Practitioner Tools

This section provides practical tools to assist clinicians providing evidence based treatment. These materials cover various topics, many based on commonly used components of evidence based trauma treatments.

Resources Available Only to ISTSS Members

• Subjective units of distress scale
• Progressive muscle relaxation
• Breathing retraining instructions 
• What is in vivo exposure
• What is imaginal exposure
• Imaginal exposure rationale 
• Imaginal exposure in session monitoring sheet
• Imaginal exposure homework 
• Treating PTSD with comorbid depression 
• Relapse prevention 
• Treatment checklist