Student Perspectives: Finding Your Clinical Judgment as a Student – Sophie Brickman and Julie Hurd

by ISTSS Blogs | May 27, 2021 | Uncategorized

“What kind of therapist are you?” Many psychology graduate students receive questions of this nature. Additionally, many of us have also observed supervisors and professors share “I’m an ACT person” or “I work from a family systems...

ISTSS: Culturally adapted CBT with Afghan Refugees in a group setting – Schahryar Kananian, Yasaman Soltani, Devon E. Hinton, & Ulrich Stangier

by ISTSS Blogs | Jan 24, 2021 | Uncategorized

In 2015, with the beginning of the so-called “refugee crisis,” psychotherapists were facing a large number of severely traumatized and stressed persons in need of treatment. In response, we quickly founded a counseling center for refugees at the Goethe...

Homicide can be a Source of PTSD for Offenders – Matteo Fabris and Claudio Longobardi

by ISTSS Blogs | Jan 18, 2021 | Uncategorized

Can murder be a source of PTSD for those who commit it? While it is clear that trauma can affect criminal behavior, little attention has been given to the notion that the act of murder may serve as a source of PTSD for the offender. The authors’ perception is...

Clinician’s Corner: Emotion Regulation and Neurofeedback in Trauma-Related Disorders

by ISTSS Blogs | Sep 24, 2020 | Uncategorized

I would like to take this opportunity to provide the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies members an overview of recent developments in the fields of emotion regulation and neurofeedback, which are closely related to the interaction between...

Patient Treatment Preferences Are Influenced by What You Say and How You Say It – Jessica L. Hamblen & Kathleen M. Grubbs

by ISTSS Blogs | Jun 26, 2020 | Uncategorized

Today there are a number of evidence-based treatment options available for PTSD and the number of options will continue to grow as research accumulates. The most recent clinical practice guidelines for PTSD have found that trauma-focused treatments are the most...

Development of the PTSD-Repository: A Clinical Trials Database – Jessica L. Hamblen, Maya E. O’Neil, Juliette M. Harik, & Sonya B. Norman

by ISTSS Blogs | Jun 26, 2020 | Uncategorized

Have you ever wanted to know how PTSD outcomes compare for veterans versus civilians? Is drop out from trauma-focused treatment the same as drop out from other PTSD treatments? Which treatments have been studied in women with PTSD, and how do they compare? What about...