course (30% of the final grade).

Attendance rules 1 unexcused absence during the course.

Excused absence in communication with the instructor or WISP admin.

1. Introduction: What is Trauma?

Briere, J. & Scott, C. (2012). Principles of Trauma Therapy: A guide to

symptoms, evaluation and treatment, Chapter 1

2. The Psychobiology of Trauma.

van der Kolk, B. (2014). The body keeps the score: Brain, mind and

body in the healing of trauma, Chapter 4

OR

van Der Kolk, B. (2006).Clinical Implications of Neuroscience Research

in PTSD. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 1071: 277-293.

3. Human attachment: What’s love got to do with it?

Porges, S. (2001). The polyvagal theory: phylogenetic substrates of a

social nervous system. International Journal of Psychophysiology 42,

123-146.

4. The effects of trauma.

Briere, J. & Scott, C. (2012). Principles of Trauma Therapy: A guide to

symptoms, evaluation and treatment, Chapter 2

5. Child Sexual Abuse.

Olafson, E. (2011). Child Sexual Abuse: Demography, Impact and

Interventions. Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma, 4, 8-21.

6. Clinical Interventions & Paths to recovery.

Briere, J. & Scott, C. (2012). Principles of Trauma Therapy: A guide to

symptoms, evaluation and treatment, Chapters 5, 6, 7, 8

7. Case examples, artwork and narratives from patients (from my 20+

years of practice in Canada and Sweden).

Lecture, case discussions, video presentations and experiential activities.